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The 2019 European elections will take place across the EU later this month, from 23-26 May; Luxembourg residents will go to the ballot box on Sunday 26 May.
Every five years, EU citizens from the 28 member states (providing the UK does not leave before the elections) directly elect their preferred political representatives to sit in the European Parliament. Once again this year, voters will elect a total of 751 Members of the European Parliament or MEPs (705 in the case of Brexit), of which six will be from Luxembourg.
The elected MEPs from the different member states sit together according to their political affiliation, rather than nationality. These are the European People's Party (EPP), the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), the European United Left - Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL), the Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA), the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) and the Europe of Nations and Freedom group.
Current Luxembourg MEPs are: Georges Bach (CSV; EPP); Mady Delvaux (LSAP; S&D); Frank Engel (CSV; EPP); Charles Goerens (DP; ALDE); Christophe Hansen (CSV; EPP); Tilly Metz (déi Gréng; Greens/EFA).
The candidates standing in the 2019 European elections are as follows (in order of list):
List 1, DP - Charles Goerens; Monica Semedo; Gusty Graas; Simone Beissel; Loris Meyer; Anne Daems
List 2, Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg - Starsky Flor; Marie-Paule Dondelinger; Daniel Frères; Lucie Kunakova; Chris Bernard; Christian Welter
List 3, déi Konservativ - Joe Thein; Mario May; Sandra Schwachtgen; Patrick Thein; Jean Ersfeld; Pierrette Heintz
List 4, KPL - Ali Ruckert; Elise Nunes; Rejhan Agovic; Esther Reuland; Alain Herman; Marceline Waringo
List 5, déi Lénk - David Wagner; Mara Martins; Carole Thoma; Gary Diderich; Sandrine Gashonga; Antoni Montserrat
List 6, Volt - Christopher Lilyblad; Fiona Godfrey; Marthe Hoffmann; Julia Pitterman; Daniel Silva; Rolf Tarrach
List 7, déi Gréng - Tilly Metz; Meris Sehovic; Tanja Duprez; Martin Kox; Christian Kmiotek; Jessie Thill
List 8, LSAP - Marc Angel; Lisa Kersch; Simone Asselborn-Bintz; Joanne Goebbels; Nicolas Schmit; Elisha Winckel
List 9, ADR - Gast Gibéryen; Fernand Kartheiser; Sylvie Mischel; Nicky Stoffel; Fred Keup; Tessy Brisbois
List 10, CSV - Christophe Hansen; Isabel Wiseler-Santos Lima; Stefano d'Agostino; Liane Felten ép. Kraus; Martine Kemp; Romain Osweiler
Voters can participate in the elections in the municipality in which they are registered. Each voter can vote for a maximum of six candidates; they can vote for a list (above) or individual candidates. Polling stations will be open on Sunday 26 May from 08:00 to 14:00.
Going to vote is compulsory in Luxembourg and citizens from other EU countries residing in Luxembourg can also, if registered, vote for Luxembourg MEPs in the elections. The same applies to Luxembourg nationals residing in another EU country. Applications for postal votes closed on Thursday 2 May 2019.
