The european elections They don’t work exactly the same as other choices we’re used to. In Spain, we usually look for absolute majorities, to find out who will govern in a municipality, region or in the central government. However, in the European elections, although voting is done in a very similar way to how it is done in Congressional elections, for example, the operation is slightly different. The voter who chooses one of the matches that are presented —You can also abstain, vote blank or vote null– and Depending on the votes each party receives, the seats are distributed.

The number of MEPs for each country is not exactly proportional to its population, but rather Smaller countries have more than their share by the system of regressive proportionality. In any case, no country can have less than 6 (Malta, Luxembourg and Cyprus) nor more than 96 MEPs (Germany), and the total number cannot exceed 751. Now, once each country elects its MEPs, they join one of the seven political groups that exist in the European Parliamentwhich operate due to political affinities, rather than nationality.

To form a political group you have to there must be at least 23 members. But in addition to this, at least a quarter of the Member States must be represented in each group, and No MEP can be part of more than one political group. The deputies who are not integrated into any of them are part of those known as ‘non-registered’. The seven political groups of the European Parliament are the following:

  • European People’s Party (EPP)
  • Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) Group
  • Renew Europe Group
  • Green Group/European Free Alliance (GRE/EFA)
  • Group of European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)
  • Identity and Democracy Group (ID)
  • Left Group in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL)

The centre-right EPP group is made up of different conservative and liberal, pro-European and Christian Democrat parties. Among Spaniards, the Popular Party (PP) is part of the EPP. The second group, that of the progressives – center-left, with socialist, progressive and social democratic formations from all over Europe – obviously includes the PSOE. With the others there may be more doubts, but the MEPs elected from Spain to the European Parliament would be integrated as follows:

  • PP → PPE
  • PSOE → S&D
  • Vox → ECR
  • Add → GRE/EFA
  • We can → GUE/NGL
  • Now Republics → ERC, to GRE/EFA | EH Bildu, to GUE/NGL
  • Together → Not registered
  • CEUS → PNV, a Renew Europe
  • Citizens → Renew Europe