This Sunday June 9the last of an election day that began in Europe last Thursdaythey celebrate the 2024 european elections to elect the different representatives of each Member State. In the case of Austria, there are 20 deputies who will represent the country in the European Parliament. The Austrians thus gain one more MEP than they obtained during the 2019 elections.

In Austria voting is not mandatorybut any person who has complied with 16 years before or on election day. You must also have identity documents that certify your citizenship or, at least, the European citizenship with legal residence in Austria registered on the electoral roll.

The results are not known until 11:00 p.m., but you can consult the estimates made public by the European Parliament:

Estimated results of the European elections in Austria

Estimated results of the European elections in Austria | European Parliament

The previous surveys They placed the FPÖ as the first political force with up to 28% of voting intentions. In second place were SPÖ with 22% and ÖVP in third place with a similar percentage of between 21% and 22%.

Communiqué from Austria, Italy and Germany for the European elections

The presidents Sergio Mattarella (Italy), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Germany) and Alexander Van der Bellen (Austria) They encouraged their citizens to vote during these European elections. Through a joint statementremind European citizens that achieving democracy is not enough, it also needs to be maintained and consolidated. Especially, they stand out, given the advance of “extreme nationalism” that generate wars and conflicts: “History has taught us that where democracy fails, humanity and political rationing suffocate.”

In addition to highlighting the importance of defending democratic institutions and values, they focus on the protection of the guarantees of freedomthe media independencethe role of democratic political oppositions, the separation of powers and the value of establish limits on the exercise of power.