European elections 2024

Announcement

The election of Members of the European Parliament from the Federal Republic of Germany will take place on 9 June 2024. You can actively participate in this election if on election day you

  1. are a national of one of the other Member States of the European Union,
  2. have reached the age of 16,
  3. have lived for at least three months in the Federal Republic of Germany or in the other
    Member States of the European Union for at least three months or have otherwise habitually resided in the Federal Republic of Germany or in the other Member States of the European Union for at least this period (consecutive residence in the aforementioned territories is counted towards the three-month period; residence in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland after the date on which the Treaties cease to apply there pursuant to Article 50 (3) TEU is not to be taken into account),
  4. are not excluded from the right to vote in elections to the European Parliament either in the Federal Republic of Germany or in the Member State of the European Union of which you are a national,
  5. are entered in a voters' register in the Federal Republic of Germany. First-time registration is only possible upon application. The application must be made on a form; it should be sent soon after this announcement.

    An application that is only submitted to the competent municipal authority after 19 May 2024 (21st day before the election) will not be accepted.
    City of Chemnitz
    Electoral authority
    09106 Chemnitz

    can no longer be granted (Section 17a (2) of the European Electoral Regulations).

    If you have already been entered in a voters' register of the Federal Republic of Germany on the basis of your application in the election on 13 June 1999 or a later election to the European Parliament, a new application is not necessary. The entry is then made ex officio, provided that the other requirements under electoral law are met. This does not apply if you apply to the competent municipal authority on a form by the 21st day before the election stated above to not be included in the voters' register. This application is valid for all future elections to the European Parliament until you submit another application for entry on the electoral roll.

    If you have been entered in a voters' register in the Federal Republic of Germany in previous elections (1979 to 1994), you must submit a new application for entry in the voters' register in order to take part in the election.

    After moving abroad and moving back to the Federal Republic of Germany, a new application for entry in the voters' register is required.

Application forms and information leaflets can be obtained from the municipal authorities in the Federal Republic of Germany.

To participate as an election candidate, you must, among other things

  1. have reached the age of 18,
  2. be a citizen of a member state of the European Union,
  3. are not excluded from eligibility in the Federal Republic of Germany or in the member state of the European Union to which you belong.

Together with the application for entry in the electoral roll or with the nominations, a declaration in lieu of an oath must be made that the above-mentioned requirements for active or passive participation in the election have been met.

Chemnitz, 30 August 2024

Ralph Burghart
City election officer
City of Chemnitz