European elections, 6-9 June 2024
European elections will take place from Thursday to Sunday, 6 - 9 June 2024.
If you are an EU citizen, you have the right to vote in these elections, together with around 400 million Europeans. And your vote matters.
Use your vote to decide what the European Union should focus on over the next five years. To help change the world you live in and to tackle the global challenges that surround us. To have a say on the future of European democracy.
Democracy is a precious gift passed on to us from previous generations. They aspired towards it and fought for it. We should never take democracy for granted. It is up to us to maintain it, to make it stronger and pass it on to the generations to come.
Because the more people vote, the stronger democracy becomes.
On 6-9 June 2024: Use your vote or others will decide for you.
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The EU has approved stricter CO2 emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles such as small trucks, buses and trailers. Stronger rules will further reduce CO2 emissions, introduce new emission reduction targets and help increase the share of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles across the EU.
Some 64% of young people say they intend to vote in the European elections in early June, according to a new survey. They were mainly active on topics of human rights, climate change and environment, health and wellbeing and equal rights.
This week marks European Mental Health Week, an opportunity for everyone to work on better mental health for all. A particularly crucial endeavour when latest statistics show that suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people, after road accidents.