Elections 2014: EU-wide campaign to choose who runs the EU for next five years

The European Parliament adopted a Resolution on the 4 July 2013 on improving the practical arrangements for the holding of the European elections in 2014.

Candidates for the job of EU Commission President should present their political programmes in all EU countries and hold a series of public debates, the Resolution recommended. European political parties should be listed on ballot papers along with national ones, and name their candidates for President well before the elections, to buy time to run EU-wide campaigns on European issues, MEPs said.

• Primary Source

EUObserver, 04.07.13: MEPs keen to shine spotlight on EU elections http://euobserver.com/political/120760

Andrew Duff, MEP: Press Release, 04.07.13: Parliament prepares the way for a truly pan-European election in 2014 http://andrewduff.eu/en/article/2013/703962/parliament-prepares-the-way-for-a-truly-pan-european-election-in-2014

ESO: Background information: Why the 2014 European Parliament elections will be about more than protest votes http://www.europeansources.info/record/why-the-2014-european-parliament-elections-will-be-about-more-than-protest-votes/

ESO: Background information: 2014 European Parliament Elections: Commission recommends that political parties nominate candidate for Commission President http://www.europeansources.info/record/2014-european-parliament-elections-commission-recommends-that-political-parties-nominate-candidate-for-commission-president/

ESO: Background Information: Parliament piles up tools to turn democratic deficit into surplus http://www.europeansources.info/record/parliament-piles-up-tools-to-turn-democratic-deficit-into-surplus/

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