The 2024 European elections are taking place this week, giving around 360 million Europeans the right to vote for their representatives in the European Parliament. This is a critical opportunity to let future members of the European Parliament know citizens want action against harmful endocrine disrupting chemicals. In this blog, we explain the EU elections, how to participate, and the resources EDC-Free Europe campaign partners have made available.
What are the European elections?
The European elections in 2024 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.
European elections are held every five years to elect your representatives in the European Parliament, the world’s only directly elected transnational assembly. These representatives can share and decide on new EU legislation, which includes measures to better protect health and the environment against harmful chemicals.
How can I vote in the European elections?
Each EU country picks an election day from Thursday to Sunday 6 – 9 June 2024. You can find out more information on how and when to vote in your country here.
Resources and tools from EDC-Free Europe partners
The European elections are a key opportunity to call on future members of the European Parliament to protect people’s health and the environment against harmful endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). Ahead of the elections, EDC-Free Europe launched a new infographic (available in English, Spanish, German, Swedish, Italian, Danish, Portuguese or Dutch) and a social media toolkit to call for strong EU laws to minimize and ultimately end people’s exposure to endocrine disruptors.
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Additionally, many EDC-Free Europe campaign partners have made resources available in the months leading up the European elections. Browse the list below to find tools available in your language:
English:
- ChemSec: 5 chemical topics to keep track of through 2024
- CHEM Trust: We have a chemical pollution problem – the European Parliament can help us fix it
- ClientEarth: EU Elections 2024 – Your Planet. Your EU. You Decide.
- Child Rights International Network (CRIN): Current EU chemicals laws allow severe children’s rights violations. How can we stop this?
- Corporate Europe Observatory: Animation series – What does that have to do with the European elections?
- European Environmental Bureau (EEB): European pact for the future
- Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL): Prescription for a healthy planet for healthy people[IL1]
- Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe: EU citizens asked for less pesticides. Find out which politicians listened!
- Women Engaged for a Common Future (WECF): Ecofeminist Scorecard for the 2024 EU elections
- Zero Waste Europe: A pledge for a zero waste Europe
Danish:
- Rådet for Grøn Omstilling: Europa-Parlamentsvalget 2024
Dutch:
- Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL): Bescherm de gezondheid van de meest kwetsbare mensen
- Women Engaged for a Common Future (WECF) Nederland: Ecofeminist Scorecard voor de EU verkiezingen
French:
- Canopea: Elections 2024 – Canopea propose son plan d’action pour fair face à la crise environnementale
- France Nature Environnement: Le 9 Juin, choisissez l’Europe que vous voulez !
- Générations Futures: Elections européennes 2024 – Générations Futures vous guide !
- Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL): Protéger la santé des plus vulnérables
German:
- BUND (Friends of the Earth Germany): Abstimmungsverhalten im EU-Parlament - So stimmten Parteien in der laufenden Legislatur ab
- Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL): Gesundheit der am stärksten gefährdeten Personen schützen
- Women Engaged for a Common Future (WECF) Germany: Ecofeminist Scorecard and the WECF Radgeber gegen Schadstoffe
Italian:
Lithuanian:
- Baltic Environmental Forum (BEF) Lithuania: Partijų kandidačių į Europos Parlamentą aplinkosauginis reitingas
Polish:
- Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL): Ochrona zdrowia grup najbardziej narazonych
Spanish:
- Ecologistas en Accion: Un programa por la Tierra – Las demandas ecologistas para las elecciones europeas 2024
- Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL): Proteger la salud de los más vulnerables
Swedish:
- Sveriges Konsumenter: EU-valet – konsumentens viktigaste val
- Swedish Society for Nature Conservation: EU-VALET 2024 - Din valguide för klimat och natur!