EU Fun

How many MEPs are going to be elected at next year’s European elections?

• 751

• 705

• 727

Fun Fact: What happened in Austria the day after the last European elections (2019)?

• Vitalij Klycko visited Vienna

• Sebastian Kurz lost a vote of non-confidence

• Arnold Schwarzenegger's daughter got married in St. Stephan's church in Vienna

In 2019: Which countries didn’t allow their nationals living abroad to vote in the European Parliament elections?

• Czech Republic, Ireland, Malta and Slovakia

• Malta, Cyprus, Italy and Spain

• Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark

In 2014: Where did only 13.8 percent of the voting population actually vote at the European elections?

• Belgium

• Greece

• Slovakia

How many EU citizens had the opportunity to vote in May 2019?

• 435 million

• 441 million

• 427 million

When was the first proposal to implement direct elections to the European Parliament submitted?

• 1969

• 1960

• 1975

Because of whom did the first proposal to implement direct elections to the European Parliament fail?

• the French government

• the German government

• the Belgian government

Which former MEP was accused of spying on EU institutions for Russia and therefore lost their immunity in 2015?

• Béla Kovács

• Alessandra Mussolini

• József Szájer

What is the age requirement in Romania to be a candidate at the European elections?

• 21

• 18

• 23

Brexit wasn't the only time some country left the EU: Who left the European Communities in 1962?

• Switzerland

• Algeria

• Norway