Are European Parliament (EP) elections used to pass judgement on the legislative behaviour of parties serving in the EP? Do Europeans give a bonus in EP elections to political parties whose members were highly active during the legislative term? The article will focus on the role of legislative activities in the eighth EP term (2014–2019) in informing the 2019 vote choice. The analysis combines the European Election Studies (EESs) 2019 Voter Study data with original legislative behaviour data, as well as with data on European electoral systems. The evidence points to productivity-based retrospective voting being a feature of the 2019 elections. Furthermore, the analysis finds that this type of retrospective voting is stronger in countries where electoral rules encourage candidates to promote past legislative records in electoral campaigns, and particularly so for voters that paid attention to the EP campaign in such systems. This has significant implications for the retrospective voting and EU elections literatures, since it is evidence that the very demanding democratic desiderata of retrospection can be met in multi-level and supranational contexts as well.

欧洲议会（EP）选举是否用于对在EP中任职的政党的立法行为作出判断？欧洲人在欧洲议会选举中是否向在立法期间成员非常活跃的政党提供奖金？本文将重点讨论立法活动在欧洲议会第八届任期（2014-2019年）中在告知2019年投票选择方面的作用。该分析将欧洲选举研究（EESs）2019年选民研究数据与原始立法行为数据以及欧洲选举制度数据结合在一起。证据表明，基于生产力的回顾性投票是2019年选举的一个特征。此外，分析发现，在选举规则鼓励候选人在选举活动中宣传过往的立法记录的国家，这种回顾性投票的效果更强，特别是对于那些关注此类系统中的EP竞选活动的选民而言。这对回顾性投票和欧盟选举文献具有重要意义，因为有证据表明，在多层次和超国家范围内也可以满足非常苛刻的回顾性民主愿望。