Despite the constant ‘parliamentarisation’ of the European Union, the supranational dimension of European elections remains limited. Forty years after its first elections, the European Parliament (EP) still suffers from two main problems: (i) its democratic representativeness is impaired by the diversity of national electoral rules and by the predominantly national dimension of electoral campaigns; and (ii) the impact of European elections on the appointment of the Commission remains uncertain, as the so-called lead-candidates (Spitzenkandidaten) procedure is only informal. Today, members of the EP (MEPs) are promoting a double strategy to fix these issues. They have decided to relaunch the reform process of the 1976 Act, notably regarding the creation of transnational lists and the formalisation of the lead-candidate procedure, and they encourage the Conference on the Future of Europe to consider these issues.

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欧洲未来会议能否开启欧盟选举改革？对跨国名单和先导候选人制度的思考

尽管欧盟不断“议会化”，但欧洲选举的超国家层面仍然有限。第一次选举四十年后，欧洲议会（EP）仍然面临两个主要问题：（i）其民主代表性受到国家选举规则的多样性和选举活动的主要国家层面的影响；(ii) 欧洲选举对委员会任命的影响仍不确定，因为所谓的主要候选人 ( Spitzenkandidaten)) 程序只是非正式的。今天，欧洲议会 (MEP) 的成员正在推动解决这些问题的双重战略。他们决定重新启动 1976 年法案的改革进程，特别是关于创建跨国名单和正式确定主要候选人程序，他们鼓励欧洲未来会议考虑这些问题。