For the first time since 1976 the European Union is discussing the European voting right and plans to implement the regulation of its member countries with the limit clause of two percents. Accordingly the party, which runs in elections with more than 35 mandates, should collect more than two percents of the given votes in order to enter the Parliament. For small parties such as the Pirate Party or Animal Protection Party, the entry to the Parliament would be extremely difficult. In the moment it is unclear, if the new regulation is valid already for the next European elections in May next year, since it should be adopted latest to the mid of this year. The new voting regulation is also forbidding several time voting in different EU member countries, what will be in future subject to penalty. The member countries will have the instruction ( which will however not be obligatory ) to enable their citizens the European voting possibility also in EU- abroad.
In order to implement the new regulation, the European Parliament must in the next step receive the approval of all member countries , otherwise it is not possible to make any changes from the side of the members of the European Parliament.
