The New Power Map of the European Parliament
Coalitions, Majorities and the Politics of the Mid-term

The June 2024 European elections have further fragmented the political landscape in the European Parliament, with the European People’s Party (EPP) emerging as the “pivotal” political group. 

In this context and ahead of the “mid-term” in the European Parliament, at which key positions are usually reshuffled and the Presidency of the Parliament for the next two-and-a-half years is elected, a new SIEPS analysis (co-authored by Simon Hix, Valentin Kreilinger and Göran von Sydow) analyses voting data from the current parliamentary term (July 2024 to June 2026) to examine political outcomes.

The publication examines how coalitions and majorities function in a fragmented European Parliament: How are they formed across different policy areas, how do they influence major EU decisions, and which groups have become the key players in the negotiations?

At the seminar, Professor Simon Hix, Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics at the European University Institute in Florence, will present the SIEPS analysis with Valentin Kreilinger, Senior Researcher at SIEPS. He will be joined by MEPs Abir Al-Sahlani (Centerpartiet / Renew Europe) and Jonas Sjöstedt (Vänsterpartiet / The Left) to discuss the findings. 

The seminar is organised in cooperation with the Office of the European Parliament in Stockholm.