1. In each Member State, members of the European Parliament shall be elected on the basis of proportional representation, using the list system or the single transferable vote.

Members of the European Parliament will be elected on the basis of proportional representation, using the list system or the single transferable vote.

The Commission contested the requirement that citizens of the Union apply for inclusion on the electoral roll before each election, whereas Article 9(4) of the Directive states that Community voters who have been entered on the electoral roll will remain on it, under the same conditions as voters who are nationals, until such time as they request to be removed.

The statement of Mrs. Kinnock was more critical because of human rights violations during the election campaign and registration process, the deaths of ten people on election day, disputes on the counting process and numerous claims of alleged irregularities.

(b) Member States in which the electoral rolls have been finalized before 15 February 1994 shall take the steps necessary to enable Community voters who wish to exercise their right to vote there to enter names on the electoral roll sufficiently in advance of polling day;

Following an election the Danish Parliament may declare an elected candidate to be an unfit person and thus deprive him of his seat, but such convictions may never be relied on to prevent someone standing for election (d) Exercise of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate In all Member States citizens have to complete certain formalities in advance of polling day if they are to be able to exercise their right to vote and to stand as a candidate at a particular election in any given locality or constituency (aa) Exercise of the right to vote In order to be able to exercise their right to vote, citizens of voting age must normally a ...[+++]ppear on the electoral roll drawn up for the constituency or locality in question.