2025 elections in the European Union
2025
| ||
|
| ||
| ||
The 2025 elections in the European Union include national and regional elections in the EU member states.[1][2]
National elections
Parliamentary elections
| Member state | Election | Parliament before | Head of Government before | Party | EU Party | Parliament after | Head of Government after | Party | EU Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland (senate only) |
29–30 January | Micheál Martin | Fianna Fáil | ALDE | Micheál Martin | Fianna Fáil | ALDE | ||||||
| Germany | 23 February | Olaf Scholz | SPD | PES | Friedrich Merz | CDU | EPP | ||||||
| Portugal | 18 May | Luís Montenegro | PSD | EPP | Luís Montenegro | PSD | EPP | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 3–4 October | Petr Fiala | ODS | ECR | Andrej Babis | ANO | Patriots | ||||||
| Netherlands | 29 October | Dick Schoof | Ind. | Ind. | |||||||||
By-elections
- Czech Republic, Senate: 2025 Brno-City by-election, 17 and 18 January
- France, National Assembly: By-elections to the 17th National Assembly of France, select days from January to October
Presidential elections
| State | Date | President before | Party | EU Party | President after | Party | EU Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 4 May 18 May |
Ilie Bolojan (acting) | PNL | EPP | Nicușor Dan | Ind. | Ind. | ||||
Presidential elections in parliamentary states
| State | Date | President before | Party | EU Party | President after | Party | EU Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 29 December 2024 12 January |
Zoran Milanović | SDP | PES | Zoran Milanović | SDP | PES | ||||
| Greece | 25 January 31 January 6 February 12 February |
Katerina Sakellaropoulou | Ind. | Ind. | Konstantinos Tasoulas | ND | EPP | ||||
| Poland | 18 May 1 June |
Andrzej Duda | PiS | ECR | Karol Nawrocki | Ind. | Ind. | ||||
| Ireland | 24 October | Michael D. Higgins | Ind. | Ind. | Catherine Connolly | Ind. | Ind. | ||||
Referendums
- 2025 Italian referendum, 8 and 9 June
- 2025 Slovenian referendum, 23 November
Local elections
Austria
- 2025 Burgenland state election, 19 January
- 2025 Viennese state election, 27 April
Croatia
All twenty counties held elections on 18 May and 1 June.
Denmark
All four regions held on 18 November. The governing Social Democrats suffered significant losses. Sisse Marie Welling of the Green Left will become the first lord mayor of Copenhagen not selected by the Social Democrats in the office's history.[3][4]
Finland
All twenty-one wellbeing services counties held elections on 13 April.
Germany
- 2025 Hamburg state election, 2 March
Italy
- 2025 Italian local elections, 25–26 May and 8–9 June
Seven regions held elections.
Latvia
All 36 municipalities and state cities held municipal council elections on June 7. Voters in Varakļāni Municipality voted in the Madona Municipality Council elections as the former merged into the latter immediately after the election.[5]
Portugal
- 2025 Madeiran regional election, 23 March
All 308 municipalities and 3,259 parishes held elections on 12 October.
Romania
A snap mayoral election was held in the capital city of Bucharest following the election of former mayor Nicușor Dan as president of Romania.
Spain
- 2025 Extremaduran regional election, 21 December
References
- ^ "What lies ahead for the EU in 2025?". Der (europäische) Föderalist. 2024-12-21. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
- ^ "From Germany to Romania: the elections that will define Europe in 2025". euronews. 2024-12-31. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
- ^ Menini, Bernardo Basilici. "Sisse Marie Welling (SF) will be the new Mayor of Copenhagen. Social Democrats lose the capital after over 100 years". Copenhagen Post. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ Wass, Sanne. "Danish Premier's Party Loses Century-Long Hold on Copenhagen". Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg.
- ^ "Varakļāni to join Madona municipality". eng.lsm.lv. 2024-04-23. Retrieved 2025-06-02.