Getting Europe to the ballot box: activists gear up With European elections just days away, dedicated individuals, businesses and VIPs step up their efforts to make sure as many citizens as possible cast vote to choose their future. More than 2000 events organised by NGOs, businesses, dedicated individuals and European Parliament partners have taken place over the past months or are set to be launched in the run- up to the 23-26 May elections. In Copenhagen, thousands will take part in a march “to make the election a climate election” on 25 May. Featuring an address by the climate activist Greta Thunberg, the gathering will call for immediate climate action. In Germany, the Berlin main train station is lit up in the colours of the EU flag each night until the elections. Passengers are also reminded of the vote on train schedule leaflets. The streaming service Spotify has created a dedicated “Get Vocal, Europe!” playlist, featuring one song from each of the 28 member states. See annexes for a complete overview of events, grassroots activities and VIPs weighing in to make the elections a success. The European Parliament’s awareness campaign includes the film “Choose Your Future” and thistimeimvoting.eu platform to remind people of their ownership of European democray and to get involved in the European elections. So far, more than 305.000 people have signed up and 340 organisations have promoted elections. More than 426 million citizens are called to vote in all EU countries between 23 and 26 May. Background 17-05-2019 - 11:26 Reference No: 20190516BKG51022 EN Press Service, Directorate General for Communication European Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume DUCH GUILLOT Press switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000 1 I 14
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Getting Europe to the ballot box: activists gear up With European elections just days away, dedicated individuals, businesses and VIPsstep up their efforts to make sure as many citizens as possible cast vote to choose theirfuture. More than 2000 events organised by NGOs, businesses, dedicated individuals and EuropeanParliament partners have taken place over the past months or are set to be launched in the run-up to the 23-26 May elections. In Copenhagen, thousands will take part in a march “to make the election a climate election” on25 May. Featuring an address by the climate activist Greta Thunberg, the gathering will call forimmediate climate action. In Germany, the Berlin main train station is lit up in the colours of the EU flag each night until theelections. Passengers are also reminded of the vote on train schedule leaflets. The streaming service Spotify has created a dedicated “Get Vocal, Europe!” playlist, featuringone song from each of the 28 member states. See annexes for a complete overview of events, grassroots activities and VIPs weighing in tomake the elections a success. The European Parliament’s awareness campaign includes the film “Choose Your Future” andthistimeimvoting.eu platform to remind people of their ownership of European democray and toget involved in the European elections. So far, more than 305.000 people have signed up and340 organisations have promoted elections. More than 426 million citizens are called to vote in all EU countries between 23 and 26 May.
Background17-05-2019 - 11:26Reference No: 20190516BKG51022
EN Press Service, Directorate General for CommunicationEuropean Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume DUCH GUILLOTPress switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000
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Contacts Neil CORLETTHead of the Press Unit
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Events organised by activists and NGOs This is a non-exhaustive list of events taking place all over Europe. To get additional information about any of the events, get in touch with the liaison office in therespective country. Where When What Multimedia MaterialTallinn, Estonia 16 May "European elections
on wheels". Afterhaving cycled andd r i v e n t h r o u g hEurope to promoteelections for the lasttwo months, youngEstonians will gettogether to sharetheir experience.
Denmark Ongoing "It's Urgent!" Artistsf r o m a c r o s s t h eworld come togetherto create a nation-wide exhibition thatwill be displayed onb i l l b o a r d s a n dadvertising spaces inp u b l i c a r e a s . I ti n c l u d e scont r ibu t ions byO l a f u r E l i a s s o n(Danish- Ice landicartist known for hissculptures and large-scale installations).
Finland 18 May P e o p l e a c t i n ga g a i n s t c l i m a t echange wi l l votetogether before acl imate campaignevent.
Ljubljana and Maribor,Slovenia
20-23 May S t r e e t a c t i o n .Volunteers will handout flyers, motivatepeople to go to thepolling stations andremind them to govote during the pre-election period.
Lithuania 20-26 May VOTE4ART. A gameto get people to theballot box.
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A m s t e r d a m , t h eN e t h e r l a n d s
22 May “ D e R a c e o mEuropa” A festival inAmsterdam takingplace on the eveningof May 22, with a.o.the ´Kiesvrouwen´( theat re , mov ies ,debate, podcasts,music, etc)
Malta 22 May V o l u n t e e r sp r o m o t i n g t h eEuropean electionsa t t h e G a l l e r i aShopping Complexand encourag ings ign ups on thep la t form ( tbc ) .
G r o n i n g e n , t h eN e t h e r l a n d s
22 May No vote, no party.Those bringing theirvoting card and IDwill get free accessto the party as wellas the possibility tovote in the ear lyhours of May 23rd!
Genoa, Milan, Turin,Italy
23 and 26 May "Tutti in campo perl ' E u r o p a ! "(Everybody on theground for Europe!).V o l u n t e e r s w i l lorganise a stand on23 May in front ofmajor locations attheir universi t ies(University of Genoa,University Cattolicai n M i l a n a n dUniversity of Turin)to raise awareness oft h e u p c o m i n gE E 2 0 1 9 a n dexchange ideas withtheir peers. On 26May, they will creates t o r i e s o n t h e i rs o c i a l m e d i aaccounts throughoutthe day to share theirpersonal experience,always bearing thetitle "Tutti in campoper l'Europa".
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Warsaw, Poland 23 May Alliance4Europe andthe City of Warsawwill be organising adebate on Cultureand Art for Europe,including promotiono f a c o v e r o f aclassic Queen songby famous Polishartists. The event willfeature VIPs, such asA n j a R u b i k ,Agnieszka Holland,Orina Krajewska andM a ł g o r z a t aZ b o r o w s k a . T h eevent will be open tothe media.
Vienna, Austria 23 May Running for Europe.At different venues,v o l u n t e e r s a n dp a r t n e r s w i l l b erunning for Europewearing Election T-Shirts, as well astraining together.
Wroclaw, Poland 24 May “Superheroes fightfor a higher turnouti n t h e E u r o p e a nE l e c t i o n s ” .Superheroes will bee n c o u r a g i n gpassers-by to go topolling stations andtake responsibilityfor the future ofEurope.
Latvia 25 May DJ and an influencerKarmena Stepanovawill be live on Radio5 from the pollings t a t i o n i n t h eN a t i o n a l L i b r a r ybuilding throughoutthe election day.
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C o p e n h a g e n ,D e n m a r k
25 May The People's Marchfor Climate. Underthe tagline "make theelection a climateelection", tens ofthousands of peoplea r e e x p e c t e d t om a r c h f o r t h ee n v i r o n m e n t i nCopenhagen one daybefore the elections.Greta Thunberg willalso participate as as p e c i a l g u e s ts p e a k e r .
Paris 25 May March for Europe( t b c ) V a l é r i eThatcher, the Frenchv o l u n t e e r w h owalked from Lyon toBrussels, is set too r g a n i s e a"European march" inParis, based on themodel of the "climatemarch".
Vienna, Austria 25 May Europa im Grätzl .V o l u n t e e r sp r o m o t i n g t h ee l e c t i o n s i n t h ecentre of Vienna.
Brussels, Belgium 26 May from 14.30 to18.00
M a r c h i n g b r a s sbands. Volunteerswill join the brassbands march fromPlace de la Monnaiet o P l a c e d uLuxembourg, wherethe Election nightwill be held as of6pm.
Bratislava, Slovakia 26 May A p a r t y o n t h ee l e c t i o n n i g h t ,o r g a n i s e d b y avolunteer. He willi n v i t e o t h e rvolunteers as well asy o u n g M E Pcandidates. They willstream the EPLOBratislava debates atthe after party event.
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Osijek, Croatia 26 May Dogs at the polls.A c t i v i s t s w i l le n c o u r a g e d o gw a l k e r s t o s n a ppictures of their petsat polling stationsand post them onsocial media with#setnjadobiral ista(#polldogwalk)
EbS
Šibenik, Croatia 26 May One vote, one tree. Agroup of young NGOr e p r e s e n t a t i v e sc o m b i n e d t h e i renvironmental cause(planting trees) tomotivate voters byturning the numberof people who votedon the day in theircity, into a number oftrees to be plantedduring the weeksafter.
Frankfurt am Main(Zeil und Mainufer),Germany
26 May from 13-16 O n t h e s t r e e t s .Volunteers will handout flyers, motivatepeople to go to thepolling stations andremind them to goand vote.
Lithuania 26 May P l a n t E u r o p e :“Apsodink Europą”is a social initiativethat promotes activevoting in Europeanelections and ther e f o r e s t a t i o n o fLithuania. If a personinvites more thanfour friends to vote,and all of them vote,the team/ group of 5persons will haveone tree planted onbehalf of them.
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Spain 26 May Equipo Europa, agroup of very activev o l u n t e e r s , a r eurging people to acta s " E u r o p e a ninformers" and goout on the streets one l e c t i o n d a y t odistribute leafletsand inform peopleabout the importanceof going to vote.
Marseille, France 26 May from 19.00 to21.00
M u s e u m o fC i v i l i z a t i o n s o fE u r o p e a n d t h eM e d i t e r r a n e a n(MUCEM) in Marseilleis organ is ing anevent that will featurea review of all theprevious Europeanelections since 1979.
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Activities by VIPs and influencers This is a non-exhaustive list of activities all over Europe. Where When What Multimedia MaterialPan-EU 12 February Kick and vote. EP
President AntonioTajani and SecretaryG e n e r a l o ff o o t b a l l e r s ’federat ion FIFProEurope Jonas Baer-Hoffmann signed ana g r e e m e n t t om o b i l i s e v o t e r sahead of the 2019 EPelections.
EP News Examples:Ni l la Fischer (FB),FifPro Portugal (FB)
Pan-EU 14 April Wolfgang Tillmans,k n o w n f o r h i sphotography work,launched a campaignc a l l e d “ V o t et o g e t h e r ” . T h einit iat ive aims tor a i s e a w a r e n e s sabout the importanceof voting in the nextEuropean Elections.
Vote together
Pan-EU 7 May Conchita Wurst. TheA u s t r i a n s i n g e rrecorded a video forthe EP, encouragingpeople to go to vote.
EP FB
Pan-EU 13 May X e n i a A d o n t s .German model andi n f l u e n c e r X e n i aA d o n t s ( 1 . 3 Mfollowers) made apermanent Instagramstory, inviting herfo l lowers to jo inthistimeimvoting andr e g i s t e r o n t h ew e b s i t e .
Italy 15 May M y s s K e t a . T h eI t a l i a n r a p p e rshowed her supportto the campaign,w h i c h w a simmediately pickedup by news outletsand is continuouslygaining significantcoverage.
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France As of 7 May Hugo Decrypte -e x p l a i n s E Ue l e c t i o n s a n dpresent one by onethe different lists
Youtube
Germany 15 January - present Diana Zur loewen.Instagram influencer(707k followers) andY o u T u b e r D i a n aZurloewen has beencreating content andp o s t s a b o u t t h eelections campaign.
Spain 24 January J a i m e A l t o z a n o .Spanish YouTuberJaime Altozano (1.1Ms u b s c r i b e r s )i n v o l v e d h i saudience for thee l e c t i o n s b ychallenging them toproduce dif ferentacoustic versions oft h e E u r o p e a na n t h e m .
YouTube
Spain 21 November I r is Awards . Thecelebrities (actors,c o m e d i a n s ,influencers etc.) inthe video promotingthe elections are bigstars among youngpeople in Spain.
YouTube
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Activities organised by businesses
This is a non-exhaustive list of activities all over Europe.
Businesses all over Europe are mobilising their employees and customers to vote © Deutsche Post DHL Group 2019 @deutschepostdhl
Where When What Multimedia Material10 Member States May 26 Lime to offer free
rides on its scootersto go vote in Austria,Belgium, Denmark,France, Germany,G r e e c e , P o l a n d ,Portugal, Spain, andSweden.
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Pan-EU Since May 6 Deutsche TelekomCEO, as we l l asgroup CEOs postedseveral testimonialvideos on Europeane l e c t i o n s a n dw o r k i n g f o r aEuropean company,b r a n d e dthistimeimvoting.eu.
C E O M a g e n t aTe lekom Magen taTelekom 2 MagentaTelekom CEO HrvatskiTelekom CEO TMobilePoland CEO TelekomGK
Belgium Since April 16 MSD/3M producedvideo interviews ofMEPs from the 5m a i n p o l i t i c a lgroups, distributedthrough internal andexternal channels( “ W h y E u r o p e ”i n i t i a t i v e )
Twitter Example ofpost
Germany May 9 DHL and But lerso r g a n i s e d “ W h yEurope Matters”, ane v e n t w i t h t h e i rrespective CEOs andthistimeimvoting.euvolunteers. They alsolit up the DHL towerwi th the EU f lagcolours .
DHL Supply ChainCIO tweet DeutscheP o s t D H L t w e e tDeutsche Post DHLtweet II
Pan-EU Since March 2019 Kialo has createds e v e r a lth ist imeimvot ing-branded debates onits platform. The adsinviting people toj o i n t h e E Uc o n v e r s a t i o nr e a c h e d 3 0 Mi m p r e s s i o n s .
E n g l i s h d e b a t ee x a m p l e E n g l i s hdebate example Italiand e b a t e e x a m p l eS p a n i s h d e b a t ee x a m p l e
Germany Since May 9 Bayern Munich lit upi ts Al l ianz Arenastadium with the EUflag colours.
Bayern Munich tweet
Pan-EU Since April 2019 Lufthansa painted aEuropean pledge onone of their planes,and dedicated theirin-flight magazine’se d i t o r i a l t o t h ee l e c t i o n s .
Example coverage
Germany Since May 2019 Volkswagen coveredi t s p r o d u c t i o nf a c i l i t i e s i nWolfsburg with a EUb a n n e r , a n de n c o u r a g e demployees to go vote
Press release
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Germany Since May 2019 D e u t s c h e B a h nlaunched an electionawareness campaigno n t h e i r t r a i nschedule leaflets andscreens. With otherl e a d i n g G e r m a nbusiness, i t a lsoilluminated the mainBerlin station withthe colours of the EUflag.
FT coverage
Italy - Pan EU May 13th Vogue Italia createda # W e l o v e E Uh i g h l i g h t o nInstagram featuringcelebrities wearingEU t-shirts, most ofthem then repostedthis photo on theirprofile or in theirstories
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Activities by social networks and digital companies This is a non-exhaustive list of activities all over Europe. Who What ContactFacebook - “I voted button” on the
election day - Information tovoters in the run-up to theelections - A single point ofcontact for all emergenciesduring the election week
Instagram - Special stickers linking to theelections website - A singlepo in t o f con tac t f o r a l lemergenc ies du r ing thee lec t ion week
Google - Candidate statements &p o s t s - f e a t u r e s t h a tc a n d i d a t e s c a n u s e -Reminde rs t o vo te andDood les
YouTube - More prominent display ofcandidates’ profiles - A singlepo in t o f con tac t f o r a l lemergenc ies du r ing thee lec t ion week
Twitter - S p e c i a l e m o j i saccompanying the hashtags# E U e l e c t i o n s 2 0 1 9 a n d#thistimeimvoting in variouslanguages - A single point ofcontact for all emergenciesduring the election week
Snapchat - Special lenses and filters -Video message to all users ofvoting age in Europe
Bolt - Discount for rides to pollingstations in 15 EU countries
King - Use of their corporate socialmedia channels (LinkedIn,Facebook, Twitter) to remindpeople to vote.
My Taxi - Reminders to vote andpossible discounts in severalEU countries
Spotify - A special elections playlist,sending in-app messages toremind users about elections
Tinder - Promotion of the elections tothe users in Germany andFrance from 24 to 26 May.
Twitch - L ives t ream o f the EUpresidential debate on May 15
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