30-628: The 2004 European Parliament election in Spain was held on Sunday, 13 June 2004, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 6th European Parliament . All 54 seats allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Nice were up for election. The election saw a close race between the centre-left Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which had accessed power earlier in April in the wake of the 11M train bombings leading up to
60-578: A European Parliament monitoring mission in Ukraine to monitor the criminal cases against Yulia Tymoshenko , Yuriy Lutsenko and Valeriy Ivaschenko . On 20 May 2004, Cox was awarded the Charlemagne Prize ( Karlspreis ) for his achievements with regard to the enlargement of the European Union and for his work in promoting greater EU democratisation. In addition, he is a recipient a Grand Cross of
90-438: A coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call. In order to be entitled to run, parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors; this requirement could be lifted and replaced through the signature of at least 50 elected officials— deputies , senators , MEPs or members from
120-631: A four-nights-a-week current affairs programme which dominated the Irish television schedules in the 1980s. He left the programme to become a political candidate. Cox stood as a Fianna Fáil candidate at the 1979 local elections . Cox was elected an MEP in 1989 for the constituency of Munster , representing the Progressive Democrats (PDs). During his first term, he served on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy . At
150-444: A single multi-member constituency comprising the entire national territory . The use of the electoral method resulted in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies. The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry , coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form
180-616: Is an Irish former Fine Gael politician, journalist and television current affairs presenter who served as President of the European Parliament from 2002 to 2004 and Leader of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group from 1998 to 2002. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Munster constituency from 1989 to 2004 and a Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork South-Central from 1992 to 1994. Cox
210-537: The 14 March general election , and the centre-right People's Party (PP), still reeling from its election defeat. It marked the only time the PSOE emerged as the largest party in a European Parliament election in Spain between 1989 and 2019 . It also saw a considerable drop in turnout down to 45.1%, the lowest up until that point—a figure that would be outmatched by the turnout in the two subsequent European Parliament elections, 2009 (44.9%) and 2014 (43.8%). 54 members of
240-493: The 1992 general election , Cox was also elected to Dáil Éireann as a TD for Cork South-Central . Following Desmond O'Malley 's retirement from the party leadership in 1993, Cox stood for election to the post but was beaten by Mary Harney . He became deputy leader. Cox left the PDs in May 1994 in a dispute over his seat as an MEP . It was expected that Cox would not contest his seat in
270-505: The 1994 European election ; Des O'Malley, who had a large Munster base in Limerick city and County Limerick , was selected as the party candidate. However, Cox then decided to contest the seat as an independent , beating O'Malley. On being elected, he resigned his Dáil seat and a by-election was held on 10 November 1994, which was won by Fine Gael . He subsequently served on the Committee on Institutional Affairs from 1994 until 1997 and on
300-589: The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy from 1997 until 1999. In addition to his committee assignments, he was a member of the Parliament's delegation for relations with South Africa . When incumbent Gijs de Vries stepped down to enter the government of Prime Minister Wim Kok of the Netherlands , Cox was elected president of the ELDR group in the European Parliament in 1998, becoming
330-628: The Cypriot President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot President Rauf Denktaş . In July 2003, Cox took a personal telephone apology from Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi , after Berlusconi managed to offend several MEPs. The controversy arose after Berlusconi compared a German MEP to a Nazi concentration camp commandant. Cox did not contest the 2004 elections to the European parliament . The Christian Democrats (European People's Party – EPP) and Socialist Groups agreed at
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#1732884219819360-621: The European Anticapitalist Left include only those members that are not full members of the Party of the European Left . 2. See above. The notional results by EU party as at 8 January 2007 are as follows: Registered voters: 378,106,633 (est.) Votes cast: 168,317,718 (44.49%) (est.) Total seats: 785 (+53) 1. Roger Helmer was expelled from the EPP-ED group in 2005, but retains
390-548: The European Parliament were allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Nice . Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage , which comprised all nationals and resident non-national European citizens over 18 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political rights. All seats were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation , with no electoral threshold being applied to be entitled to enter seat distribution. Seats were allocated to
420-524: The Spanish Supreme Court annulled HZ lists and banned them from running on 22 May 2004, as it considered that the candidacy's promoters and half of its candidates had links with the outlawed Batasuna and with the ETA environment. The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to
450-665: The European Parliament on 15 January 2002, in accordance with an agreement between the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and the ELDR groups at the start of the term (in the customary two-way split of the five-year Presidency of the European Parliament). He succeeded the Frenchwoman Nicole Fontaine . At his first press conference following his election as president he spoke positively of direct talks between
480-660: The IND/DEM group, AIDE also includes Non-Inscrit MEP, Jim Allister , as an individual member. 6. The figures for the European Christian Political Movement exclude a number of members who hold concurrent membership of the European Peoples Party . 7. See 4 above. Gibraltar participated as a result of the judgement in Matthews v. United Kingdom Pat Cox Patrick Cox (born 28 November 1952)
510-611: The customary two-way split of the Presidency of the European Parliament. Josep Borrell Fontelles , a Spanish Socialist, assumed the Presidency on 20 July 2004, holding it until 15 January 2007. Cox is a member of the Comite d'Honneur of the Institute of European Affairs . In 2006, he was elected President of European Movement , an international pro-European lobby association. In June 2009, Pat Cox temporarily stepped down as president and took over
540-401: The date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with
570-565: The elected legislators: 2004 European Parliament election Pat Cox ELDR Josep Borrell PES The 2004 European Parliament election was held between 10 and 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union , using varying election days according to local custom. The European Parliamental parties could not be voted for, but elected national parties aggregated in European Parliamental parties after
600-527: The elections. Votes were counted as the polls closed, but results were not announced until 13 and 14 June so results from one country would not influence voters in another where polls were still open; however, the Netherlands , voting on Thursday 10, announced nearly complete provisional results as soon as they were counted, on the evening of its election day, a move heavily criticized by the European Commission . 342 million people were eligible to vote,
630-566: The first Irishman to lead a political group in the Parliament. He subsequently played a key role in the fall of the Santer Commission by consistently – and loudly – calling for the Commissioners to resign. Cox was unanimously re-elected Group President in June 1999, following his re-election as an MEP at the 1999 European Parliament election . He resigned this post when he became President of
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#1732884219819660-409: The highest percentages in a poll. The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of)
690-470: The legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils . Electors and elected officials were disallowed from signing for more than one list of candidates. Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election: The abertzale left tried to run under the umbrella of the Herritarren Zerrenda list ( Basque for "Citizens' List"). However,
720-448: The percentages in a smaller font. Exit poll The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences. The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a European Parliament election taking place. The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a European Parliament election taking place. The following table lists
750-749: The position of the campaign director for the pro- Lisbon treaty initiative Ireland for Europe . He resigned as president of European Movement in May 2013. Also in 2009, Cox co-founded the European Privacy Association . On 15 September 2010, Cox supported the new initiative Spinelli Group , which was founded to reinvigorate the drive toward federalisation of the European Union (EU). Other prominent supporters include Jacques Delors , Daniel Cohn-Bendit , Guy Verhofstadt , Andrew Duff and Elmar Brok . In June 2011 Irish media reported that Cox, who had previously said he wanted to stand as an independent candidate in 2011's Irish presidential election ,
780-412: The second-largest democratic electorate in the world after India . It was the biggest transnational direct election in history, and the 10 new member states elected MEPs for the first time. The new (6th) Parliament consisted of 732 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Results showed a general defeat of governing parties and an increase in representatives from eurosceptic parties. No majority
810-612: The whip of the British Conservative Party . 2. The figures for the Nordic Green Left Alliance and the European Anticapitalist Left include only those members that are not full members of the Party of the European Left . 3. See 2 above. 4. The EUDemocrats , while having a preference for the IND/DEM group, is currently split between UEN and IND/DEM. 5. In addition to the majority of AIDE MEPs which sit in
840-634: Was a presenter with RTÉ 's Today Tonight . Cox was born in Dublin in 1952, but raised in Limerick . He was then educated at Ardscoil Rís in Limerick, the University of Limerick and Trinity College Dublin . He is married to Cathy, and lived at Ashboro, Shanakiel in the Cork north side suburb of Sunday's Well for 16 years. Cox first came to prominence as a journalist, then a presenter with RTÉ 's Today Tonight ,
870-415: Was achieved. The balance of power in the Parliament remained the same (largest party EPP-ED, second largest PES) despite the 10 new member states. The national results as at 21 July 2004 are as follows: The estimated votes by EU party are as follows: Registered voters: 353,460,958 (est.) Votes cast: 154,317,718 (43.66%) (est.) Total seats: 732 1. The figures for the Nordic Green Left Alliance and
900-581: Was seeking to join Fine Gael to get the party's nomination. Fine Gael's national executive on 16 June 2011 approved his application to join the party's St Luke's branch in Cork. In July 2011, Gay Mitchell became the Fine Gael candidate. Before that, Cox was "pleased" to help prepare Fine Gael's first-100-day strategy after it won the 2011 general election . Between 2012 and 2014, Cox and Aleksander Kwaśniewski led
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