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Press release no. 28/24 of 29. Mai 2024

2024 European election: press service of the Federal Returning Officer on the day of the European election

WIESBADEN/BERLIN – The Federal Returning Officer will offer a comprehensive press service for the media on 9 June 2024, the day of the 2024 European election. On election day, the Federal Returning Officer's team will be in the German Bundestag in Berlin until the announcement of the official provisional result. The Federal Returning Officer will make her official announcements in the “West Lobby" on the Plenary Chamber floor and be available for interviews, if requested. We kindly ask you to submit any requests for interviews to the Press Office of the Federal Returning Officer by noon on Thursday, 6 June 2024 (pressestelle@bundeswahlleiter.de).

Visit to polling station

The Federal Returning Officer, Ruth Brand, and the Land Returning Officer of Berlin, Stephan Bröchler, will visit a polling station on election day:

  • at 10:00 a.m.: polling station 11-101 in the JFE “Mikado” youth centre, main hall (‘Saal’), Egon-Erwin-Kisch-Str. 1a, 13059 Berlin. Media admission is at 9:45 a.m.

Journalists wishing to attend the visit to the polling station are asked to register with the Press Office of the Federal Returning Office (pressestelle@bundeswahlleiter.de), stating their surname, first name, date of birth, place of birth and the media outlet they represent.

Bundestag press accreditation required for on-site attendance

Please note: Media representatives require valid accreditation to be admitted to the German Bundestag. You can apply to the Press Unit of the Bundestag for accreditation (www.bundestag.de/presse/akkreditierung/).

The Press Office of the Federal Returning Officer may be contacted:

  • in Berlin on 8 and 9 June 2024

    (until the official provisional result has been announced, expected to be early in the morning of 10 June 2024)

    Tel: +49 30 227-40006
    e-mail: pressestelle@bundeswahlleiter.de

  • in Wiesbaden until 7 June and from 10 June 2024 onwards (8 a.m.)

    Tel: +49 611 75-3444
    e-mail: pressestelle@bundeswahlleiter.de

For more information on the 2024 European election, please visit the website of the Federal Returning Officer at www.bundeswahlleiterin.de.

 

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