nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20190517-144315-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 190331s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20190517-144315-0 doi eng 342 23 Jakab, András Author aut How to Defend the Integrity of the EP Elections against Authoritarian Member States Jakab, András Verfassungsblog 2019-03-31 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The elections to the European Parliament will take place in a few weeks’ time. There is a clear danger that some of the new MEPs will gain their mandates in elections organised by Member States that are not up to democratic standards. The European Parliament should try to defend itself from being infiltrated by MEPs with questionable democratic mandates. It already possesses the competence which is necessary for it, in the form of mandate validation. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/how-to-defend-the-integrity-of-the-ep-elections-against-authoritarian-member-states/ raw object