TY - RPRT A1 - Nguyen, Thu T1 - The holy trinity of EU elections: Transnational lists, Spitzenkandidaten procedure and a stronger European Parliament N2 - The next European Parliament elections in May 2024 are approaching faster than it might seem. In this Visions for Europe Policy Paper, Thu Nguyen takes a critical look at two ideas to reform the elections ahead of 2024 and assesses their potential to enhance EU democracy in light of the EU’s institutional set-up: Transnational lists and the Spitzenkandidaten procedure. It is argued both could enhance the European dimension of the elections, but they are no silver bullets. Any such reforms should therefore be accompanied by a third component: a stronger role for the European Parliament. KW - European Parliament; transnational lists Y1 - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-42506 UR - https://www.delorscentre.eu/en/publications/detail/publication/holy-trinity-of-eu-elections ER -