2014 European Parliament election in Denmark 2014 European Parliament election in Denmark The European Parliament election of 2014 in Denmark was an election held in Denmark on 25 May 2014 to decide who would represent Denmark in the European Parliament (EP) from 2014 to 2019. The Danish People's Party with 26.6% of the votes became the largest party for the first time in a nationwide Danish election. The election was held alongside the Danish Unified Patent Court membership referendum where 62.5% of the voter approved ratification of the "Agreement on a Unified Patent Court". All parties in the Folketing except the Red–Green Alliance participated in the
Committees of the European Parliament Committees of the European Parliament The Committees of the European Parliament are designed to aid the European Commission in initiating legislation. Standing Committees are made up of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), who are directly elected to the seats in the European Parliament by the electorate. Each Committee has a chairman and four vice-chairmen, along with numerous committee members. Each committee also has substitute members. Reports are usually compiled by a rapporteur, who is appointed by the chairman of the committee, selected from amongst the members or permanent substitutes. The established system for the appointment of committee chairs follows