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European Elections: Polish polling stations to open in NI

A Polish consulate in Belfast opened in 2018 and its officials are overseeing Sunday’s voting in the four different venues.

Mariusz Stus, the current Consul General, said he was pleased by the response to the election.

He told BBC News NI: “We have 809 voters registered in the four polling stations and it’s quite a big increase from the previous European election. We are really happy about that.

“Every vote counts. It provides the Polish community here the opportunity to somehow participate in political life that we have back in Poland.”

At the same time, he said he hoped it would encourage people to get more involved in local politics in Northern Ireland.

He thanked the Electoral Office in Belfast for allowing the consulate to borrow polling booths.

Poland elects 53 members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

Ireland elects 14. Germany has the most, electing 96.

Most countries vote on Sunday but some, including the Netherlands and Ireland, vote earlier.

One of the first tasks of the new MEPs will be to elect the president of the European Commission.

The current president, Ursula von der Leyen, is seeking re-election.


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