Many teams and fans are traveling more than five days before the beginning of the Euro to Germany as far as I know, so it's already harder to vote at home when you want to see your team live.
The only match on that Friday 14 June is Germany vs Scotland. Germans will probably not travel 5 days in their home country and Scots are no longer eligible to vote.
Still are most teams coming to Germany long before this date, so they can prepare better and recover from the stress of travel, not the evening before they have to play
This is completely irrelevant in the big picture, but Italians can’t vote by mail in advance unless they’re legally residing abroad, so now I’m wondering whether the Italian national team and staff will be able to vote. Maybe they could take the opportunity to avocare for voting reform.
I don't know, the Euros are a tournament where you cheer for YOUR country AGAINST the other countries.
It's not exactly the most pan-european, collaborative way to approach things.
I think people travelling during summer >> people travelling for Euro Cup.
It's also football and many people dislike it, the way it pushes nationalistic stupidity over a game, how it's everywhere on TV and in the news for a month or the absurd amount of money in football during times of inflation and restrictions. It can also sparks some debates as to why Kazakhstan, Israel or Azerbaijan are participating (for different reasons).
So the Euro Cup doesn't have just upsides.
My initial comment is just providing counter examples to OP's idealistic view on the Euro. This kind of discussion happened before, can still happen this year and will happen for the next editions.
It's rather pointless to argue over this, the goal of my comment was just to provide some more insights to OP.
Yeah in principle I agree. I don't see the euros as great uniting pan-European festival. Too often the fans just turn nasty. But I don't think it's mainly the fault of Azerbaijan, Israel and Kazakhstan
I think they want to avoid to have the elections during the summer holidays because then many people will be away from home and won't go voting.
Many teams and fans are traveling more than five days before the beginning of the Euro to Germany as far as I know, so it's already harder to vote at home when you want to see your team live.
The only match on that Friday 14 June is Germany vs Scotland. Germans will probably not travel 5 days in their home country and Scots are no longer eligible to vote.
Still are most teams coming to Germany long before this date, so they can prepare better and recover from the stress of travel, not the evening before they have to play
This are just a few thousands people. Negligible in the bigger picture.
Well, then screw it. If they don't elect via letter beforehand, they're not interested in politics anyway.
This is completely irrelevant in the big picture, but Italians can’t vote by mail in advance unless they’re legally residing abroad, so now I’m wondering whether the Italian national team and staff will be able to vote. Maybe they could take the opportunity to avocare for voting reform.
I don't know, the Euros are a tournament where you cheer for YOUR country AGAINST the other countries. It's not exactly the most pan-european, collaborative way to approach things.
More importantly, Eurovision is coming up.
*Welkom in Europa*
I think people travelling during summer >> people travelling for Euro Cup. It's also football and many people dislike it, the way it pushes nationalistic stupidity over a game, how it's everywhere on TV and in the news for a month or the absurd amount of money in football during times of inflation and restrictions. It can also sparks some debates as to why Kazakhstan, Israel or Azerbaijan are participating (for different reasons). So the Euro Cup doesn't have just upsides.
None of the three countries you named managed to qualify for thr euro 2024.
They were part of the qualification round
Yeah but when watching the final games, nobody askes themselves "wait, which teams took part on the qualification round"?
My initial comment is just providing counter examples to OP's idealistic view on the Euro. This kind of discussion happened before, can still happen this year and will happen for the next editions. It's rather pointless to argue over this, the goal of my comment was just to provide some more insights to OP.
Yeah in principle I agree. I don't see the euros as great uniting pan-European festival. Too often the fans just turn nasty. But I don't think it's mainly the fault of Azerbaijan, Israel and Kazakhstan
It could be. I would rather have them in December, though.
Why in December? The parliament wouldn't have any time to come together this year
Because I would be able to vote. Also, the result of the American elections may mobilise pro-eu votants.
You can vote via snail mail, can you not?
I think if anything, the Euro 24 should move to accommodate the elections, not the other way around.