--- description: European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schina asked Taylor Swift to encourage voter participation among her fans in Europe next summer. title: EU Wants Taylor Swift to Get Young People to Vote in 2024 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80e2052f6e9f1048/698a43ca86f68e298d6f3210/GettyImages-1917155450.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [elections](/tag/elections/) ## elections Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # EU Wants Taylor Swift to Get Young People to Vote in the 2024 Election by [Anna Gordon](/author/anna-gordon/) ## Anna Gordon Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gordon was a reporter for TIME, based in the London bureau. Jan 11, 2024 5:07 PM CUT  Taylor Swift attends the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 07, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. Taylor Swift attends the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 07, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic by [Anna Gordon](/author/anna-gordon/) ## Anna Gordon Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gordon was a reporter for TIME, based in the London bureau. Jan 11, 2024 5:07 PM CUT The European Union is headed for a consequential election in June 2024\. More than 400 million people are eligible to vote in the first parliamentary elections since Brexit, making it the second largest democratic electoral process in the world after India’s elections. Those who are elected this year will determine the continent’s policies on major issues ranging from the war in Ukraine, the regulation of new artificial intelligence technology, to the economic bloc’s policies towards migration. But the election is not the only major event happening in Europe this summer. Taylor Swift’s [record-breaking Eras Tour](https://time.com/6307420/taylor-swift-eras-tour-money-economy/ "undefined") will also be headed to Europe from May 9 to Aug. 17\. European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas has taken notice. “No one can mobilize youth better than young people,” [Schinas said at a press conference](https://twitter.com/jackeparrock/status/1745056187488374958 "undefined") on Wednesday, referring to the pop singer. “It’s young people who can mobilize young people to participate, more than commissioners.” **Read More:** [_Person of the Year 2023: Taylor Swift_](https://time.com/6342806/person-of-the-year-2023-taylor-swift/ "undefined") Swift, who was [TIME’s person of the year in 2023](https://time.com/6343115/taylor-swift-covers-inspiration-inez-vinoodh/ "undefined"), has yet to make a statement on the EU elections. In the past, she has encouraged her fan base to vote and participate in the democratic process, and Schinas hopes she will post similar messages of encouragement for her European fans. "Taylor Swift will be in Europe in May," Schinas said. "I very much hope that she does the same for young Europeans and I very much hope that someone from her media team follows this press conference and relays this request to her." Schinas referred to the measurable impact Swift can have on voter registration. "Just to give you an example: Taylor Swift, last September—she made a social media call to young Americans to register to vote. The day after her post, 35,000 young Americans had registered to vote," Schinas said, referring to an instagram story Swift posted on Sept. 19\. Vote.org, a non-profit organization that provides online voter registration guidelines in every state, confirmed that in the hour after Swift’s instagram post, the website saw a 1226% jump in participation. “By the end of the day we had over 38,000 registrations that came through vote.org,” Andrea Hailey, the CEO of Vote.org [told CBS news](https://twitter.com/AndreaEHailey/status/1707441798941987199 "undefined") in September. Swift herself initially walked a careful line when it came to politics over the course of her career, not sharing any political opinions with the public until Oct. 2018, when she [endorsed DemocratPhil Bredesen](https://time.com/5419015/taylor-swift-instagram-endorsement-tennessee-democrat/ "undefined") over Republican Marsha Blackburn in Tennessee’s Senate race. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6554405/eu-taylor-swift-2024-election-voters/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6554405/eu-taylor-swift-2024-election-voters/"},"headline":"EU Wants Taylor Swift to Get Young People to Vote in the 2024 Election","datePublished":"2024-01-11T17:07:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T16:56:27.839Z","description":"European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schina asked Taylor Swift to encourage voter participation among her fans in Europe next summer.","url":"https://time.com/6554405/eu-taylor-swift-2024-election-voters/","keywords":["elections","News","News Desk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80e2052f6e9f1048/698a43ca86f68e298d6f3210/GettyImages-1917155450.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Anna Gordon","jobTitle":"Gordon was a reporter for TIME, based in the London bureau.","url":"https://time.com/author/anna-gordon/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80e2052f6e9f1048/698a43ca86f68e298d6f3210/GettyImages-1917155450.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"81st Annual Golden Globe Awards - Arrivals","caption":"81st Annual Golden Globe Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/elections/","name":"elections"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6554405/eu-taylor-swift-2024-election-voters/","name":"EU Wants Taylor Swift to Get Young People to Vote in the 2024 Election"}}]}] ```