Given that, in most Member States, the dates on which the elections would ordinarily have been held would have coincided with the Whitsun bank holiday weekend, the Council took the view that it would be preferable to bring them forward, and proposed that the electoral period should run between Thursday 22 and Sunday 25 May 2014.
Compte tenu du fait que le long week-end de la Pentecôte correspond dans la majorité des États membres aux dates devant normalement s'appliquer, le Conseil a estimé qu'il serait préférable de les avancer, en proposant de fixer la période électorale comme suit: du jeudi 22 au dimanche 25 mai 2014.