According to preliminary election results, more ultra-right and conservatives are entering the European Parliament.
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The pro-Ukrainian European People’s Party (EPP), the largest group in the European Parliament, is in the lead. He could win 180 of the 720 seats in the new parliament.
The European Commission president emerged from Sunday’s vote with a possible coalition of socialists, liberals and her own center-right European People’s Party (EPP). Together, the three groups that supported her during the current term are expected to have about 407 votes in the House.
Although she needs only 361 votes in parliament to win a second mandate, the possibility of defections means her victory is not yet complete. It will also need the support of European Union national leaders in the European Council.
However, the EPP is well positioned to push it through. Manfred Weber, leader of the European People’s Party, called on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Macron to support von der Leyen for another five years. The EPP won in Germany, Spain, Poland, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Croatia and Greece. They also secured six spots in the Netherlands, exceeding expectations.
In Germany, the party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz took third place after the pro-Russian Alternative for Germany. In first place is the opposition Conservative Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union.
In France, President Macron dissolved parliament (the National Assembly). All because of the triumphant victory of the right-wing National Rally party Marine Le Pen. Macron’s party received half as many votes, which is why the far right demanded the dissolution of the National Assembly. Elections are scheduled for June 30 and July 7.
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo said he will resign on Monday after his party’s defeat in the country’s elections, Le Soir reports.
From tomorrow I will be a retired prime minister. But the liberals are strong, we will be back,” he said.
In the national elections, the liberal party premier Open VLD gained less than 6%. The conservative N-VA party gained more than 18%.
In Austria, the likely winner will be the pro-Russian Freedom Party.
In Slovakia, the Slovak opposition party Progressive Slovakia took first place in the elections, and the party of Prime Minister Robert Fico came in second place.
In Greece, the New Democracy movement of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held the lead.
In Spain, the opposition People’s Party wins.
Georgia Maloney
The leader of the Italian right won the elections in Italy, significantly ahead of her competitors. This makes her, along with Poland’s Donald Tusk, one of the few leaders of a large EU country to return home victorious. She appears to have improved her vote share compared to the 2022 election.
The victory of Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally was the big story of the evening after the landslide result forced Macron to dissolve parliament and call new elections. Far-right parties took first place in Austria, tied for first place in the Netherlands and took second place in Germany and Romania. The reconquista of French leader Eric Zemmour also entered parliament.
Socialists
Although they did not hit hard, Europe’s center-left parties held the line, finishing second in major countries such as Spain and Italy, and nearly third in France, where Raphael Glucksmann appears to have revived the center-left. However, do not remember Germany, where Scholz’s socialists took a dismal third place after the far-right Alternative for Germany party.
Peter Magyar
An ally turned rival to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Magyar has become the undisputed face of the Hungarian opposition, winning around 30% of the vote after throwing his hat in the ring earlier this year.
Madyar is a former ally of Peter Magyar, who, unlike the current Hungarian Prime Minister, does not oppose the EU and NATO and does not have any sympathy for Moscow.
Roberta Mezolla
The Maltese head of the European Parliament won an additional seat for her party, gaining more than 87,000 first preferences. Maltese media reported that she became the MEP candidate with the most votes after the country joined the EU.
Emmanuel Macron
The French president suffered a blow after his party finished second, barely ahead of the Socialists, whom he was seen as consigning to the political graveyard. His leading candidate Valerie Haier will limp back to Brussels after being repeatedly sidelined by her male allies, not least Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. According to a senior official from her Renew party, Attal even banned her from boarding a train from Paris to Brussels on Sunday evening.
Olaf Scholz
The German Chancellor’s Social Democrats were crushed by the center-right Christian Democrats and the far-right Alternative for Germany. With just 14 percent of the vote, the SPD had its worst result in a national election in more than a century. Scholz faces calls from the center right to approach Macron and call early elections.
Greens
After a strong showing in 2019, the Greens won in Germany, dropping from 21st place to perhaps just 12th, barely held on in France and received a nil in Portugal. In total, they lost about 20 seats on a cloudy night to climate advocates. One of the party’s leading candidates, Dutch MEP Bas Eickhout, said the Greens would seek to play a “constructive” role in coalition talks – that is, if von der Leyen is interested in talking to them.
Victor Orban
The Hungarian nationalist leader received less than expected after facing a brutal challenge from Magyar. Although his Fidesz party won 43.8% of the vote, it was its worst result in the European Parliament elections. However, Brussels will be watching to see whether it moves its MEPs to the nationalist European Conservatives and Reformists group, giving Meloni another boost.
In the last two decades, Fidesz has only once won less than 50% of the vote – 47.4% in 2004.
Source: Racurs
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