Europe continues to shift to the right, although pro-European forces retain the majority

The results of the European Parliament elections will determine the next five years a Europe that leans more to the right, albeit with a center that resists and will try to find a stable and pro-European coalition.

These are the keys to election night in the European Union:

The EPP wins, with the key to the majorities

The 185 seats that the European People’s Party they repost it as first force in the next European Parliament, stimulated by the good results in countries such as Spain or Germany and with ten more seats than in the current term of office.

She gives this result the key to majorities in the European Parliament, that Renew Europe’s liberals have had so far: while they will likely join social democrats and liberals to form a centrist pro-European coalition, they will always have the option of joining their votes with those of ultraconservatives and the far right , in an attempt to tip the balance, even if only occasionally.

The Social Democrats are holding their own

The group of Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) will maintain the figure in the new European Parliament, with 137 MEPs, two fewer than during the current term.

The PSOE It would be the group’s largest national delegation, with 20 representatives, and the Italian Democratic Party the second, with 19, while German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s SPD provides 15 delegates. The French and Romanian Socialists would each provide another 13 MEPs.

Liberals and Greens are falling apart

The Liberals of Renew Europe and the The Greens/European Free Alliance There are about twenty deputies left each and while the former will remain as the third force in the House, the environmentalists will move from fourth to sixth position.

They both succeeded record results in 2019 and today they see themselves burdened by them poor results in Germany and France, the two parties that bring the most seats to the European Parliament, but at the same time have shown their willingness to contribute to a stable, centrist pro-European majority.

Rise of the extreme right

The latest projections confirm that the extreme right will increase its representation in the future European Parliamentwith an increase of nine seats to 58, for the Identity and Democracy group, which also includes the National Rally, which took France with 31.5% of the vote.

The Conservatives and Reformists’ (ECR) gain has been smaller, with three seats out of 73, including Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, who would have won by more than 28%; the Polish Law and Justice Party, second domestically with 32% of the vote; or the Spanish Vox, which would win six seats with almost 10% support.

However, both formations were still able to expand their ranks with one of the 95 MEPs who are not affiliated with a political group – including Germany’s AfD, which came second with 16% of the vote, or Hungary’s Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz, which would receive 52% support – or who will enter the European Parliament for the first time when they are formed in the coming weeks. new groups.

Stake

Participation in the 2024 European elections was 51%, not far from the 50.66% recorded in the previous elections in 2019, when an unstoppable series of decline after decline was broken after the first elections in 1979.