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06/08/2024June 8, 2024
Far-right expected to make an impact
Political analysts have predicted that center-left and green parties will lose seats to both the far and center-right in this round of .
The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) predicted early this year a “sharp right turn” with anti-EU parties winning in nine EU countries — including Belgium, Italy, and France.
Such an outcome would threaten the majority held by parties from the three traditional mainstream groupings: the center-right European People’s Party (EPP); the center-left Socialists and Democrats (S&D): and the liberal-centrist Renew Europe.
The far-right nationalist Identity and Democracy (ID) and its less radical but eurosceptic European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) both have big hopes.
It’s thought that ID — — could win 67 seats, with the ECR picking up 74.
That would bring the total to 141 seats — a leap of more than 23 seats compared to the current total in the 720-seat parliament.
Meanwhile, the more centrist parties of EPP, S&D, and Renew are projected to win 407 seats together, representing a slimmer majority but still potentially enough to preserve the working majority in place since 2019.
rc/rmt (AFP, AP, dpa, Reuters)
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