European election results: A more conservative Parliament under pressure from far right (2024)

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2024 European elections

The mainstream conservative parties are set to come under pressure from the far-right in Parliament after the European elections saw their record gains, particularly in France and Germany, and the collapse of the Greens.

ByPhilippe Jacqué(Brussels, Belgium, correpondent) and Virginie Malingre(Brussels, Europe bureau)

Published on June 10, 2024, at 10:09 am (Paris)

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European election results: A more conservative Parliament under pressure from far right (1)

Ursula von der Leyen made no secret of her satisfaction on Sunday, June 9, when the results of the European elections across the continent were announced. "The EPP is the strongest political group in the European Parliament," said the president of the European Commission, referring to her European People's Party (EPP), which is looking to have her reappointed for a new five-year term. "We will build a bastion against the extremes from the left and from the right. We will stop them," she continued, without saying more about how she intends to do that.

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The group was already certain of having 184 representatives out of the 720 newly-elected MEPs by Sunday evening, and was hoping to increase its numbers by welcoming new parties into the fold, such as Hungary's Tisza ("respect and freedom") – the party of Péter Magyar, which has put Prime Minister Viktor Orban in a difficult position – as well as the Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) from the Netherlands and the Liberal Alliance and Denmark.

European election results: A more conservative Parliament under pressure from far right (2)

The far right has largely improved its score and it is, after the EPP, the big winner of this election. In France, the Rassemblement National (RN) came out on top. With its historic score, it will send a delegation of around 30 members to the European Parliament for the first time. In Italy, Fratelli d'Italia – the post-fascist party of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni – is also set to secure a hefty contingent of 24 members, while Matteo Salvini's Northern League could still count seven. In Austria, the Freedom Party (FPÖ) edged out the conservative People's Party (ÖVP) and the Social Democrats (SPÖ).

The far right also came second in several other member states. In Germany, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) came in ahead of the ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD), and likewise in Poland with the Law and Justice Party (PiS). In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom (PVV), with six elected members, came in behind the coalition of Socialists and Greens. Several countries will be sending nationalist MEPs to Strasbourg for the first time, like Portugal.

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