While the first projections of the composition of the new Parliament are published, franceinfo details the results of the vote in five EU countries.
A renewed European Parliament. Some 373 million voters were called to the polls for the European elections, from Thursday June 6 to Sunday June 9. In France, the National Rally came first, ahead of the list of the presidential majority and that of the Socialist Party-Place publique, according to an Ipsos estimate for France Télévisions, Radio France, France 24, RFI, Public Senate and LCP National Assembly. In the process, Emmanuel Macron announced the dissolution of the National Assembly.
What about our neighbors? The far right has established itself in several other EU countries, including Austria. Franceinfo summarizes the results of the vote in five of our neighbors.
In Germany, a victory for the right
As polls predicted, the German government coalition suffered a defeat on Sunday evening. LThe Social Democratic Party (SPD) of Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives third with 13.9% of the votes, according to the first national estimates. His allies, the Greens, obtained 11.9%% of the vote, and the Liberal Democratic Party (FDP) 5%.
The right is the big winner of the vote across the Rhine. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU), allied in the European Parliament, together received 30.3% of the votes, or 30 seats.
After a campaign marked by controversies, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party loses 16 MEP seats, nine more than in 2019, according to the European Parliament’s first projections. The party came second in the vote, with 16% of the vote.
In Spain, a setback for the socialist government
Less than a year after a gamble by Pedro Sanchez, who remained in power with early legislative elections, the Spanish Prime Minister was disowned by voters during the European elections. The socialist list came second in the vote (30.2%), ahead of a short head by the conservatives of the Popular Party (32.4%). The PSOE loses a seat in the European Parliament, going from 21 to 20 MEPs, while the EPP will now have 22 elected officials (compared to 13 since 2019), according to the European Parliament’s first projections.
This election also sees the Ciudadanos and Podemos parties decline. The first lost all of its eight seats, while the second went from six to two MEPs. With 10.4% of the vote, the far-right Vox group almost doubles its score compared to 2019.
In the Netherlands, a left-wing alliance in the lead
Among the Dutch, the alliance between the Greens and the Labor Party is ahead of its adversaries, with 21.6% of the votes. According to the first national estimates, these two formations will send, between them, eight deputies in Strasbourg.
After winning the legislative elections in October by campaigning in particular on the promise of a “Nexit”, an exit of the Netherlands from the EU, the far-right party of Geert Wilders finally withdrew the proposal from its program to the Europeans. While the party until now had only one representative in Parliament, this time it will send seven elected officials to Strasbourg, having collected 17.7% of the votes.
The VVD liberals, allies of the PVV within the new Dutch government coalition, obtained 11.6% of the vote and ranked third. Followed by the Christian Democrats (9.7%), the social liberals of D66 (8.10%) and the BBB Citizen Peasant Movement (5.3%).
In Austria, the far right dominates
Many Austrians also voted for the far right. After campaigning against “the asylum crisis” And “ecological terror”the Freedom Party (FPÖ), an ally of the AfD in the European Parliament, rose to first place on Sunday, with 27% of the vote.
A few months before the legislative elections in Austria, the Eurosceptic movement is ahead of the People’s Party (ÖVP). The party currently in power collects 23.5% of the votes, and loses three seats compared to the previous mandate.
The Social Democrats of the SPÖ obtained five seats, as many as in 2019. With 23% of the votes, they are neck and neck with the right, according to first national estimates. The Greens, allies of the ÖVP within the government coalition, finished fourth (10.5%), after a campaign marred by a controversy concerning their head of the list.
In Poland, two parties neck and neck
Donald Tusk’s pro-European Civic Coalition won against the ultraconservatives of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, but by a hair. The list of the Polish Prime Minister, former President of the European Council, obtains 38.2% of the votes, according to the first national estimates. The PiS, which lost power in October 2023, received 33.9% of the vote.
Another highlight of the elections in Poland: the third place of the far-right party Konfederacja (Confederation). The formation, born in 2019, obtains six MEPs out of the 53 elected officials who will represent the country.
Results in Hungary and Italy still awaited
National estimates are still awaited in other key EU states, including Hungary. Fidesz, the party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, is well ahead in the polls.
In Italy, you have to wait 11 p.m. to know the first national estimates. The party of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was so far predicted to be winning in the polls. She is the only EU head of government to lead a list for the elections.