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Belgian Prime Minister De Croo announces his resignation
"From tomorrow I will be a resigning prime minister." This was said by the head of the Belgian government Alexandre De Croo in light of the results of the national legislative elections which were held together with the consultation for the European Parliament.
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The People's Party grows, the socialists decline
According to the second projection on the composition of the next assembly of the European Parliament just made known, the People's Party would go from the current 177 MEPs to 186. The socialists, however, would drop from the current 140 MEPs to 133 and the liberals of Renew from 102 to 82. The conservatives of Ecr they would grow from 68 to 70 and the sovereignists of ID from 59 to 60. For the Greens the decline would be from 72 to 53 and for the EU Left from 37 to 36. But the projection also shows a patrol of as many as 100 MEPs among the non-members and the 'others' still looking for a group and who could significantly impact the consistency of the individual groups that make up the hemicycle.
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Poland, Tusk's popular team ahead
In Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk's Civic Coalition (KO) is ahead of his Law and Justice (PiS) counterpart in the first exit polls of the European elections: Popular at 38%, Conservative at 33.9%.
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Macron calls early elections
After the clear victory of Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National and the collapse of her Renaissance party, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to the nation to announce his decision to call new early elections. Le Pen: «We are ready to govern France».
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Right-wing parties are growing, but they are not making it in the European Parliament
According to the first projection of the EU Parliament, the right-wing and sovereignists are growing in the European Chamber but, apparently, without subverting the parliamentary balance. The growth of the Identity and Democracy group is clear, going from the 59 seats occupied so far to 62, not counting the 17 AfD MEPs who are currently among the non-members. The jump of Ecr is less important, going from 68 seats to 71. The non-members group has 51 members while another 51 are classified by the projections as "others", being formed by new political parties. The current EP has 705 MEPs but the one that opens in July will have 720.
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France, Macron on the gridiron
«The French people have sent a very clear message»: Marine Le Pen said this, after the numbers that show her Rassemblement National as the winner of the European elections in France. Jordan Bardella, the leader of his party, instead called for the resignation of President Emmanuel Macron.
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Spain, the People's Party ahead
First estimates from Spain: the People's Party are ahead and would win between 21 and 23 seats in the European Parliament. The socialists of the PSOE follow with 20-22. Followed by the populist right of Vox, with 6-7 seats.
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France, Marine Le Pen wins by a landslide
Marine Le Pen's party wins by a landslide in France, while President Macron's party collapses: gap of over 16 points in the first exit polls. In detail, the Rassemblement National, led by Jordan Bardella, Marine Le Pen's protégé, scored, according to an average of the exit polls released by the media, around 32%. More than double that of Valérie Hayer, leader of the Renaissance Macronians, who stands at 15.2%. Raphael Glucksmann's result was good, with the Socialist Party-Place Publique list, coming third with 14%.
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Holland, green-labour coalition ahead
In the Netherlands the first party is the coalition between the Greens and Labor at 21.6% followed by Geert Wilders' PVV at 17.7%, the VVD (Mark Rutte's party) came in third place at 11.6%. . Christian Democrats at 9.7%. According to the basic exit poll estimates released by the European Parliament, in the Netherlands the liberals of Renew Europe and Identity and Democracy would have 7 seats, the Greens and S&D 4, Left 1, Ecr 1, others 1.
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Bulgaria, conservatives in the lead
In Bulgaria, the first European exit polls released by the Gallup agency at the closing of the polls put the conservative GERB party in the lead with 26.2%, whose leader Boyko Borissov governed the country in the past for almost ten years, then 15, 7% for PP and 15.4% for the nationalist Vazrazhdane party.
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Von der Leyen: «Extremists punished»
"The people punished the extremists of the right and left." This was said by the leading candidate of the EPP, Ursula von der Leyen, speaking via video link to the representatives of the Christian Democratic Union gathered in Berlin, after the first exit polls of the European elections in Germany which see the CDU-CSU in the lead with 29 .6% of the votes. **
Holland, 7 seats for the Liberals
According to the basic exit poll estimates released by the European Parliament, in the Netherlands the liberals of Renew Europe and Identity and Democracy would have 7 seats, the Greens and S&D 4, Left 1, Ecr 1, others 1. The first party is the coalition between Greens and Labor at 21.6% followed by Geert Wilders' PVV at 17.7%, the VVD (Mark Rutte's party) came in third place at 11.6%. Christian Democrats at 9.7%.
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Greece, exit poll: prime minister's party in the lead
In Greece, Prime Minister Mitsotakis's New Democracy party obtained 30% of the votes according to the first exit polls. Syriza is in second place at 16.70%, Pasok is in third place at 12.4%. This is the distribution of seats based on the first data: EPP 8 seats covered by Greek deputies, Left 3, S&D 3, Ecr 2, Non-members 2, Others 2.
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Germany, projections: CDU in the lead, followed by the ultra-right
After the exit polls (see below) here are the first projections made known by the German broadcaster Ard: in Germany the CDU is at 29.6% (in 2019 it was 28.9%), Afd at 16.4% (11 %), the SPD at 14 (15.8%), the Greens at 12% (20.5%), the Liberals at 5% (5.4%), Sara Wagenknecht's new party BWS at 5.7 % while the Linke at 2.8% (5.5%).
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Spain, turnout decreasing
Voter turnout in Spain is decreasing: at 6pm 38.3% of the over 38 million eligible voters voted, equal to over 11 points less than at the same time in 2019, according to data released by the government. However, five years ago the European elections were associated with municipal and regional ones. Compared to 2014, a similar year to the current one with only the European elections, participation at 6pm increased by 4 points.
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Germany, the ultra-right rejoices
«The game is over and we have a super result, a record result. We have almost 50% of new voters in Europe." Tino Chrupalla, the leader of the German ultra-right AfD, said this in Germany, commenting on the first exit polls, which show AfD overtaking the Social Democrats with 16.5% at 14. The comment of the general secretary of the SPD, Kevin Kuehnert, who spoke of a "hard defeat".
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Exit Poll Germany, CDU in the lead, AfD overtakes Spd
According to the first exit polls at the closing of the polls in Germany, the Christian Democrats CDU/CSU are the leading political force, but the far-right AfD has overtaken the Social Democrats SPD. In detail: the CDU is ahead with 29.5% (it was 28.9% in 2019). Followed by the ultra-right Afd with 16.5 (11%), the SPD with 14 (15.8), the Greens with 12% (20.5%), the Fdp with 5% (5.4 ), BWS (Sara Wagneknecht's new movement) with 5.5%, and Linke with 2.8. This is what emerges from the exit polls published by the public broadcaster Ard.
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Europe Elects projections, the EPP grows
According to the first projection of the European elections by Europe Elects, an independent aggregator of polls and data, with the first post-election results from six countries, the center-right of the EPP is projected to 184 seats (+6), the center-left of the S&D goes to 136 (- 4), the Renew liberals go to 88 (-14). The ECR conservatives have 73 seats (+5). The right of Id 67 (+8), Verdi/Ale 56 (-16), Sinistra goes to 36 (-1). With 80 seats (+31) the non-members would become the fourth group.
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Exit Poll Austria: far right in the lead
The far-right FPO party is leading the European elections in Austria, according to exit polls published by the main media. Fpo obtained 27% of the votes, becoming for the first time the most important political force in the Alpine country.
(Unioneonline/lf)
