The middle of a break, the right-wing populists win in some countries, but not Europe-wide, and the large profits theme is the protection of the environment. So it looks the day after the European elections.
Time to Time in the European elections, the turnout was slipped further and further – and this time it went significantly upwards. In addition, all parties are happy. The great lack of interest seems to be over for the time being, the people take an interest in Europe, probably because some politicians have spoken of a fate choice.
Was elected, but from country to country very different. Overall, we can say: It is unclear in the European Parliament. Manfred Weber, head of the largest, but troubled, group of the conservative European people’s party, EPP, says: “We are facing a shrinking middle in the European Parliament, a center of parties, the faith in the future of Europe, the Europe want to strengthen and the ambitious goals for Europe.”
Jubilant Green
As the Conservatives had, in many countries, the social Democrats, springs. The top candidate, Frans Timmermans, says: “we must Therefore be humble and to be clear, what program we follow.” Missed the people, so Timmermans, “that we urgently do something against the climate crisis”. His party family, as well as the Conservatives have tilled this field seems to be little. In Germany, as in several other countries, the old people’s parties have lost considerably – at the expense of the Greens.
Who saw climate protection as a main theme, made the cross in the Green
You are one of the big winners of this election. Their Co-leading candidate Ska Keller sees her party in the obligation: “We have used in the election campaign for climate protection, for the protection of biodiversity, but also for a social Europe, and that citizens’ rights are respected everywhere in the EU (…). We want to implement now in the European Parliament.”
Victory for Le Pen rich – again
The other big winners are the right-wing populists, however, far from anywhere. In Italy, the Northern League, the Junior partner in the coalition in Rome, is drawn, is spectacular at the Five-star movement is over and has reversed the relations of forces in order. Lega-chief and Minister of the interior Matteo Salvini sees in Europe is already very new ways of approaching: “Not only the Northern League is the largest party in Italy, but Marine Le pen’s party is the largest in France and Nigel Farage, the largest in the United Kingdom, Italy, France, England. This shows how Europe is changing.”
Distribution of seats according to the preliminary official final result
Indeed, President Emmanuel Macrons La République en Marche – a great humiliation for him, struck in France, the Rassemblement National just. However, the right-wing remained most your result in the last European election, as they were also party is already the strongest. Le Pen Macron called on now, even to elections in France, “he who has placed his credibility in this election in the balance, he has made a referendum on his policies and his Person”.
Farage: “it’s that simple.”
A special case of the United Kingdom that wants to actually get out of the EU. However, a Brexit, the conservative government got under Theresa May is not timely, so that the country had to participate in the election. Greatly added to parties that want to keep the country in the EU have gained in the UK once more but the Brexit-party of Nigel Farage, whose Name is the exclusive program, during both Conservative and Labour fell off a cliff. Farage calls on you to decide: “in The end it’s about what the voters, and I believe that either the Conservatives or Labour to the Brexit, or they need to be replaced. As simple as that.”
Brexit-fighters Farage: If you do not Brexit, they need to be replaced
Remains open, however, whether the various right-wing parties in the European Parliament, close to a big group together, so far, this seems to be due to internal contradictions is unlikely.
New elections in Greece
There are individual outliers in the election – and in at least one case, the result has immediate consequences for national policy. So the Spanish socialists broke, for example, the generally poor Trend for the moderate Left and performed well. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez sees it as an invitation for a classic left-wing politics: “We will build a social Europe. We will strengthen Europe so that it protects, especially by strengthening the Redistributive, labour and wage policies.”
The significantly left Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has suffered a setback, while the Conservatives climb after years of agony again. The confidence in his government, Tsipras sees, apparently, so strongly shaken that he announced that he was going to request, after the second round of the local elections in early June, “the President of the Republic to the proclamation of new elections”.
Who is what?
The shrunken middle in the European Parliament also means that it will be more difficult to find majorities, for example, for the new President of the Commission. Manfred Weber of the EPP, the support of the also shrunken social Democrats is not enough. He now wants to “reach out with humility, but also with self-awareness of” Green and liberal Hand to the conversation.
Top candidates Weber, Timmermans: by no means certain, who is President of the Commission is
However, it finds Margrethe Vestager from the liberals is by no means self-evident, that Weber makes the race: “I think the new composition of the Parliament is a sign for a change. We not only have a two-party majority. This is a new Parliament.” You want to be President of the Commission, and would be the first woman in the office.
Anyway, some of the state’s backs and heads of government, the principle that the leading candidate of the largest party Commission President, including Macron. On Tuesday you want to meet, to speak for the first Time about who you could suggest for this and other EU top positions. In addition to the Commission presidency, the presidency, the Parliament presidency, the presidency of the European Central Bank and the office of the high representative for foreign Affairs are to be filled.