The European Union still has hope

The overall results of the European elections have had mixed results. Very bad confirmations like Hungary with Orban's party that passed an absolute majority of votes. Two major European countries where the majority forces emerged from the polls are of the extreme right xenophobic as in France with the Front National of Marine Le Pen and in Italy with the League of Matteo Salvini. In the United Kingdom, the Brexit Party became the first party, but it was balanced by the affirmation of the Lib Dems who became the second party and by the Greens and the Scottish party, which instead are to remain within the EU.

Preliminary · 751/751 seats

Party

Seats

EPP

180

24%

S&D

146

19.4%

ALDE

109

14.5%

Greens/EFA

69

9.2%

ECR

59

7.9%

ENF

58

7.7%

EFDD

54

7.2%

GUE/NGL

39

5.2%

NA

8

1.1%

Other parties

29

3.9%

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-european-parliament-elections/

Overall, the picture that emerged from the polls is better than expected: the xenophobic, sovereign forces have not prevailed and will probably be put in a corner. The manifestations of the joy of the new "monsters" will be relegated to their countries.

Matto Salvini and Viktor Orban visited the fence at Hungary's southern border in May (Photo: Balazs Szecsodi/Hungary's Press Office of the Prime Minister)

Nigel Farage a un evento del Brexit party a Londra, il 21 maggio 2019. (Henry Nicholls, Reuters/Contrasto) by Internazionale

Italian Interior Minister, Deputy Premier and leader of Italian party 'Lega' (League), Matteo Salvini (L), with French Marine Le Pen, president of the Rassemblement National (RN) far-right party attend a rally with leaders of other European nationalist parties, ahead of the 23-26 May European Parliamentary elections, at the Duomo square in Milan, Italy, 18 May 2019. [Matteo Bazzi/EPA/EFE]

Jaroslaw Kaczynski - foto Ansa EPA/JAKUB KAMINSKI“


Today those who still believe in the European dream must make an additional effort to correct past mistakes: lack of fiscal policy at European level, greater integration of the banking system and overcome the logic of unanimous voting. Poland and Hungary must either fall within the fundamental principles on which Europe is based or be excluded.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2019/may/26/eu-election-results-2019-across-europe