Voters in most EU member states called to polls on Sunday, as far-right parties expected to gain record number of seats
The four-day election cycle began in the Netherlands on Thursday. Voters queue at a polling station at The Hague Central station.The four-day election cycle began in the Netherlands on Thursday. Voters queue at a polling station at The Hague Central station.that are expected to tilt the assembly further to the radical and far right, shaping the continent’s future course.
Once derided as a talking-shop, the European parliament has gained significant powers over the last two decades. MEPs are joint legislators with national government ministers on a swathe of EU policies, such as climate action, artificial intelligence, workers’ rights and farm subsidies.
Observers will be watching whether Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán chooses to align his Fidesz MEPs to a right-wing alliance. Fidesz, which has 12 seats, has been politically homeless sinceon Thursday over the far-right Freedom party, although the margin of error also suggested a tie. In Thursday’s Dutch vote an exit poll showed the Green-Left-Labour alliance winning eight of the Netherlands’ 31 seats, with Geert Wilders’ PVV on seven seats, up from one in 2019.
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