BRUSSELS, June 14 () –
The European People’s Party (EPP) would expand its advantage as the most voted force in the European Parliament according to the latest projection of the European Parliament based on final results in the majority of countries in the bloc with 190 seats, while the bloc with socialists and liberals would reap 406 of the 720 seats.
The ‘popular’ Europeans thus improve their results in the outgoing European Parliament by 14 MEPs, but they must have more support to achieve the absolute majority necessary for the plenary session of the European Parliament to approve the re-election of Ursula Von der Leyen as president of the European Commission , once the progressive German Government confirms that it nominates her as a representative in the College of Commissioners.
Socialists and liberals have worsened their results compared to the previous legislature. S&D loses 3 and remains at 136 seats while RE falls from 102 to 80 but in any case their numbers are sufficient to ensure the re-election of Von der Leyen if the three groups reach an agreement for a vote that will be secret and for which that there is no voting discipline.
The latest projections from the European Parliament give the Greens/ALE group a loss of 19 seats (from 71 to 52). Meanwhile, the extreme right improves its results compared to the previous call, although it fails to form a blocking majority and the question remains whether they will try to form a single group or will remain fragmented into different formations as has happened until now.
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), led by the party of the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, has obtained 7 more seats, rising from 69 to 76, according to the latest estimates, while Identity and Democracy rises to 58, from 49 of the legislature that ends.
If they choose to form a single group, they would have at least 134 MEPs, in any case, ultra parties that were expelled from their natural groups in the last legislature and that could nourish some of the extreme right groups, such as the 10 seats from Fidesz (Viktor Orbán’s party suspended from the EPP), the 15 from Alternative for Germany (expelled from ID) or the 3 from Se Acaó la Fiesta.
The new European Chamber will be formed on July 16 in Strasbourg with the vote to appoint the president of the institution and its vice-presidents and quaestors. If by then there is an agreement on the presidency of the European Commission, it is also expected to be put to a vote in this plenary session.
The estimate of the size of each group corresponds to the final results announced by 17 Member States, while there are 10 other EU countries, including Spain, that continue with provisional results. Preliminary data point to an overall turnout in the EU of 51.08% of the electorate.
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