Parties which often express pro-Russian narratives and oppose #Ukraine aid gained last night as voters returned their verdicts, winning approximately 150 of 720 seats in the parliament.
Although #orbans ruling #farright#FIDESZ party won, it ended up with the worst result in its history of participating in European parliamentary elections, with only about 44.6% of the votes.
The opposition 'Respect and Freedom' (TISZA), led by #petermagyar won 29.7%.
French President Emmanuel #Macron’s call for new legislative #elections after announcing the breakup of the French #Parliament caught members of the National Rally unsuspected, FRANCE 24’s Claire Paccalin said, reporting from party headquarters.
"French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday he was dissolving the National Assembly and calling a snap legislative election after his party suffered a heavy defeat in elections for the European Parliament."
CBS News reports: "The move comes as the first projected results from France on Sunday put the far-right National Rally party of Marine Le Pen well ahead in the European Union's parliamentary election, defeating Macron's pro-European centrists."
#EU#EP#FarRight#EuropeanElections2024: "In mere electoral terms, the 2024 European elections will simply reflect the trend of the previous two European elections, i.e. an increase in MEPs from right-wing Eurosceptic and far-right parties. But in terms of political power, the upcoming elections could be a game changer. For the first time in its history, the EP could have a right-wing majority. How this majority will play out politically, i.e. in terms of alliances and collaboration, remains to be seen. The key player will probably be neither the “mainstream-right” EPP nor the far-right ID, but rather the “hybrid” ECR. Predicted to be only the fifth-largest group in the new Parliament, the internally divided group has an important choice to make. It could choose to significantly increase its size by winning over new parties, including current ID parties and Orbán’s Fidesz. While this would increase its political weight within the new Parliament, it could decrease the ECR’s political influence by risking its alliance with the EPP."
I’m old enough to remember communist parties in democratic #elections. They were #farleft.
But just because we now have electoral gains by the parties farthest left in countries like #finland and #denmark, doesn’t mean it was a far-left victory.
The people on the #farright are going to try and make it sound like it. Be warned.
These parties are ”pure left”. Actual left, not playing left.
What makes them different is they don’t apologise for being #left like the centre-left parties often do.
France’s farmers helped the far right win. Now they’re regretting it. (www.politico.eu)
The National Rally’s success in the European election cost farmer unions’ centrist allies their seats in the European Parliament.