In the end, a promised populist surge turned out to be more of a ripple. But although there were losses for traditional big parties in many countries, far from all of those votes went to far-right or populist parties, with greens and other pro-European forces also doing well. Pro-European forces were also mobilised in these elections.”Nationalist and far-right parties will certainly have more representation in this European parliament than in any previous one. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Thierry Baudet, leader of the Dutch populist party Forum for Democracy. Even if the far-right parties do vote together on certain issues, they will not necessarily be able to dominate the agenda.

Source: The Guardian May 27, 2019 05:01 UTC