The European Parliament election in May is expected to produce a major turnover in political power in the EU’s institutions, with populist parties making new gains and voters across the bloc split on what issues to prioritize in the ballot. [...]
The EPP, the EU’s biggest political group, is leading the polls in only two of the bloc’s 10 most populous countries. An EPP-affiliated party leads a national government in only one of its 13 most populous countries. Here are its projected results in the EU-wide election: [...]
If the votes of people who abstained in the 2014 European Parliament election counted toward a new party, that party would be the biggest political force in 24 out of 27 EU countries. The graphic below shows the percentage of people who abstained from voting in the last European election.
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