The center-right European People’s Party (EPP) was seen winning 189 seats – the largest bloc – in the European Union Parliament, according to the latest projection published by the EU.
Spain’s right wing wins European election in blow to Socialist PM
Spain’s center-right People’s Party (PP) came out on top in Sunday’s European election, garnering 22 seats out of the 61 allocated to the country, and dealing a blow to the Socialist-led government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Austrian vote count shows narrow victory for far right, ORF TV says
The count of votes cast in Austrian polling stations on Sunday plus a projection for postal ballots confirmed the far-right Freedom Party won the European Parliament election but by less than had been forecast, national broadcaster ORF said.
The Freedom Party secured 25.5% of the vote, narrowly ahead of the conservative People’s Party (OVP) at 24.7% and the Social Democrats at 23.3%, ORF said. A polling-based forecast issued earlier on Sunday had shown the Freedom Party with a 3.5-percentage-point lead over the OVP.
Von der Leyen confident she can win new mandate as EU Commission’s president
Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday she was confident she could win a new mandate as the European Commission’s president, after initial projections from the European Union showed her centrist European People’s Party (EPP) with the most seats in the EU Parliament.