The ripple effects of the latest vote will take some time to play themselves out.
BRUSSELS – Europe has moved sharply to the right, as electorates in the 27 member states of the European Union voted in large numbers for anti-establishment, right-wing movements promising to champion national causes, such as tightening border controls for migrants and asylum seekers.
Traditionally, European ballots are not taken seriously by the continent’s public. Less than half of those eligible to vote turn out, and most of those who do use the ballots as an opportunity to register a protest against their national governments. The block of centre-left political parties in the European Parliament remains in the doldrums. It will have only 133 MEPs in the next Parliament, which will meet on July 16. It will continue to languish in opposition, as it has done over the past two decades.
Still, far-right parties did not do as well as expected in central and eastern European countries such as Poland, Romania and Hungary. And in Portugal, Socialists edged ahead of right-wing forces. However, the most dramatic results came from France, where the clear winner of the election was the National Rally, which humiliated Mr Macron. With 31.5 per cent of the ballots cast, the Rally received more than twice as many votes as Mr Macron’s list.
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