The first forecasts showed voters boosting far-right parties that have made populist economic appeals and taken hardline positions on migration.
Alternative for Germany party co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla react to results after the polls closed in the European Parliament elections on Sunday. BRUSSELS — The European Union may be tilting to the political right, with the first forecasts in the European Parliament elections showing voters punishing ruling centrists and boosting parties that have made populist economic appeals and taken hard-right positions on immigration.
The once-every-five-years European Parliament elections amount to the world’s largest democratic exercise outside India. For four days, citizens of the European Union’s 27 member states have been casting ballots to determine the 720 representatives that sit in Brussels and Strasbourg. The European Parliament is limited in power, and the rising far-right parties are fragmented, but if they can agree to work together, they could influence the bloc’s position on major issues for years to come — cementing the E.U.’s increasingly restrictive approach to migration, frustrating efforts to meet climate goals and weakening support for Ukraine.
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