Alliance holds sway as membership helped thrust countries such as Spain, Portugal and Ireland into the modern world, and maintains sovereignty for Baltic states
A woman wearing face paint in a EU flag design follows the results of the European parliament elections at the European parliament in Brussels, Belgium, on May 26 2019. Picture: BLOOMBERG/GEERT VANDEN WIJNGAERTIreland, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, the Netherlands — the surge in support for eurosceptics in elections to the European parliament spared several countries on Sunday or was weaker than expected.
Even far-right party Vox, which entered the European Parliament for the first time with three seats, is staunchly pro-European. Exit polls showed Ireland’s pro-EU Fine Gael, who lead the current government, and Green party set to score big. It has “benefited greatly from the European project” in terms of improved social services, education and transport, says the head of the ruling Socialist Party's poll list, Pedro Marques.But what of other member states such as Hungary and Poland that also benefited economically from the EU but elected eurosceptics to power?“For Spain, Europe is democracy and prosperity.
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