European Parliament Election: May 23-26, 2019

[Lord Halifax]

I would really appreciate some comments from Polish and French posters on the state of the race in their countries.

[Lord Halifax]

I would really appreciate some comments from Polish and French posters on the state of the race in their countries.

If you have any questions about some issues do not hesitate to ask, but generally PE campaign is just prologue for Polish parliament elections.

How likely is it that Koalicja Europejska will get more votes than PiS?

[Lord Halifax]

Turnout in the Netherlands was 14% at 1:30 PM compared to 15% in 2014. I still suspect turnout will be higher than last time, but it may also very well not be. The Netherlands will remain one of the two or three EU countries with the biggest turnout gaps between general and European elections.

I'm going to have a late lunch break and vote for FVD (twice) now.

Enjoy your meal. When are the results expected?

[Lord Halifax]

https://mobile.twitter.com/DanielJHannan/status/1131669660385062912

[Lord Halifax]

If asked to choose, I feel most would choose more EU instead of no EU, even if they don't want to give more power to the bureaucrats. Personally, I would like to see more democracy and swift reform in the EU, and IMO the right should go for that[/b], as it is more realistic, and most likely more beneficial.

More democracy on a European level would undermine the power of the nation states, so that's not an advantage for the nationalist right.

[Lord Halifax]

https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1132693323246899205

[Lord Halifax]

"Writer and academic Niyazi Kızılyürek (AKEL - GUE/NGL) becomes the first Turkish Cypriot to be elected as a member of the European Parliament for Cyprus and the first to be elected in public office in the Republic of Cyprus since the 1960s."

[Lord Halifax]

It looks like turnout will be high in Poland. Who does that benefit?

[Lord Halifax]

https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1132708479737765888

Really bad for DF considering that New Right and Paludan weren't on the ballot (but then they're probably disproportionally affected by lower turnout - but that wasn't a problem last time...). They may not even retain their second seat on these numbers, I think.

turnout was record high...

[Lord Halifax]

So apparently the French Interior Ministry releases the results, I thought it was forbidden until 11pm.
https://elections.interieur.gouv.fr/europeennes-2019/FE.html

41% counted
RN - 27.05%
LREM - 20.40%
EELV - 11.88%
LR - 8.58%
LFI - 6.17%
PS - 5.65%

Ipsos predicts that RN will finish at 23 %, Lrem 22 % and Greens at 13 %.

Seems closer than expected. Any chance LREM pass RN?

[Lord Halifax]

https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1132737097046085632

[Lord Halifax]

Tsipras has called a general election after losing (to be held 30/6).  

[Lord Halifax]

https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1132756627470409729