EP elections 2014 - Results Thread

[Tayya]

It might interest some of you that Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson said on TV today that the party would "only" consider co-operating with UKIP and the Danish People's Party, whatever that means. Of course, he could always renege on that - which might be more likely than not.

The Sweden Democrats are between a rock and a hard place - they're too "dirty" for the softer, more populist parties such as UKIP and the True Finns, but aren't enthusiastic about being connected to Front National and the PVV. Their Youth League, which is more nationalist, would however love to see SD co-operate with Wilders and Le Pen.

In the end, they might end up outside a group, which would essentially eliminate their influence as their candidates aren't exactly strong enough to make much noise on their own.

[Tayya]

The Swedish postal votes have finally been added to the tally as the votes have been recounted, and 2 AM this morning with 1 precinct to go out of 6227 the Greens finally broke the magic 15.40 wall as the Social Democrats decreased to 22.20, getting them a 4th mandate and leaving the Social Democrats with 5. The 20th mandate will go to noted EU skeptic Max Andersson.

The final margin of votes was 453. Votes have consequences.

[Tayya]

I am also very surprised by FI's decision. I assume many of its voters are too.

[Tayya]

To talk about something else, how many MEPs have been elected outside of their own country?

I only know of Konstantina Kouneva, a Bulgarian MEP elected in Greece with Syriza.

Italian Green Monica Frassoni has been elected from Belgium. And Daniel Cohn-Bendit, if he counts.