European elections results 2019

The UK papers were (mostly) all about Nigel Farage and his Brexit Party’s success in the European elections.

The Guardian led with “Tories and Labour savaged as voters take revenge over Brexit.”

The Times focused on Farage’s win causing upset to the major UK parties, leading with “Farage surge sends main parties into meltdown.”

The Daily Telegraph went with a similar theme: “Farage humiliates Tories in EU poll.”

And the Daily Express focused on Britain’s prospects over Brexit, with “Now give us the Brexit we voted for!”

Nearly 51% of eligible voters across the 28 member states lodged their votes for the next European Parliament. That’s the highest turnout since 1994, when just over 56% of people voted.

Once again, Belgium put other countries to shame in terms of turnout, with a rate of 89%.

Fewer than one quarter of Slovakians felt the need to vote, but their turnout of 22.74% was still better than in 2014 when only 13% of voters lodged ballots.

Hungary and Poland turned out in greater numbers – both at around 43%, compared to 29% and 24% in 2014.

Far-right National Party leader Marine le Pen at campaign headquarters, on May 26, 2019 in Paris.

Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party has beaten an alliance from French President Emmanuel Macron in the European elections in France, according to final results from the country’s Interior Ministry.

Le Pen’s RN, which is a rebranding of the National Front, won 23.31% of the vote versus 22.41% from Macron’s La République En Marche-led alliance known as Renaissance.

In 2014, the then National Front won with 24.86% of the vote.

The Green party Europe Écologie Les Verts gave a strong performance with 13.47% of the vote – a huge increase from their 8.9% showing in 2014, according to the ministry.

French voter turnout was significantly higher than in previous EU elections at 50.12%. Voter turnout was 42.43% in 2014.

Following exit polls, Le Pen called on Macron to dissolve the French National Assembly, or lower house of parliament.

On Monday, French papers led with Le Pen’s victory and the Green’s surprise showing.

French daily Le Figaro focused on the personal battle between the two leaders, “Macron duels with Le Pen,” while Libération noted the rising appeal of a third option, “The greens grow.”

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), suffered sharp swings away as voters turned towards the Greens.

The Christian Democrats saw their support drop to 28.7% from 35.3% in the 2014 election, while the SPD dropped to 15.6% from 27.3% in 2014, putting the party in third place.

It was double defeat for the SPD after the party failed to win the majority of votes, for the first time in more than 70 years, in a weekend election in Bremen, according to Reuters.

Losses for the two major parties signal a shift in the European power base, away from the center-right European People’s Party (EPP) and center-left European Socialists (S&D).

Together, they secured 329 seats, down from 412 at the last election.

Guy Verhofstadt, the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), said they had lost their joint majority, which presented an opportunity for his pro-European group.

The ALDE&R took 107 seats, according to the European Parliament website.

Verhofstadt said it was now time to nominate a leader who is able to unite the bloc for the next five years.

Conservative Member of the European Parliament for South East England, Daniel Hannan, on May 27, 2019.

The UK’s Conservative Party looks set to suffer a major defeat in the European elections, taking just 8.71% of the vote, compared to 23.3% in 2014.

That puts the party in 5th place, well behind Nigel Farage’s newly-formed Brexit Party, which topped the poll with almost 32%.

Conservative party MEP Daniel Hannan told CNN “you don’t have to be an expert to understand why.”

Hannan said his concern was that the Brexit party could split the national conservative vote.

“What worries me is there is only one pro-Bexit party with representation at Westminster. And what worries me is a split between the Conservatives and the Brexit Party may put in a Corbyn-led government, which would drop Brexit. But frankly by then, it will be the least of our problems,” he said.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn reacted to the European Parliamentary election results on Twitter, calling for another general election or a second Brexit referendum.

The Green Party has posted its strongest ever showing in European elections, winning 70 seats and taking 9.32% of the vote, according to provisional results.

Co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Sian Berry, said she was “very proud of our movement.”

“Amazing Green results across Europe - standing together across the continent for urgent action on climate, against austerity, for social justice and against hate. Very proud of our movement tonight!”

In the 2014 European elections, the party took 50 seats.

Much of the party’s gains came from northern Europe, including the UK, France and Germany, where young people have staged marches calling for political action over climate change.

The protests, which have spread to countries all over the world, were inspired by 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, who has become known for her single-minded determination to force governments to act.

Read more about her here.

Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and leader of right-wing Lega (League) party Matteo Salvini following the European Parliamentary election results on May 27, 2019 in Milan, Italy.

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini told local radio late Sunday night that he had spoken with France’s far-right National Rally President, Marine Le Pen, and Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, after his party’s victory in the European Elections.

“This is a vote that allows us to try to change Europe,” Salvini said, after the Lega Party took 33.64% of the votes.

Salvini’s Eurosceptic party hopes to form a majority bloc in the European Parliament.

Read more on that here.

Nigel Farage, leader of the Brexit Party, reacts after being elected as a Member of the European Parliament on Sunday, May 27, 2019.

In the UK, a party that was launched just six weeks ago has clinched almost as many votes as the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party combined.

Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party took home 31.71% of the votes, reflecting growing political dissatisfaction with major parties in the UK.

Farage, who has long campaigned for the UK to leave the European Union, said voters had sent a clear message to the Conservative government.

“If we don’t leave on October the 31st, then the scores you’ve seen for the Brexit Party today will be repeated in a general election – and we are getting ready for it,” he said.

The UK was supposed to have left the EU on March 29th, rendering the country ineligible to vote. Instead, Prime Minister Theresa May tried to push alternative deals through Parliament but ultimately failed. On Friday, she announced her intention to resign as party leader on June 7.

Conservative Party Chairman Brandon Lewis tweeted Sunday that the party needs to deliver Brexit “as quickly as possible.”

On Twitter, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has reacted to the European Parliamentary election results, calling for another general election.

He wrote: “With the Conservatives disintegrating and unable to govern, and parliament deadlocked, this issue will have to go back to the people, whether through a general election or a public vote.”

Nigel Farage, the ardent Brexiteer, has won a seat in the European parliament for his new Brexit Party.

Speaking in Southampton, UK shortly after winning the seat, Farage said: “There’s a huge message here. Massive message here. The Labour and Conservative parties could learn a huge lesson tonight but I don’t suppose they actually will.”

On Twitter, the British politician wrote: “If Britain does not leave the EU on October 31st, these results will be repeated in a general election.”

A view of the inside of the European Parliament hemicycle where journalists are attending the European elections results in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Europe’s voters have spoken, but not with a single voice.

In what is set to be one of the highest turnouts ever in European elections, the only clear message for Brussels is that Europe must reform if it is to survive. But what that reform looks like is the next big battle to come.

If there’s one thing we’ve learned tonight as the European Parliamentary election projections rolled in, Europe’s populist surge appears to have stalled. Despite winning in Italy, France and Hungary, right-wing, nationalist leaders have underperformed.

Euroskeptic hopes of nationalist politicians becoming a powerful force inside the European Union have somewhat faded. Instead, millions of voters backed vehemently pro-EU Green and liberal parties.

European politics is about to become increasingly fragmented. These election results – and the challenge they pose to building any kind of consensus – accurately reflect the extreme divisions between not only the 28 EU member states, but the divisions in those nations. 

So, it’s a mixed message for Europe. How the leaders choose to interpret these results will have an immediate impact on key decisions that need to be made. The European Commission needs a new president, as does the European Parliament. The new makeup of Europe and the decisions that are made off the back of these confusing results will have enormous influence on both.

Full analysis here

The voter turnout in the European elections came to 50.5%, according to the European Parliament.

That’s higher than 2014, when it was just 42.61%

The EU has updated its projection of the European Parliament, with numbers differing slightly to that published a short time ago.

Hungary’s far-right nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban has scored a huge win according to provisional results, after his Fidesz party received 52.14% of votes.

That’s more than three times the amount of the second most popular party, the left-wing Democratic Coalition, which received just 16.26%.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses supporters on May 26.

The EU has published its first provisional results of the European Parliament for 2019-2024. It’s based on available provisional or final national results from the 28 member states.

It shows major gains for the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) with an added 39 seats. It also confirms that the ‘grand coalition’ of the EPP and S&D have lost their majority after losing 71 seats.

The latest provision results of the European Parliament.

It’s important to note that these groups may change once MEPs form new alliances and groups. The above projection is based upon the previous European Parliament groupings.

Far-right party of Italy’s hardline Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini League has come out on top in Italy’s European parliamentary elections, according to an exit poll published by CNN affiliate Rai.

In April he launched what amounted to a “Make Europe Great Again” campaign, in an attempt to unite far-right political parties across the continent ahead of the elections.

The group hopes to form a majority bloc in the European Parliament.

Salvini’s press office shared the following photo after exit polls were announced, with the deputy PM holding a piece of paper that reads: “First party in Italy thank you”

Matteo Salvini holds up a piece of paper that thanks voters.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage arriving at the Civic Center Southampton, Southern England.

Nigel Farage – Brexit Party leader and campaigner – has showed up in Southampton on England’s south coast in a particularly buoyant mood.

“It looks good,” he said ahead of UK exit poll figures. “I have no idea, I am not making predictions.”

He added that hoped both Labor and the Conservatives – the two main parties in the UK – “do terribly.”

The “grand coalition” of the center-right European People’s Party (EPP) and center-left Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) has lost its majority. In total, it’s lost around 76 seats, which will have a significant impact in parliament proceedings, given the S&D and EPP have helped pushed most legislation through.

Instead, smaller parties have seen surges, with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) gaining 32 seats – which could make the group kingmaker for the next five years. We’re also seeing gains for the Greens, which will put climate change at the forefront of its policies, as well as gains for euroskeptic groups, too.

Polls across Europe have closed and over the coming hours the true picture of these elections will emerge. As things stands, it looks as though Europe has received a mixed message. The center-left and center-right parties that currently dominate European politics appear to have lost enough seats that their coalition has fallen apart. Pro-Europe Greens, Liberals and anti-EU nationalists have all picked up seats, making a clear path forward for Europe unclear.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has called a snap election after disappointing results from his party in the European Elections.

His Syriza party was estimated to have received just 23.94% of votes in the elections, trailing behind its main opposition party New Democracy, which received 33.28%.

One of the more interesting outcomes of tonight’s results will be how the UK has voted. The country was supposed to have left the EU on March 29 and not participate in these elections. But two Brexit extensions later, the UK is still a member state and has been forced to put forward candidates.

The Brexit divisions mean that these elections will be seen as a temperature test of where the nation currently stands on Brexit – and as with all things Brexit, it’s likely to be as confusing as ever. Both the governing Conservatives and opposition Labour party are expected to suffer defeats, while the two parties widely-tipped to finish first and second represent the polar opposite, extreme ends of the Brexit debate.

Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party – predicted to finish in first place – has one policy: to leave the EU without a deal. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats – who have a decent shot at finishing second – support remaining in the EU.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage arriving at a polling station to vote in the European Parliament elections on May 23.

Tonight’s results will be seized upon by supporters and campaigners on both sides, who will selectively use the results to force the hand of the main parties into adopting their respective policies on Brexit. Given the unsettled status of British politics – made all the more chaotic following Theresa May’s decision to stand down next month, triggering a leadership contest in her party and a fresh push from Labour for a general election – the Brexit fight is set to get far more heated in the coming weeks.

Parliament isn’t organized by political parties but by political affiliations – otherwise known as groupings. Currently there are eight political groupings in the European Parliament.

European Deputies vote during the plenary session, at the European Parliament's Hemicycle 24 May 2007 in Strasbourg.

Here’s a brief break down of what each political group stands for:

Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D): Forms part of the ‘Grand Coalition’ and is the second largest party. It’s a traditional center-left bloc which is predominately pro-EU.

European People’s Party (EPP): Also forms part of the Grand Coalition and is the traditional center-right party. Also Pro-EU.

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE): Mostly made up of liberal-centrists who are Pro-EU.

Greens / European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA): Made up of Europe’s green and regionalist parties.

Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF): Far-right parties and hard euroskeptics.

European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR): Right-wing parties who often campaign to reform the EU.

Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD): Populist and euroskeptic.

European United Left / Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL): Left-wing, which comprises of socialist and communist MEPs.

Non-Aligned: MEPs who choose not to align themselves to any groups.

Others: New MEPs who do not belong to any political groupings yet.

According to Germany’s state broadcaster ZDF, a third of young Germans voted for the Greens.

23-year-old climate activist Luisa Neubauer, who led the Fridays for Future school strikes, called this election a “climate election.”

“The election results speak for itself. We young people didn’t just bring the climate crisis [to] the streets – we brought it to the ballot boxes,” Neubauer told CNN.

“This is the future speaking up – it turns out that voters don’t trust parties other than the Green Party to tackle the climate crisis.”

German environmentalist Luisa Neubauer delivers a speech during the annual general meeting of German energy giant RWE in Essen, western Germany on May 3.

French president Emmanuel Macron voting on May 26.

French President Emmanuel Macron finished second to the far-right populist candidate Marine Le Pen, but he needn’t spend too much time licking his wounds. Macron’s pact with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) is currently projected to take 102 seats in the parliament. Based on the rest of the seat projections, this could make the group kingmaker for the next five years. 

ALDE officials are watching these results like a hawk. A senior ALDE official told CNN on Sunday that 100 was the magic number, should they be “able to bully the others.” The same source said that results in the UK would be particularly important, as there has been a recent poll surge for the anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats, who sit within the ALDE group. 

The European Parliament has published a projection of what the European Parliament may look like from 2019 until 2024. It projects that the Grand Coalition – the two largest centrist groups the European People’s Party (EPP) and the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) – have lost a total of 81 seats to smaller parties.

While the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and Renaissance (ALDE&R) – which includes French President Emmanuel Macron’s La République En Marche party – has picked up 33 seats.

The Greens have been predicted to have picked up 19 seats, while the Euroskeptic political group Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) – which comprises of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage – has gained 14 seats.

Note: This is based on what Parliament previously looked like, which means seats and political groups could change.

A projection of the European Parliament for 2019-2024.

Following the announcement that the National Rally was set to finish on top in France, its president Marine Le Pen appeared triumphant in a speech, calling for President Emmanuel Macon to dissolve parliament.

Far-right National Party leader Marine Le Pen delivers a speech at the campaign headquarters, Sunday, May 26.

Jordan Bardella, who’s the leader of the National Rally, also spoke shortly after the estimates were announced – calling it a “popular burst against the established power that suffers a real failure today.”

“It’s a lesson in humility for the president. Tonight, it’s is him, and his policies, that are rejected,” Bardella said, referring to Macron. “It shows the EU must radically change its economic, social and migration policies.”

The European Parliament has said that this year’s election will be the highest in at least 20 years at 51%, according to preliminary results.

That’s based on 27 EU countries, which excludes the UK. Pending on the UK’s turnout, the turnout could be between 49-52%.

Marine Le Pen’s populist National Rally party has come out on top in the European elections in France, according to exit polls. Those results will be a major blow to pro-EU President Emmanuel Macron and his party La République En Marche.

Le Pen’s National Rally is estimated to have received 23.2% of the vote, while Macron’s received 21.9%.

Le Pen was Macron’s rival in the final round of the 2017 French presidential election. That election was seen a binary choice between the far-right and a pro-European.

French far-right National Rally president Le Pen leaves the polling booth to cast her vote for the European Parliament.

Ireland’s Green Party has also made big gains this year, according to estimates provided by the EU. They party is set to take the first seats it’s held in the EU parliament in 20 years.

Meanwhile, Taoisearch Leo Varadkar’s Fine Gael Party (FG) is leading estimates with 29% of votes – which is double the amount of support that any other party has received.

Ireland will be allocated a total of 11 seats in parliament, however once the UK leaves the EU it will increase to 13.

Leo Varadkar pictured on May 24 as he prepared to vote in the European Elections.

As previously projected, Dutch Labor Party PvDa of European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans is coming first in the Netherlands at 18.10%. That’s double the amount of votes it received in the 2014 EU election.

It’s a surprise victory for Timmermans, whose Euroskeptic challenger Thierry Baudet – who has been described as the “suave new face of Dutch right-wing populism” – had been topping the polls in this year’s election.

Meanwhile Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) has received 15%, the centrist Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) received 12.30% and Baudet’s far-right Forum for Democracy (FvD) is fourth at 11%.

Voter turnout was also higher this year in the Netherlands, according to statistics published by the European Parliament. See what turnout has been like since 1979 below:

Voter turnout by year in the Netherlands

Germany’s Greens have celebrated to their surge in the Germany polls in the European parliamentary elections by calling it a “signal for more climate protection.”

The Greens celebrate as exit poll are announced on public broadcast TV stations during the election evening on May 26

Sven Giegold, a MEP from the party said the Greens would “carry the voice of the climate movement from the streets to Parliament and work for European cohesion.”

“Today was a Sunday for future, it was an election of choice and people have chosen climate control and a Europe of solidarity.”

While top candidate Sven Giegold said they took the results “as an assignment to finally take action” on climate.

Early exit polls suggest that one of tonight’s narratives could be a surge in support for parties that are pro-European but also pro-EU reform.

Earlier this week, CNN’s Luke McGee interviewed Guy Verhofstadt, the leader of the Alliance of Democrats and Liberals for Europe. Verhofstadt warned that without reform, the European Union would “die from inside” and that this union, left as it is, “will not survive the 21st century. Read the full interview here.

An exit poll from CNN affiliate ORF suggests that Austria’s populists have lost some support.

The conservative Austrian People’s Party (OVP) is sitting at 34.5%, compared to 26.98% in 2014. While the right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) is down at 17.5% compared to 19.72% five years ago. The center-left Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPO) has received 23.5% of the votes, which is slightly lower than 2014.

The full breakdown is below:

Austria estimates

The Green Party has surged in Germany while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party suffered a dip in votes compared to the federal elections in 2017, according to an early exit poll. While the Greens are a pro-European party, they’ve been critical in how the EU currently operates and has campaigned for reforms.

The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (the party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel) received 28% of the vote, according to an exit poll by CNN affiliate ARD. While the Greens received 22%.

It’s also important to note that Germany sends the most MEPs to Brussels and Strasbourg out of all EU countries.

Here’s a full breakdown:

Germany estimates

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker lashed out at “stupid nationalists” on the eve of European elections in which euroskeptic politicians are expected to make gains in the European Parliament.

In an interview with CNN on Wednesday, the outgoing president said he was only too aware of the threat that nationalist politicians pose to European solidarity, which Juncker called the “main objective of the EU.”

Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the European Commission prepares to cast his ballot at a polling station in Capellen, on May 26.

Some polls projected that populists may become the most powerful group in the parliament following this week’s elections in all 28 EU nations, resulting in a lasting impact on the future of the bloc and the continent at large. “These populist, nationalists, stupid nationalists, they are in love with their own countries,” Juncker told CNN in his Brussels office.

“They don’t like those coming from far away, I like those coming from far away … we have to act in solidarity with those who are in a worse situation than we are in,” he said.

When asked why he thought that anti-EU forces were more successful in mobilizing their base than pro-Europeans, Juncker replied: “It’s always easier to mobilize negative forces than to mobilize positive forces.”

Read more of CNN’s interview with Juncker here:

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - NOVEMBER 25: President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker speaks to the media with European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and European Council President Donald Tusk during a press conference after attending a special session of the European Council over Brexit on November 25, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. The three EU representatives briefed the media after leaders of the 27 remaining member states of the European Union met and approved the United Kingdom's withdrawal agreement for leaving the European Union and the political declaration that will set the course for the U.K.'s relationship with the E.U. once Brexit is complete. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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Voter turnout across several European countries is much higher than the last election in 2014, according to officials.

Numbers were significantly higher in Spain, the Spanish interior ministry announced Sunday, where 34.68% had voted by 8 a.m. ET (2 p.m. CET). In the last EU parliamentary elections only 23.87% had voted by then, the ministry says.

A man casts his ballot at a polling station during voting for the Spanish local, regional and European parliamentary elections on May 26.

Meanwhile in Germany – which sends the most Members of European Parliament (MEPs) to Brussels out of all the European countries – was up at 29.4% compared to 25.6% in 2014, the German federal election commission said. That, too, was recorded at 8 a.m. ET (2 p.m. CET).

In France, the Interior Ministry said voter turnout was on track to be 22% higher in this year’s elections than it was five years ago. And in Italy, the Interior Ministry reported at noon local time that turnout was at 16.72% compared to 16.66% at the same time in 2014.

The Hungarian National Election Office also reported that voter turnout at 9 a.m. ET (3 p.m. CET) had already exceeded the turnout for the entire day in 2014’s elections. It said voter turnout in Hungary was at 30.52%, compared to 2014 when the total voter turnout was 28.97%.

One of the biggest challenges facing Members of the European Parliament is communicating to voters what they actually do. Even experts who have spent their entire careers studying the European Parliament admit it’s a complex institution for voters to get to grips with.

From rules on how many hours employees work, to the quality of the air they breathe and even data privacy, the European Parliament passes hundreds of laws each year affecting 500 million people. Not to mention approving EU budgets and appointing the President of the European Commission.

Euroskeptics meanwhile, argue the Parliament doesn’t really exert that much power, instead tinkering on the edges of legislation that must first be proposed by the European Commission anyway.

If you want a better idea of how the European Parliament shapes laws, phone roaming charges are a pretty good place to start. Read more about that here:

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This year’s European parliamentary elections will determine the future direction of the European Union itself as it confronts the threat of nationalists and populists across the continent, and as the drawn-out Brexit process continues to dominate the political agenda.

Around 350 million people across the EU are eligible to cast ballots for the 751 members of the European Parliament (MEPs), who pass hundreds of laws each year – from how many hours employees work, to the quality of air that citizens breathe, and even data privacy.

While historically turnout has been relatively low, this year analysts say voters are much more engaged with the poll, which runs from May 23 to 26. As a result, Europe’s Parliament is expected to undergo a major shake-up.

Read more about how Populists are expected to make big gains amid a whole lot of Brexit uncertainty:

BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 21: A voter casts her ballot in early voting at a local voting office in European parliamentary elections on May 21, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. Voters in European member states will go to the polls beginning Thursday in elections lasting through Sunday to elect a new European Parliament. In Germany voters can already cast their mail-in ballots by mail or in person at voting offices. Polling stations will open Sunday. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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