Across 27 countries between 6 and 9 June, voters went to the polls to decide who would represent them in the European Parliament. As expected, the electorate did not appear to pay attention to the actual work or purpose of the European Parliament, but rather used the election to kick national governments at a time of rising dismay about the cost-of-living crisis, immigration, energy shortages and national security.
“So what?”, you might be thinking. Here, EFCA will try to answer that question, turning attention to the possible impact of the outcome of the European elections on our sector. We give our first assessment on the power shift, which has put the group of liberals in fourth place, behind the populist and far-right leaning group, the European Conservatives and Reformists.
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