By Antonis Anzoletou

The new geography of the European Parliament will follow the old continent and the policies it will attempt to implement for the next five years. The “bargains” in Brussels have begun and the unrest in France with the announcement of parliamentary elections and the strengthening of Marine Le Pen it was the event that marked the June 9 polls.

THE Emmanuel Macron’s move is high risk, which the French president does not seem to have taken into account. Political developments may not have been caused in Germany, but several days later the whole of Europe is discussing the fact that the three parties of the governing coalition are now losing to far-right and conservative forces.

It is recalled that in the autumn polls will be held in three states of the former East Germany in which the far-right AfD will have no problem emerging first.

Epimythio: It was a European electoral battle which, according to the data so far, caused a greater uproar in the member states than in the European structure.

In relation to the votes, what was expected happened.

The European People’s Party (gained 10 seats) and the Social Democrats (lost 3 seats).

The two together do not have the majority of the semicircle, as is the case from 2019 onwards. However, there is no problem, as the majority of the pro-European center will be formed with the help of the Liberals. All three together add up to 406 seats.

This does not mean that the majority of 361 seats for her to prevail Ursula von der Leyen she is for granted.

What is the big problem? As it is a secret ballot so leaks should be considered certain.

Everything will depend on the agreements that will be made before and the commitments of the previous EU president. against those who support her.

With this logic, support from the wing of the Reformers and Conservatives cannot be ruled out.

Crucial positions will be locked at the European Council meeting at the end of next week. July 16 – 19 all mysteries will be solved, as the European Parliament will decide on its new president Commission.

Far-right forces are on the rise, and this was also no surprise.

The Conservatives and Reformists “grew” by seven seats reaching 76 and the nationalist group of Identity and Democracy by nine (58 seats).

No one doubts that they will try to pressure the other political families with their own agenda, possibly having the Hungarian presidency on their side starting in July. The two Eurogroups remain divided and the good news is that they cannot cause problems, with the seats they have, in the legislative work.

For the next day, the weakening of the Greens (they lost 19 seats) resulted from the fact that, unlike in 2019, the climate crisis was not at the top of the pre-election agenda. Not that it does not preoccupy the “720” and the EU in general, however the war conflicts in the region and the crisis of accuracy monopolized the interest of both parties and European citizens.