At his arrival to the EU Informal Summit President Emmanuel Macron said on he prefers two women and two men with strong personalities to lead the European Union in the next five years. French President declined to name his favorite candidates at this stage, but he mentioned the names of the contestants as Frans Timmermans,…
Tag: EU Elections 2019
Informal EU leaders Summit
After the European Parliament elections EU heads of state or government will meet for a summit on 28 May 2019 in Brussels. Informal #EUCO dinner tomorrow #EUelections2019Check the background brief 👇 — EU Council Press (@EUCouncilPress) May 27, 2019 They will discuss the outcome of the vote and launch the procedure of the nomination process for…
Europarliament renewal ends status quo
Eurocentric parties held two-thirds of seats in the new European Parliament, official projections from the bloc’s elections, however far right parties have risen considerably. Exit polls indicate that Marine Le Pen‘s Le Rassemblement national (RN) won with 24% of the vote. President Emmanuel Macron‘s En arche (LaRem) came second with 22.5% of the votes. The…
Dublin Greens remarkable rise
The Green party is in contention to win three Members of European Parliament (MEP) seats in Ireland’s European elections after an official exit poll said its three candidates are all on course for Brussels success. The sorting of votes in the European and Local Elections has been underway since 9am this morning. The European election…
EU elections UK exit polls ban
Unlike the Netherlands, the UK prohibits to publish results of exit polls, or any opinions about voting until all Britons vote in the other member-state of the European Union until 23:00 Brussels time on May, 26. Exit polls #EUelections2019: #UK criminal offence to publish exit polls or opinion polls asking Britons how they voted anywhere…
Dutch Labour leads in surprise victory
The Socialist (Labour) party of European Commissioner Frans Timmermans (pictured) won a surprise victory in a Dutch election for European Parliament, an exit poll showed, beating a Eurosceptic challenger who had been topping the polls. 'PvdA-winst komt door het Frans Timmermans-effect' https://t.co/buAX6k6Mv0 — NOS (@NOS) May 23, 2019 The leading social democrat candidate to head…
Baudet leading in Dutch exit polls
Dutch ‘Forum for Democracy’ party, led by Thierry Baudet (36), scores 15% of votes, challenging the incumbent Prime Minister Mark Rutte, according to exit polls. Nationalist, promoting “Dutch first” slogan, he made a revolution in politics, overturning politically correct cultural relativism, and is set to ascend further, gaining impressive number of votes in European elections in the…
Farage Brexit party leads Eurosceptics
The European Parliament election in the UK on May 23 is expected to demonstrate the polarization of views over Brexit, with strongly Eurosceptic and Eurocentric parties. (Image above: European Parliament, Strasbourg, France). Sadly some remainers have become radicalised, to the extent that normal campaigning is becoming impossible. For a civilised democracy to work you need…
Orban withdraws support to Weber for top EU job
The leader of Germany’s conservatives made clear she expected Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party would quit Europe’s main center-right group –European People’s Party (EPP) – after he withdrew support for Manfred Weber (pictured) – the bloc’s candidate to head the European Commission. Europa ist unsere Zukunft. Gemeinsam können wir viel mehr erreichen als alleine. Das…
Marine ahead of Macron in EU elections polls
Attracting 22% of the vote Marine Le Pen party RN will be ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s REM party, an Ipsos poll claims, while forecasting the possible outcome of the upcoming European Parliament elections. Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National party is set to top the upcoming European Parliament elections, ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's REM…
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