Over the last two months, the two biggest groups in European Parliament — the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) and centre-left Socialists and Democrats (S&D) — have seen an upward trend, according to Europe Elects, though they are still projected to take major hits in the May elections.
Europe Elects, which provides poll aggregation and election analysis, said the two main factors for their recent, though mild, recovery is Brexit uncertainty and a reduced interest in immigration.
“People see what’s happening with Brexit, so many voters are stepping away from populist parties because of the uncertainty,” said Tobias Schminke, founder of Europe Elects, to Euronews.
“The immigration topic is also becoming less important, so right-wing parties have fewer issues to mobilise with.”
Big losses expected
Despite some recovery by the EPP and S&D group in recent months, both are projected to take big hits in the May election when compared to the 2014 results, with the centre-right group forecast to lose 37 seats while S&D are predicted to drop 56 seats, according to data from Europe Elects.
ALDE jumps
ALDE has also been gaining voter support because of recent national events and politics, particularly in France and Romania, according to Schminke. En Marche — which is predicted to join the liberals ALDE group and is included as such in this projection data — is slowly recovering in approval ratings following President Emmanuel Macron’s listening tour after months of yellow-vest protests, while in Romania voters are turning to ALDE as the ruling Social Democrats party is plagued by corruption allegations.
The liberal group is projected to gain 39 seats should En Marche proceed with ALDE.
For a full breakdown of European Parliament seat projections by country, see the chart below:
Over the last two months, the two biggest groups in European Parliament — the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) and centre-left Socialists and Democrats (S&D) — have seen an upward trend, according to Europe Elects, though they are still projected to take major hits in the May elections.
Europe Elects, which provides poll aggregation and election analysis, said the two main factors for their recent, though mild, recovery is Brexit uncertainty and a reduced interest in immigration.
“People see what’s happening with Brexit, so many voters are stepping away from populist parties because of the uncertainty,” said Tobias Schminke, founder of Europe Elects, to Euronews.
“The immigration topic is also becoming less important, so right-wing parties have fewer issues to mobilise with.”
Big losses expected
Despite some recovery by the EPP and S&D group in recent months, both are projected to take big hits in the May election when compared to the 2014 results, with the centre-right group forecast to lose 37 seats while S&D are predicted to drop 56 seats, according to data from Europe Elects.
ALDE jumps
ALDE has also been gaining voter support because of recent national events and politics, particularly in France and Romania, according to Schminke. En Marche — which is predicted to join the liberals ALDE group and is included as such in this projection data — is slowly recovering in approval ratings following President Emmanuel Macron’s listening tour after months of yellow-vest protests, while in Romania voters are turning to ALDE as the ruling Social Democrats party is plagued by corruption allegations.
The liberal group is projected to gain 39 seats should En Marche proceed with ALDE.
For a full breakdown of European Parliament seat projections by country, see the chart below:
Over the last two months, the two biggest groups in European Parliament — the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) and centre-left Socialists and Democrats (S&D) — have seen an upward trend, according to Europe Elects, though they are still projected to take major hits in the May elections.
Europe Elects, which provides poll aggregation and election analysis, said the two main factors for their recent, though mild, recovery is Brexit uncertainty and a reduced interest in immigration.
“People see what’s happening with Brexit, so many voters are stepping away from populist parties because of the uncertainty,” said Tobias Schminke, founder of Europe Elects, to Euronews.
“The immigration topic is also becoming less important, so right-wing parties have fewer issues to mobilise with.”
Big losses expected
Despite some recovery by the EPP and S&D group in recent months, both are projected to take big hits in the May election when compared to the 2014 results, with the centre-right group forecast to lose 37 seats while S&D are predicted to drop 56 seats, according to data from Europe Elects.
ALDE jumps
ALDE has also been gaining voter support because of recent national events and politics, particularly in France and Romania, according to Schminke. En Marche — which is predicted to join the liberals ALDE group and is included as such in this projection data — is slowly recovering in approval ratings following President Emmanuel Macron’s listening tour after months of yellow-vest protests, while in Romania voters are turning to ALDE as the ruling Social Democrats party is plagued by corruption allegations.
The liberal group is projected to gain 39 seats should En Marche proceed with ALDE.
For a full breakdown of European Parliament seat projections by country, see the chart below:
Over the last two months, the two biggest groups in European Parliament — the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) and centre-left Socialists and Democrats (S&D) — have seen an upward trend, according to Europe Elects, though they are still projected to take major hits in the May elections.
Europe Elects, which provides poll aggregation and election analysis, said the two main factors for their recent, though mild, recovery is Brexit uncertainty and a reduced interest in immigration.
“People see what’s happening with Brexit, so many voters are stepping away from populist parties because of the uncertainty,” said Tobias Schminke, founder of Europe Elects, to Euronews.
“The immigration topic is also becoming less important, so right-wing parties have fewer issues to mobilise with.”
Big losses expected
Despite some recovery by the EPP and S&D group in recent months, both are projected to take big hits in the May election when compared to the 2014 results, with the centre-right group forecast to lose 37 seats while S&D are predicted to drop 56 seats, according to data from Europe Elects.
ALDE jumps
ALDE has also been gaining voter support because of recent national events and politics, particularly in France and Romania, according to Schminke. En Marche — which is predicted to join the liberals ALDE group and is included as such in this projection data — is slowly recovering in approval ratings following President Emmanuel Macron’s listening tour after months of yellow-vest protests, while in Romania voters are turning to ALDE as the ruling Social Democrats party is plagued by corruption allegations.
The liberal group is projected to gain 39 seats should En Marche proceed with ALDE.
For a full breakdown of European Parliament seat projections by country, see the chart below: