By Ali Rıza Taşdelen This article presents the sociological and class structure of the voters of the National Rally party (Rassemblement National – RN). The Ipsos polling institute conducted a survey with France Télévision, Radio France, France 24/RFI and Public Sénat on June 6-7, with a sample of 8,923 people registered in the electoral rolls representing the French population aged ...
Will the 9th European Parliament really be any different from its previous incarnations? Even though we already know its composition, it is hard to say as of yet. What was undoubtedly different, however, were the elections that led to its formation. Nationalists and Populists The pre-election polls were very clear – the third most powerful force in the Parliament was ...
Right-Wing Triumph Across the European Union, exit polls for the recent union-wide parliamentary elections showed sweeping right-wing victories – on nearly all fronts. And, ironically, the appeal of these new representatives-to-be lies in their populist skepticism for the very institution in which they’ll be serving. In Hungary and Poland, the incumbent right-wing populist parties were reinforced with around ...
The European Union published its regular report on the situation Turkey. The Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Expansion, Johannes Hahn, stated that no new developments in the framework of the negotiation process with Ankara. According to Euronews, Hahn stressed worsening human rights in Turkey, regress in many areas such as the economic sphere, and said outright that “Turkey continues ...
The European parliamentary elections showcased the rise of some interesting new political forces beginning to take root throughout the continent. It also indicated the first symptoms of Europe’s deep divisions which are slowly beginning to threaten the EU’s existence altogether. Issues like anti-immigration and Euroscepticism saw a sharp rise in support alongside the victory of the ENF (Europe of Nations ...
On May 26, elections to the European Parliament were held. High voter turnout came as a surprise as the numbers had been falling lower and lower for the last forty years… Yet, in 2019, 51% of Europeans came out to vote. Results of elections In the new EP, fragmentation is clearly taking place. The right expectedly strengthened their positions, and ...
The results of the European Parliamentary elections held earlier this month astonished the world. Nationalist and populist parties rose to unprecedented levels, their dramatic increase in votes showing that European people are looking for more empowered and sovereign governance at home. This approach could profoundly affect Iran, which will have to carefully develop relations with the new European Parliament. Wikimedia ...
In total, citizens of 28 countries, including the United Kingdom who has not yet officially left the EU, will take part in the 2019 European elections. In total, 426 million voters are eligible to participate in the elections. https://twitter.com/EP_President/status/1131503956277039104 The ghost of Brexit The Brexit issue is one factor seriously complicating the EU elections. The UK has still not left ...
The role of the European Parliament The European Parliament, jointly with the EU Council, performs the functions of legislative power, participates in the adoption of the EU budget, exercises political control over the activities of other EU institutions, ratifies agreements on the admission of new members to the union, and has a deliberative right regarding any other issues. In addition, ...
The European elections will be held on May 26, 2019. They represent an important challenge for the social democrats and liberals of Europe. This is largely due to the rise of patriotic and Eurosceptic parties that reject Brussel’s policies and ideology. The traditional parties that have dominated the political spectrum in the European Union for some time may very well ...