Polls are to open across the Netherlands to kick off four days of voting across the 27 member states in European Union parliamentary elections that are expected to deliver gains for the hard right. The Netherlands is the only EU country to start its polling so early, followed by Ireland on Friday and the rest of the EU nations over the weekend.
A bicyclist passes a billboard for the Europe an Election opposite the Concertgebouw concert hall Amsterdam, Netherlands , Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Voters in the Europe an Union are set to elect lawmakers starting Thursday June 6th for the bloc’s parliament. A bicyclist passes a billboard for the Europe an Election opposite the Concertgebouw concert hall Amsterdam, the Netherlands , Wednesday, June 5, 2024.
Almost 400 million voters will be electing 720 members of the European Parliament from beyond the Arctic circle to the edges of Africa and Asia. They will have an impact on issues ranging from global climate policies and defense to migration and geopolitical relations with China and the United States.
While many voters are predicted to lurch to the right, the Christian Democrat-dominated European People’s Party led by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, is currently the EU legislature’s biggest bloc and is bound to be the coalition kingmaker when the dust settles on the election results.
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