EU election results — Europe swings to the right

EU Confidential

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🗓️ 10 June 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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As election result projections were revealed on Sunday evening, our EU Confidential team recorded a live episode with first reactions and analysis from our POLITICO newsroom. Host Sarah Wheaton and the team looked beyond the numbers and analyzed the direction the EU might take as a consequence of the vote. We also discussed French President Emmanuel Macron's shock decision to dissolve the parliament after the far-right National Rally won the popular vote. Our guests were POLITICO editor-in-chief Jamil Anderlini, data reporter and election expert Hanne Cokelaere, cybersecurity editor Laurens Cerulus, senior EU correspondent Barbara Moens and politics reporter Eddy Wax. You can also watch our Election Night Live event here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We won the European elections, my friends.
0:05.0	We are the anchor of stability.
0:08.0	As president of this parliament, I see these results as a sign of trust.
0:13.0	Europe has voted and our parliament will be one that is constructive
0:17.0	and that will continue to work for all Europeans.
0:24.0	Holy wow.
0:32.0	So we were expecting a right-wing wave to rock the boat a bit, but as of late Sunday, the status quo was on track to be totally capsized.
0:35.9	French President Emmanuel Macron's allies did so poorly against
0:39.3	Marine Le Pen's national rally that he dissolved the National Assembly and called a snap election.
0:45.3	I dissu, so-so-so-soir, the Assembly National.
0:49.3	Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Cruz said he's stepping down.
0:53.3	In Germany and the Netherlands and Prime Minister Alexander de Cruz said he's stepping down.
0:58.7	In Germany and the Netherlands,
1:01.6	Radical Right Party saw historic gains.
1:06.4	And yet, and here's the big irony,
1:10.2	all these votes for change don't look likely to affect the names we talk about for the big jobs all that much.
1:13.2	If anything, Commission President Ursula Fonder Lyon looks even more likely to keep her job.
1:18.8	So what do the European Parliament election results actually mean for Europe?
1:24.1	I'm Sarah Wheaton, host of EU Confidential.
1:27.2	What you're about to hear are the highlights of our discussion on Sunday night as the results were rolling in from all 27 EU countries.
1:34.6	Together with my colleagues, we tried to make sense of them.
1:37.7	We'll hear from Politico editor-in-chief Jamil Anderlini and policy editor Lauren Cerullis to discuss the big takeaways and how the block's
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