From Thursday to Sunday, voters across the European Union will go to the polls to elect the next members of the European Parliament. Campaigns are in full swing and the far right is expected to gain ground in the Parliament – but in some member states, national issues appear to be taking centre stage.
Recent polls show that in the upcoming European Parliament elections, far-right parties across the EU are set to gain voters – hence increasing their presence in the hemicycle. What are their views on the EU and how would this affect the functioning of the bloc after the elections?
Maximilian Krah, the lead candidate for Germany’s far-right AfD party in the EU elections, will no longer make public appearances after telling the Italian newspaper La Repubblica that not all members of the SS were criminals.
The clock in the countdown to the 2024 European Parliament elections is ticking. Millions of young EU citizens will be eligible to vote. New data shows the likelihood of them actually going to the polls – and what issues they care about most.
In an interview with the Spanish news agency EFE in February, Jaume Duch Guillot, Director-General of Communication and spokesperson for the European Parliament, talked about the importance of getting young people to vote in the 2024 EU elections and the challenges of getting them to go to the ballot box.