The European Parliament elections are
\nshaping a configuration with less numbers of seats for the centre-right and
\ncentre-left blocs, which were predominant in the legislature until now but lost
\nterrain to smaller parties. <\/p>\n
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The main political groups, the Socialists
\nand people’s parties remain the largest political forces in the European forum
\n– the Group of the European People’s Party remains the most numerous, followed
\nby the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, each losing about 40 seats
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With 30 more mandates obtained ALDE
\nhas registered a significant increase as compared to five years ago. The group
\nof the Greens have obtained about 70 seats followed by the Conservatives and reformists.
\nAccording to the returns, the far-right extremists are making their entry into
\nthe European Parliament right on the fifth position. <\/p>\n
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A birds-eye-view over the returns shows
\nthat although the elections saw an increasing number of votes mustered by the Euro-skeptic
\nparties, the pro-Europeans are still a majority in the European Parliament. Journalists
\nbelieve the new Parliament will be more fragmented, and that could make the
\ntask of shaping the European legislation a more difficult one. <\/p>\n
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The election turnout at EU level has
\nbeen estimated at 50.5%, being the highest in the past two decades. Now with
\nthe election completed, large-scale political negotiations are to commence,
\ngiven that the nomination of the future European Commission president depends
\non these talks. <\/p>\n
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And we should not forget that the new
\npresident is in charge of forging the new College of Commissioners. A first
\nround of talks will be taking place on Tuesday within an informal meeting of
\nthe European leaders, summoned by European Council president, Donald Tusk. <\/p>\n
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