After just a few days of result announcement for the world’s biggest elections in India, the second largest vote-casting exercise started Thursday across 27 countries of the European Union.
About 373 million voters would cast their ballots in the elections, also the world’s biggest multi-country polls, till Sunday to pick 720 European Parliament members (MEP) members for a five-year tenure.
Final results are not expected until Monday. The power of hard-right will likely be fully displayed in the results significantly affecting the bloc’s internal and global policies.
The vote comes at a pivotal moment for the EU, which is grappling with issues ranging from the wars in Ukraine and Gaza to immigration and climate change. Polls have predicted big gains for hard-right parties in several countries, which could have long-term implications for the continent.
As such, this year’s election issues mark a sharp turnaround from those in previous editions when voters primarily focused on the cost of living, farm policies, climate change and migration.
Notably, the elections are managed at a national level with adherence to individual national policies. Thus, they are not all carried out in the same exact way. However, they must all employ a proportional representation system –where the number of lawmakers elected to the parliament directly correlates to the percentage of people who voted for them.
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