EU Elections: Europe's New Kingmaker | How We Got Here

Between June 6 and 9, roughly 370 million adult EU citizens will elect their representatives to the European Parliament. For more than 20 years after the creation of the EU’s predecessor, the European Economic Community, members of the European Parliament were appointed by each of the Member States’ national parliaments. MEPs had dual mandates then. This changed in 1979 with the first-ever general election across countries of the community. The Social Democrats gained the largest number of seats, followed by the Christian Democrats and the Conservatives. The outcome of this June's election will likely resemble internal preferences in member states. Nationalist-conservative forces are leading in the polls in more populous countries like France or Italy. In Germany, the far-right party AFD is in second place. Although it is difficult to forecast election results for 27 states and receive reliable results, one thing can be said: Europe is expecting a change. Join Jan Darasz and his guest Małgorzata Bonikowska, a political scientist at the Center for International Relations at the University of Warsaw, in this episode of How We Got Here to learn why the EP election matters and what’s at stake.
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Every representative should be elected by the people; not bureaucrats.

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People in the EU have become more radical, because the politics of the last 20 years no longer represents nationality, traditions, people and culture.National interests should always be number 1 in politics, and that no longer happens.Our lives are only getting worse and more expensive because of all the misery that has occurred in our continent, and we EU citizens pay for this misery.We are fed up, left-wing parties have demolished enough. Let the right get the power to solve this misery while it still can.I would rather have the radical right that is fair to the country and its people than the radical left that wants to create a large united country here with cultures that do not belong here