The EU Parliament Election Results Explained

[@georgeretsides4293]

Cyprus elected a 24 year old KZbinr as an MEP, who has NO idea how the EU works as a protest vote to all traditional parties. This video is correct in saying that in some countries people use these elections to send a message to their national governments.

[@modarkthemauler]

Can that youtuber really be any worse than the established politicians?

[@Snaakie83]

You've collectively chosen to have less influence within the EU... This will definitely bite you in the ass since other countries will definitely abuse that.

[@monolith94]

@@Snaakie83dude. It’s Cyprus. What do they have to lose?

[@ls200076]

​@@monolith94Aw man, you gave the people too much fuel to play with man.

[@attilakovacs2231]

Well, Italy elected a bolshevist terrorist from the prison, so...

[@Ugapiku]

Barely anything will change. I can see EU getting harsher on migration, international support and green course mostly, but that's about it...

[@alldarin1464]

Yea, Europe doesn't have right wing politicians but only left conservative ones

[@evilmiera]

@@alldarin1464 That's... not true?

[@Ugapiku]

@@chheinrich8486 I said harsher on green course a.k.a. LESS not more. Not sure where you found that connection when talking about Right Wing...

[@lander681]

What did you expect? The biggest message the voters has given this election is that the centralizing trend (of Renew en the Greens) must stop. Thats something and if they could try to make a slightly harsher migration policy and a less top down enforced degrowth I won't complain.

[@FINNSTIGAT0R]

​@@evilmiera Europeans cannot grasp, and will not recognise true right wing values, as this whole continent is left wing, and the right wing there is, is at best centrist. Europe doesn't understand let alone endorse things like maximising personal freedom, striving for smaller government and having the absolute freedom of speech. These all are seen negatively by almost all Europeans.

[@Azrub]

First time in the history of the Italian Republic in which more than 50% of those entitled to vote did not vote. We are tired.

[@geoffreytoomey682]

True, and until citizens wake up to the fact that your Politicians in your Governments are now and have been for 49 years puppet TRAITORS. The WEF=EU=WHO=UN convinced our politicians to agree to the sly UN Lima agreement, that first treason remains to this very day, Global Government and total control of you in their Great Reset by 2030! Their Great Reset includes the removal of all "private Farming" Why is the globalist monster dr Billy Goats now the largest private farmland owner, buying up farmland but producing no food? Wake up folks the UN agenda to remake civilisation is real, and your politicians are UN Puppet TRAITORS>>>>> 30 years ago UN Agenda 21 it was Clinton in the US who agreed to this, so what, won't affect you or your family? Then 2015, UN Agenda 2030, WEF=EU=WHO=UN global Government by 2030, Obama agreed to that, so what, won't affect you or your family? Well yes it is, and it will become more devastating as your UN Politician TRAITORS continue to legislate against all private property! Not just Farmers, Their Great Reset requires a smaller more controllable global human population, of course, food, water and shelter must be controlled by the Government! But what was fighting WW2 about? Wasn’t that sacrifice to save us from the last century's globalist MONSTER! Yes, it was and the heroes were successful, and for 30 years the citizens of Western countries prospered, but the Globalist Monster were already infiltrating all Governments and the UN 49 years of careful United Nations guidance of our Government POLITICIAN TRAITORS and here we are today still sleepwalking during the fight of our lives against the Globalist MONSTERS of this Century, soon cash, food, water, and shelter, will be controlled by the Globalist Monsters by 2030, only because we are letting them take it all year by year, the days of the majority POLITICIANS being honourable public servants working for the citizens have long past!

[@venkidsazahariev5401]

In Bulgaria the voting activity was only 34% We are done with the bullshit as well...

[@perpxbt]

keep whining and not voting, surely things will change for the better

[@Azrub]

@@perpxbt are you able to discern a fact from a personal choice or are you too illiterate and regarded to do so?

[@Azrub]

@@perpxbt besides, Italians politicians have always been clowns internationally, it’s not like we have good choices.

[@Shordies1]

Here is Cyprus we elected a KZbinR as a european parliament member😂 We are COOKED💀💀

[@איתןשי]

Which party?

[@potheker]

In Germany we elected a guy that does Satire and KZbin (Martin Sonneborn) for the third time and I love it.

[@sretslad1781]

who says a youtuber isnt better then a clasical politician. i certainly trust him or her more

[@bobsnob3073]

In America a gun youtuber almost beat a sitting senator by 400 votes.

[@scoopityboop]

@@sretslad1781actually the KZbinr is mostly famous for doing “pranks” I.e. being a general nuisance and actually getting flack from japan for making a bunch of videos where he’s generally making a total ass of himself…so sorry Cyprus but…ya cooked

[@williamduke1756]

"Only two countries: Germany and France." Which is basically the entire EU in political and economic terms.

[@georgesdelatour]

The European Parliament can't initiate legislation. This power is reserved for the Commission.

[@reporeport]

reallly! that's confusing

[@kreight_]

but they can reject any and all proposals from the commission if they wanted to cause a ruckus

[@ToothbrushMan]

This is true. But the MEPs CAN initiate legislation from the various committees that they sit on. After settling on what they want, the legislation is then sent to the EU Commission who can turn it down if its impractical, then it goes to the EU Parliament who vote on it.

[@ToothbrushMan]

The EU CAN initiate legislation, but it is not a power exclusively for the EU Commision.

[@Tespri]

Unelected commission*

[@karoltakisobie6638]

Don't forget that real power in EU rests with commissioners, not parliament.

[@soundscape26]

Which has to be approved by the parliament based on the relative political groups strengths.

[@efghggdxlmfn33]

@@soundscape26 fake EU democracy - REPRESENTATIVE democracy. If you as a citizen can have a direct say, as in Switzerland, then it works wonderfully. That's probably why Switzerland didn't start a war, because "normal" citizens are not power-hungry and want peace, not war. But a representative democracy, as in almost the entire Western world, inevitably leads to a negative selection of "representatives". Only the worst power-hungry scum, psychopaths and demagogues make it to the top. Be sure to read "Democracy - The God That Failed" by Hans-Hermann Hoppe! For this reason, we also have an extremely high time preference for political decisions in Western democracies. Planning is extremely short-term - the planning horizon is one legislative period. In order to stay in power, representatives have to bribe voters with new election gifts.

[@zaydalaoui9397]

Parlements is the one to cote both the commissionner and laws so not really…

[@HashimyHuseini]

Remembers me of soviet commissary

[@wolfswinkel8906]

Yes, that's why the EU is a travesty by the standards of democracies.

[@CreativeB34ST]

I don't understand why you say the right underperformed in Belgium, when the top 2 parties (in Flanders) are both right alligned.

[@geenkaas6380]

Becouse they were poling higher

[@dde553]

@@geenkaas6380 He also said the same about Poland, where right overperformed all polls. This guy manipulates very frequently.

[@agonzalez7095]

it was meant to be much higher but the end results were pretty equalled out. The separatists parties who are right wing don't have as much as they wanted/ were predicted

[@gunterification]

And the left was crushed in wallonia.

[@KupoxChan]

I also think it's weird to say "Meloni got 28,8% in Italy..." and immediately afterwards "but the right did especially well in Germany", where the AfD only got 15,9%. Logic?

[@michasalwach7264]

In 6:45 you mention that the right underperformed in Poland. While on the European scale, it might be true to some extent. Domestically, this is a very wrong statement. Konfederacja has got 12,08% support just after government group (KO) 37,06% and the main opposition party (PiS) 36,16%. This is a huge score for them, and the amount of MEPs won by it confirms that (6 in total). This also comes as a shock to us here in Poland, because Konfederacja's motto is pretty much "The EU is the source of all evil in Poland". Also, we quite literally have a party named The Third Way, which was created to offer an alternative to both KO and PiS. You might have noticed by now that, as we call it, the 3D was the real underperformer here, and has shown that the space for the alternative to mainstream parties remains contested.

[@davidepagano7208]

But donald tusk seems pretty stable over all. Do you have any infos abt in which regions the right wing gained more votes?

[@szymon_pl]

@@davidepagano7208 Donald Tusk is not stable, he has yet to have a successful year in power in the 4 he's already had

[@szymon_pl]

@@davidepagano7208 the East of Poland tends to be more right- orientated, and the West more left-orientated

[@PioterCygan]

​@@davidepagano7208Tusk only won here because he is great at in annexing his coalition allies support for himself.

[@davidepagano7208]

@@szymon_pl so there is no difference between the big cities and the rural areas?

[@petemartin_net]

I would like a TLDR summary of the Non-Inscrits/Others to see where they are on the political map, rather than placing them as a chunk on the "right".

[@jjbiggmann5576]

MOST "IND", FROM IRELAND, ARE LEFT WING.

[@sqoualalaobikord9690]

they did say a large number of them was on the far right. But to give more detail than that it would have to be a dedicated video all about the non inscrit MEP, which I'm not against.

[@exa.-210]

A significant portion of them is the recently-expelled AfD, newly-joining Konfederacja and Fidesz, all very right wing (I'd say in descending order of "far-rightness" but that's subjective).

[@petemartin_net]

@@sqoualalaobikord9690 Yeah, I want the details because they are such an odd bunch.

[@jacques.cousteau]

​@@exa.-210 there is also bsw and 5 stars movement, both left-wing

[@picivyvortac2641]

Coming from an American with a 2 party system: fragmentation is good. You're better with 10 parties than 2.

[@quigglyz]

Correct, but there's only 1 party in America.

[@Alex_-oc4bt]

​@@quigglyz and its called AIPAC

[@domedo3840]

No thats not true, at least not in south America, here is very unstable politics because of fragmentation, where there is so much burocracy and executive doesnt get nothing done cause partys dont agree with each other, the process of making laws and new policy are nothing more than drama. When you have just few partys its much easy get stuff done reducing cost of burocracy.

[@birdstwin1186]

You have no idea what you're talking about. 10 parties is horrible, and it is the main reasons tyrants keep rising in Europe. And You don't get to superpower status with 10 parties.

[@picivyvortac2641]

@domedo3840 th US has one of the most vast, expensive, and unreasonable bureaucracies in the world and it's a 2p system. Only 1p systems are efficient and that's tyrannical efficiency.

[@Cattroll0]

I dislike how the Non-Inscprit was portrayed, as currently all of Hunagrys votes are withing it, mostly becouse of the new liberal TiSza party

[@gergelyritter4412]

Tisza is not a liberal party. It's literally a conservative opposition party. Magyar Péter, as said by himself, is a conservative. And the party reflects that as well. Hungary has only put forth 2 left-leaning politicians into the EP. Both from the left coalition.

[@kaynight64]

Yeah NI really should be broken down by tendency. There are parties there, like KKE, which are too far-left (and too socially conservative) for the Left Group. There are socially conservative center-left populists who were kicked from S&D for ties to Russia (Smer and Hlas). There are far-right parties as shown. There is Tisza.

[@AlphaHorst]

​@@kaynight64IND can be described as "Far right or with russian ties, with the odd, far to old, left wing extremist nut in the middle"

[@falsevacuum4667]

Tisza is declared to join the EPP.

[@Danielf_c]

​@@kaynight64NI are basically the ones that got.excluded from other political groups. AfD,KKE,VVD,Fidesz,etc...

[@SpamMouse]

Bottom line, people of Europe are sick of forced uncontrolled migration and the chaos it is causing.

[@TheFlutterQueen]

elaborate?

[@twiggledy5547]

@@TheFlutterQueen what's to elaborate? I'm anti rape and anti knife attacks

[@nbgoodiscore1303]

Mannheim, Malmo, Bradford, Marseille

[@TheFlutterQueen]

@@nbgoodiscore1303 thanks for the search term I'll go look it up and see how that goes

[@TheFlutterQueen]

@@twiggledy5547 sorry, elaborate was too vague imagine i have been in a coma for the past 10 years. how would you explain this to me?

[@mrhills8868]

The numbers are based on old projected data and are now outdated. The newest data from europe elects are as follows: EPP 188 SnD 135 ECR 82 Renew 80 ID 64 Greens 54 Left 41

[@dai-belizariusz3087]

nice

[@dve34]

yeah I noticed as well, thanks for the update

[@nonradicalnationalist6608]

This data is wrong as well

[@anthonyberry9132]

Total garbage,most counts will take until Friday

[@norielgames4765]

We are screwed

[@RafaelW8]

Can we get rid of Ursula please

[@ZsH85]

it would be high time for that but eu is brainwashed

[@jjbiggmann5576]

NO.

[@Oz-gv5fz]

no

[@fuerstmetternich1997]

It wont change anything. The good news is that the Green New Deal is dead now and hopefully the EU will get tougher on illegal immigration.

[@gergelyritter4412]

Yes pls. I have no idea how she is still in there.

[@doinked7312]

BTW the IND from Hungary lost 2 fidesz members and didn't gain any. They gained 7 members from the new biggest opposition party, TISZA, and the first party in Hungary to rise up and possible challenge them in the last 14 years

[@gergelyritter4412]

Not to be that guy, but dont get your hopes up. Tisza is a right wing party. Magyar Péter is a conservative. Even if they win anything after this, Hungary would largely remain in the right. The only thing Tisza really shows is how desperate the anti-Fidesz voters are. At this point there are no leftists and rightists or centrists in Hungary. It's Fidesz vs anything that may stand a chance. Which to me is incredibly funny. It shows how incapable the left truly is, here.

[@kukuc96]

@@gergelyritter4412 That's not a Hungary exclusive trend. The left lost share in general, fewer seem to be interested in their message, with only a few exceptions like Denmark.

[@gags730]

As they say, When the pendulum swings one way it will eventually swing the other way..... If it is swinging left it will eventually have to swing back right.

[@javasiege]

@@gergelyritter4412at this point I can’t blame them, anything for democracy again!

[@LowerYourExpectationsPleb]

Despite the left's efforts, Hungary will not send soldiers to the front line.

[@AmericanRevanchism]

This is the first video in hundreds that I've heard you say "far-left" which is good because before you categorized half the population as "far-right" and I never heard you categorize anyone as "far-left" before. This is a good step in the direction of actually becoming a non-biased news source.

[@thedustysteambot2462]

When asking for national pride and culture and safer boarders is considered “far right” blows my FUCKING MIND

[@mirodrzik6192]

žiaľ to je ich videnie sveta

[@CarlosAdrianAguirre-hp9fv]

The left has gone more and more left and now wonders why everyone else is so much to their right.

[@CD-pm9kc]

Nothing changed, no shift in actual power.

[@Alex-pt6pu]

good

[@Hardcore_Remixer]

Actually, if you consider the ID grew after they kicked AfD (which also grew) you can tell there is a slight shift to the right.

[@ZsH85]

@@Alex-pt6pu very bad. but guessyoure like war and immigrants taking your country.

[@yunusgokcen174]

​@@Alex-pt6punot good at all

[@jeanlebreton2049]

France and Belgium nevertheless

[@guysimpson9420]

@4:07 it is stated that "Renew has 80", but the screen shows the number 79. This is a small numerical error, but all the other numbers are voiced and shown on the screen as exact matches. It only takes an attentive previewer to spot these issues before publication.

[@justmeajah]

Maybe the visual and/or voice is updated to reflect the situation as they made them? Maybe, Sunday at 11am, he recorded 79, but then in 7pm as they made the visual, they realized it's now 80 so they changed it to reflect the new one?

[@Diamond-vy1lx]

Final numbers still being updated as all votes are counted and results passed on. The script was probably done and recorded before the graphics and Politico (likely source) updated their number in-between.

[@ks4733]

He also made mistakes for EPP and S&D💀 185 v 184 and 139 v 137

[@Tomreese130]

It's always nice to see Reddit have an utter meltdown

[@Kevin-xk3me]

Which sub reddit is panicking ? And why would they be panicking?

[@GM-gb1eu]

​@@Kevin-xk3me probably r/Europe, because most of the people there are left leaning

[@AwesomeHairo]

@@Kevin-xk3me Most Redditers are Leftists.

[@gunterification]

@@Kevin-xk3me Reddit is mostly left. lots of commies and socialists.

[@SweatyFeetGirl]

@@gunterification reddit is anything but commies and socialists. commies and socialists like the soviets were more far right than the current far right have ever been.

[@fankefang]

EU is a joke. Its whole purpose seemed to be serving the U.S. interests.

[@Danielf_c]

When EU starting to integrate markets EU will succeed again. If that doesn't happen, there's no return. Not to mention EU needs a reform.

[@aroundtheworld2316]

Kremlin bot like narrative

[@L_back]

I’m a Polish conservative… that sounds a bit like a Kremlin troll

[@glennhopkins2643]

Number 1 issue - Immigration - both legal and illegal

[@stephano353]

Immigration has been a concern for the past 3 EU elections. If this is really just about immigration, and not people fed up with the current ruling parties in some countries, we'd see it as an EU-wide trend-, rather than just a trend in those few big countries

[@ak-77]

​@dondoodatthen you are a fool

[@poweepiureq3700]

@bladecast You're okay if they replace us all as long as it's "legal"? The laws for it should be much stricter, and many of the "legal" ones will have to go too.

[@goose4165]

@@poweepiureq3700 what the hell does that mean lol. do you want to kick people out of europe?

[@bodi3793]

@@stephano353 some countries have way more immigrants than other. Which is why France, Germany and Italy have such a shift towards right-wing. It also depends on the history of those countries, like eastern european countries are sick of invading outsiders because they were the colonized ones most of the time. Balkans fought muslims for hundreds of years, isn't it kind of hypocrite for the liberals of former western colonizing empires make us take arabs because of their sins?

[@misza1998]

It’s time to get the immigration laws much more strict. Fingers crossed they will get rid of the issue sometime soon

[@TheBooban]

The laws are strict. Laws have not changed since the beginning and we never had this level of "blank blank" before. Governments have purposely allowed this.

[@MrHellweasel]

@Minimmalmythicist I'd argue that the reason why it hasn't worked is because governments refuse to enforce existing laws. Also, illegals have figured out that the asylum system, as it was originally designed, is easy to abuse.

[@ap6480]

Its not a matter of having strict laws its a matter of ensuring efficient policy execution and better managing social security systems in a way that prevents them from being abused, even if stricter migration policies are imposed the problems won't go away because the problems are in the system not in the people, besides what do you think would happen to the economy without underpaid and overworked immigrant labour?

[@TheBooban]

@@ap6480 "what do you think would happen to the economy without underpaid and overworked immigrant labour?" - Well, young and retired citizens used to be able to do these kinds of work. Now, youngsters can't get a summer job. Wages would likely go up, but its being kept in the country rather than sent back to families abroad. More employment, higher wages, more humane treatment for all jobs is good and proper. Let prices go up for these reasons.

[@TheBooban]

@Minimmalmythicist The EU was never the problem for the UK. Brexit was just the signal voters wanted to send that they were fed up. All necessary changes could happen within or outside of the EU, but in fact, nothing was changed. UK even had special stipulations within the EU. UKs problem are its politicians. But some say the people get the government they deserve.

[@FarisAl-Said]

I’ve been waiting for this video

[@tarafahomsy]

Ok Kevin 👍

[@Nathan-ls4xt]

TLDR - Illegal migration

[@MadOrse]

Pretty sure he's already done a number of videos on the subject.

[@spencer5028]

​@@MadOrsehe repeats the lie that it's not replacement even though we can all see it

[@bladechild2449]

@@spencer5028 derp

[@solivagant1170]

@@spencer5028 Delusions…

[@MrHellweasel]

@@spencer5028 Correct. Don't let people gaslight you.

[@JamesL42]

Seats for the combined so-called "Far Right" before this election in the EU Parliament was just under 150 when counting the ECR and ID groupings and the "Far Right" Non-Inscrits. After this election the total is over 200, with my count putting the total at 208. This is more seats than even the EPP has.

[@Curryking32000]

The EU and lefties call anyone who isn't a lefty far right and anyone who believes in independent countries

[@JamesL42]

@Minimmalmythicist Complete lie. When the real far right appear you'll wish they were like Le Pen or Abascal.

[@JamesL42]

@Minimmalmythicist KZbin keeps deleting my comments so sorry if this is the second time you see this but no. You are wrong and when the real far right start taking hold in Europe you're going to wish they were like what you refer to as far right.

[@Cossen09]

@Minimmalmythicist No, they're just right so far

[@haarex.]

Except ECR isn't far right at all, it's just the standard right, mostly softly euroskeptic and mildly conservative. Italy's Fratelli d'Italia, Czechia's ODS, Poland's PiS... Miles away from anyone in ID. ECR are far more likely to cooperate with EPP than ID.

[@promeyko]

Poland: PiS + Konfederacja = 48% so right got even more then in Germany

[@bugbuster8598]

Why do people keep alligning PiS with Konfederacja? Yes, yesterday ex-prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, suggested coalition in the next election, but Konfederacje refuses to do that, and for obvious reason - you can't advertise yourself as "breaking duopoly" party and then becoming part of said duopoly. That's one of the reasons Trzecia Droga and Kukiz 15 are currently lying on the ground.

[@insu_na]

In Germany the right got 52%, so no?

[@alm9322]

​@@insu_na If we're counting EPP as right (which most people in Poland don't do, as it is on the left side of our politics) then right in Poland got 85.4-92.3%. So still much higher than in Germany.

[@E.Wolfdale]

You are so smart by comparing PiS to AfD.

[@jacques.cousteau]

​@@insu_nacdu is hardly right-wing, they are centrists like spd

[@bertvercaemst7950]

Is there gonne be a seperate video on the Belgian elections?

[@CesarHILL]

You wish

[@ralphzechendorf1644]

If "being understandable" is a requirement, that video would need to be 5 hours long... followed by a 10 hours long video about how belgium and its regions are forming their governments (in xxxxx months ?)

[@hg2.]

What a load of spin-crap! Trumpism TROUNCED Europe.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

You mean the Flemish and Wallonian elections that produce a parliament in Brussels that talks about languages?

[@RenegadeVile]

I'd like it

[@Mickelraven]

I think the reason Finland shifted so left is because the Finns party screwed over the Finnish population, which has caused many Finns to turn against the ruling government. So to protest the ruling government, many who regretted voting the Finns party in the 2023 election, most likely went on to vote for other parties. Which is why the Left Alliance saw a massive increase in votes, while the Finns party saw a massive decrease. But this could also be a result of Left Alliance voters actually showing up to vote, because the Left Alliance are probably the party that is least happy with the current government in Finland. I have a feeling that many who voted in this EU Election didn't even take EU as a whole in mind, and instead went to vote as to protest the ruling government.

[@emper9756]

Unfortunate how some people are so short sighted and like to do a 180 turn when necessary cuts need to be made, plus the national coalition party which actually leads the government and has the most say on the economic policies that the people are unhappy about did fairly well only the PS got punished.

[@Decus86]

​@@emper9756Coalition party voters are wealthy people who get a boner from kicking the low incomes. Finns voters are not wealthy and are feeling the brunt of the cuts more than anyone else. They did not get punished out of nowhere. They got punished cuz they screwed over their voters

[@Wezqu]

@@emper9756 Because PS ate their promises and lied to the people. They are not doing good for their voters they are doing good for themselves.

[@socire72]

@@emper9756Left wing parties don’t generally support massive budgets. Unless you mean Social Democrats.

[@belstar1128]

don't know about Finland but the Danish left seems to be way smarter than the left in most western countries

[@navisoul-oi8mo]

Yes, these elections are confusing. Yes, more people are voting right.

[@laravonstaden1838]

Good to see.

[@socire72]

Marx predicted this. Capitalism naturally descends into more extreme capitalism, facism, as things get worse. This then collapses even faster, usually turning into a different system, either socialism or another right wing ideology.

[@seraphin01]

@@laravonstaden1838 someone gotta explain to me why more right is better for us as european. why lowering taxes on big corp is more important than regulating pollution. Why signing trade treaties with foreign nation outside of EU to let them import their garbage with lower standards is more important than progressing on our energy independence and improving our standards for food and water for instance. But let me guess: you've seen campaign slogans and videos with murders, rapist, terrorists tearing down our societies right?

[@user-df1ns1ob8y]

@@laravonstaden1838If you like Putin, yes Do you like Putin?

[@blakewalker281]

@@user-df1ns1ob8y Maybe he loves the European people and would like for them to retain a homeland as there is no place for them to return to when mass immigration destroys their countries. Can you point me to a single brown person anywhere in the world that begs for his people to be replaced demographically or Is it only White leftists?

[@ralphzechendorf1644]

Did you say the right underperformed in Belgium ? In Flanders the two right-wing parties (etxremist VB and populist NVA) account for roughly half of the votes. And in french-speaking belgium, MR won the elections. Now, while MR is part of Renew Europe, its president has taken a rather right-wing tone these last years, even populistic at times, explaining his succes. In leftist french-speaking region, most lefties consider MR like nazis... (yea, it's extremely leftist here)

[@איתןשי]

Well, Chez Nous was expected to get some seats in Wallonia but failed to get a single seat...

[@geenkaas6380]

Becouse they were poling higher

[@dde553]

@@geenkaas6380 He said also same about Poland, so he is just manipulating. Right here overcomed all expectations.

[@forgetful9845]

​@@dde553I thought the far right lost nine seats

[@dde553]

@@forgetful9845 Far right actually got 6 seats, centre right lost 9. Both are much better than expected.

[@DoYouKnowThat0]

Better far right than far wrong

[@norielgames4765]

They're the same thing

[@xxcybertruckxx2805]

literall synonyms

[@poweepiureq3700]

​@@xxcybertruckxx2805 Actually, „right“ and „wrong“ are antonyms. Synonyms would mean they are different with the same meaning.

[@Rozenkratz]

Great summary and quality editing as well

[@MrTiburon3900]

Love your video, very impartial... informational and this shows professionalism

[@777Lxxx]

If EPP and SD make a coalition again, I think in 2029 we will see even more "far right" parties getting voted.

[@michaelotieno6524]

2029 results will depend on the state of the economy. If Germany doesn't recover soon then the right will win

[@soundscape26]

No because the overwhelming majority of the electorate is moderate and the results show exactly that.

[@nntflow7058]

I doubt it, But I see more Non-Inscrits/Others growing. The far right actually lost lots of seats. The Soft Eurosceptic Reformist gain a bit or seats. But those votes actually came from the Far right, not from new voters bloc. The real winners are the Non-Inscrits/Others. They're gonna be the one who dominated in 2029.

[@IchWillNichtMehr853]

@@michaelotieno6524 The right will win more votes in Germany, if more idiots fall for AfD TikTok Propaganda. One problem with elections is, that the average voter has no idea of whats going on (At least partially including me, too). So right wing populism is sadly very effectiv.

[@xyzzyx7812]

people continuously seem to ignore anything that they themselves have tagged along with "far-" to the name

[@eldstoper]

As a work immigrant in Europe it pains me to see how anti immigration parties and politicians got a bit more popular because as the practice shows unfortunately the "negative and usеlеss" immigrants feel no changes from their policies almost at all but the hard working class that contributes the most, integrate and learn the languages of the country of their residence fast are usually the most affected ones and suffer the most so in the end the ones that sit at home for decades with no job nor language skills on the social benefits doing drugs/alcohol etc stay here while those who were positive contributors leave because it's hard to feel this injustice and be constantly bombarded with negative changes. I've been working and doing my best for almost 7 years and the immigration services f*kd me all the time and I still can't even get any certainty about tomorrow and suffered even with getting the work residence permit losing my right for citizenship while some ah*ed not having worked a day in his 5 after years of living here brought 4 of his kids and wife here and all of them are on the social benefits and he got already his citizenship all of this on the top of the fact that he lied he was gаy and stayed here as a refugee (personally know the person and similar ones like that). There are going to be some changes in Finland in regards to acquiring citizenship and it changes from 5 years to 8 years. I work in the med care field and most of my immigrant nurses and doctors colleagues including me are planning to leave and 3 of them already left because they lost motivation to even stay here but guess who will not care about the changes? This is where it is all going in practice, people leave to asia and the states while europe keeps turning into caliphate with the brain drain.

[@denkendannhandeln]

This is why we must cut any benefits for those people.

[@eldstoper]

@@denkendannhandeln I think so too but in reality the politicians just make it harder for the work-immigrants to have any peaceful life while those who suck the gov dry usually feel no changes. It throws everything off the balance worsening the situation as the good immigrants just leave for better conditions while those stay as they have nothing else left to do as they can't offer anything to anyone. Since I left the comment one more friend of mine left the country for hong kong, and she was a great nurse while finland is having shortages in the med care system. Digging their own grave.

[@gergelyritter4412]

A lot of parties, that are called "far right" by the EU arent really far right. They are right wing parties, dont get me wrong, but they arent usually far right. A lot of politicians and regular people like to accuse the Hungarian Fidesz for being far right, as an example. However, Fidesz is a simple right wing party. The true far right party in Hungary is "Mi hazánk", which translates to "Our home".

[@stephenthomas3085]

It is an indication of just how far to the right the so called 'political centre' has been dragged over the last forty years.

[@georgeharrison2795]

The reason they call them far right is because they see it as an insult to anyone on the right. And to scare people into thinking far right is a resurgence of the Nazi's. A ploy used all over europe and in particular the BBC in the UK plus other left wing media

[@Ruzzky_Bly4t]

This has been a trend for years, nothing new. Many news sources to the left of the spectrum will use the term far-right more often than right.

[@kaynight64]

Right-wing parties which are authoritarian, engaged in state capture, and use conspiracy theory, falsehoods and political polarisation to bolster their support (as Fidesz does, e.g. with antisemitic conspiracy theories about Soros) are far-right. Yes, Mi Hazánk is to the right of Fidesz, but Fidesz is far-right. This is much as the NSDAP was to the right of the DNVP in Weimar Germany, but the DNVP was still far-right.

[@franug]

thanks, as an outsider to Europe I've always suspected a lot of news channels overplay the use of "far-right". I'm sure there are actual far-right parties there, but, for example, to me Meloni doesn't look too far-right but she was painted as one where I live

[@jamielockdown]

Bold of you to talk about results 4 days ago when Ireland only wrapped up Friday morning lol. We got a week of our favourite spectator sport between the locals and Europeans. God I love paper PR/STV. The only old media I still tune into is election coverage. Roll on the General Election!

[@TheRightONe-et3gh]

The Commission isn't that the name of Cosa Nostra board of directors?

[@Dales-d2e]

Finally Europe is waking up

[@ludwigvonkoopa4998]

Do Belgium elections also

[@voicetuttle2794]

My poor American noggin cannot comprehend parliamentary systems. I only see Red and Blue nationally and on occasion Yellow and Green locally

[@zesky6654]

The EU is kind of like the US federal gov. This was kind of like a midterm election.

[@Fluxwux]

Think of it like this: Shades of Red and Green in Europe is like Blumf and the Republikkkans while the Yellow-Shades of Blue and most of the Grey is Brandon and Demorats 😌 Hope you understand it now! 🇪🇺🤝🇺🇸🧠

[@voicetuttle2794]

@@Fluxwux im even more confused but i appreciate the effort

[@teaser6089]

@@zesky6654 Yeah but also not really cause they don't even hold anywhere near the power as the federal government of the US

[@teaser6089]

@@voicetuttle2794 Basically in Europe we have a representative system, meaning there are many parties in every nation. The Netherlands alone has like almost 20 parties in it's national parliament. This might sounds stupid, but it results in a very representative government.

[@i.am.navkaur]

Thank you for this great explanation. I'm freaking out over here in the US after the European elections over the weekend.

[@rml54]

Thank you for helping to clarify what has been difficult for an American to comprehend not knowing all the intricacies of the EU elections

[@poorfinnishpeasant911]

Here in Finland we dont rly vote on EU elections, only 42% of Finns voted. most nationalists dont care about EU elections and want out.

[@Pidalin]

"only 42%" 😀 here in Czechia, it was 36% and it's our record, 5 years ago, it was like 28 or something

[@jjbiggmann5576]

THAT IS NOT TRUE.

[@escwilde222]

I mean if they want to leave they should vote for Euro sceptical parties.. They didn't tho so no complaining.

[@Blanka1100]

In Poland turnout was 40%. The lower turnout, the better result for far right but it does not show the whole picture when it comes to inside politics.

[@nikokolihno5936]

40% in poland

[@andredejager484]

This lady needs to go to jail .

[@niamcd6604]

I absolutely agree. But, 'lady'??

[@bloedlul]

Is there going to be a video on the Belgian elections?

[@robertomongia2630]

Great job guys!

[@yolamontalvan9502]

The EU should not be asking countries sharing borders with Russia to join the EU. Maybe not now. I should say NATO instead of EU.

[@BALLOOROOM]

Is turnout not an important metric of any election?

[@t-pnaminami3808]

No it is not. People who do not vote are not counted. Unless, for example, the 50-60% who did not vote in the Nordics don't start an armed insurrection, nobody gives a shit. There is no "protest by not voting". Either you vote, or bend over and spread your cheeks for those who do. Plato said it best: "The penalty for not participating in politics is to be governed by your inferiors" (paraphrased).

[@Kevc00]

Hopefully the shift right will bring about some serious changes to migration so we can reduce the quantities of illegal immigrants flooding Europe.

[@jjbiggmann5576]

EUROPE NEEDS POPULATION....HOW MANY CHILDREN DO YOU HAVE..??

[@nephastgweiz1022]

Even the quantities of legal immigrants. This needs to stop, now.

[@Kevc00]

@@jjbiggmann5576 we don't need millions of uneducated, unskilled immigrants who don't work, speak the language, or contribute to society. Legal immigrants are fine, illegal are not.

[@AnymMusic]

@@jjbiggmann5576 turn your capslock kid

[@alexmaclean1]

​@@jjbiggmann5576we need good people, not all the trash coming in unaccounted for.

[@donnagustavson7135]

How lovely to hear about politics without first being told what to think….THANK YOU

[@kevindelaney1951]

Great clear concise summary. Very informative. I’m glad I’ve subscribed to this channel. I have shared this particular post with others.

[@JJFrance]

Appreciate your analysis. Noticing a bit of bias but hard to avoid that nowadays.

[@Joshua-Carr]

When I totalled up your numbers it came to 718, not 720? Just wondering if it was a mistake or is there a reason.

[@DoctorMengley]

It is funny that in this long analysis, immigration was not mentioned as a strong factor for those choices.

[@emib6599]

Because immigration is relevant in political speech, but completely irrelevant in a real impact. You can see it with the success of anti immigration parties in countries with very low immigration, and also how if immediately stop being a problem in countries with high immigration, but were anti immigration parties stop talking about it.

[@MrChrisCrox]

Why did i know from the beginning that you continue to use wrong colors for the parties? FDP ist yellow not pink, CDU ist black not dark blue... This error can happen but it happens quite often for you and can easily be avoid it by checking a singe german result chart.

[@sacul220]

is this really what you are concerned about?

[@gergelyritter4412]

Maybe he didnt want to comment on the political side of the discussion. Making the video as accurate as possible is the job of the youtuber afterall. Pointing out any mistake is not a bad thing to do. And Party colours do matter. They may represent certain aspects of the party.

[@sacul220]

@@gergelyritter4412 there are only so many colors to represent a fuckton of European parties that use virtually the same colors. The video brings much needed information to light, and this is what you sensitive people cling on to?

[@byggepladen]

a very good segment, covering both sides fairly, explaining the expansion of seats and how it effects the results.

[@effyelvira]

I came to Germany in October from LATAM. After having to deal with certain people I understand why they went in that direction. If the greens went suddenly anti-immigration they would have won seats.

[@bastian182]

No they would'nt because their main voters are left wing progressives, they just would become a cluster of ideologies that appeal to nobody.

[@B88-h6n]

Sorry but in Spain the coalition lost about 10 points as compared to the general elections, so you can't really say it was on ly france and Germany. Yet another pretty straight forward flawed analysis TLDR.

[@zilliq-qz5uw]

6:38 "a lot of it" does not equate to "only".

[@dde553]

This guy is manipulationg on a daily basis, im coming here back sometimes only to remind people.

[@mab9614]

The centre-lefts came out somewhat unscathed that night. For a few countries, they probably celebrated a bit, especially France. Almost nobody was surprised at the Greens’ debacle. My honest opinion is that they had it coming. Edit: “Centre-left” = S&D.

[@stephenthomas3085]

''Almost nobody was surprised at the Greens’ debacle. My honest opinion is that they had it coming.'' Why..? They were the only parties that honestly confronted climate change and rapid ecological decline and the role of neoliberal laissez faire economics and how it is making us all poorer. I fully expect to see farmers., whose profits are wiped out by the next extreme weather event, screaming for compensation from the taxpayer after having refused to do even the tiniest thing to prepare for or mitigate the effects of rapid global warming.

[@mab9614]

@@stephenthomas3085 Ironic that you bring up the farmers… You can tell that to the farmers in France, Belgium, and even the Netherlands. I used to be somewhat supportive of the Greens. Then? A group of people who believe that natural gas is cleaner than nuclear as a transitional bridge to a carbon neutral future.

[@nox5555]

@@stephenthomas3085 they are like children comming up with school projects.

[@gergelyritter4412]

The greens are far too agressive in their climate demands. They are doing it purely out of political agenda.

[@sarrormiki3363]

@@mab9614 That is honestly so fucking stupid god I fucking hate the green party in Germany. Such fucking morons.

[@tomservo75]

Why is there even a European Parliament to begin with?

[@soundscape26]

It would be hard to have a political institution as broad in scope as the EU without a parliament. You need to make laws after all.

[@warmak4576]

To cover their fascist tendencies ofc.

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

@@soundscape26 'Cept the EU parliament doesn't make its laws.

[@soundscape26]

@@warmak4576 European countries are bastions of democracy, what are you talking about. That's making a mockery countries who really had to put up with fascist governments.

[@soundscape26]

@@ArawnOfAnnwn Yes, it debates then and has the final say if they are approved or rejected.

[@cosminmorga1331]

Thanks for the video

[@mr.34coffeecups67]

I really hope they don't tear up all our climate legislation.

[@goganii]

sadly I think they will :(

[@mikereisert2803]

I hope they do. That's mostly why we elected as we did

[@alexgroot2508]

Preferably not, no. But both the leader of the EPP - Manfred Weber - and von der Leyen have already stated they want to 'maintain the current alliance'. They might tone down climate ambitions for the future, given that the greens are weaker now, I don't see them tearing down what they've already put in motion.

[@armintargaryen9216]

They will. Massive "fuck you" move from the older generations, as usual

[@mrsupremegascon]

@@armintargaryen9216 most people voting right wing are young people.

[@GBManGentle]

somehow I knew you would downplay a great win

[@krisdaschwab912]

A great win for who, Russia?

[@JesusOrDestruction]

@@krisdaschwab912Europe

[@norielgames4765]

​@@JesusOrDestructionas a European, Europe just took a fat L

[@GnomesPwns]

@@norielgames4765 weird, as a European too, I don't view it as an L.

[@krisdaschwab912]

@@JesusOrDestruction Oh I get it, you are what we in Poland refer to as "Katoliban," or Catholic Taliban. Makes sense. Carry on.

[@ajrob1546]

Volt with 5 seats💪

[@Berek71182]

And i hate it, that German media does not put VOLT on a chart, while LINKE who got less votes is present.

[@AnymMusic]

a party focused on centralizing european power..... 🤮

[@DePraatjesMaker]

Neo communist trash

[@jacques.cousteau]

Nope, it has 3 seats

[@TehNSF]

​@@jacques.cousteau 3 from Germany and 2 from the Netherlands for a total of 5 seats

[@knowall5792]

Out of all the mumbo jumbo weakness/strength of Ursula's party has not been revealed.

[@conyjuul2099]

Wonderful video. Thanks.

[@switchbranch8411]

Yeah, i thought this comment section would be quite left leaning. The growth in right wing in select countries is primarily due to the lefts failure on immigration.

[@talideon]

You must not read the comments all that much. The right wing types are typically the loudest voices, regardless of their numbers.

[@stephenthomas3085]

You understand that the birth rate in most of Europe has declined drastically don't you..?! Germany needs at least 800,000 people annually for its economy to stand still. Whose going pay you pension when you retire..? How are businesses going expand without workers..? Where are the taxes going to come from..? Sorry but you're simply not being realistic. Maybe have more children. Otherwise, democratically you are dying.

[@stephenthomas3085]

''Demographically'' obviously.

[@poweepiureq3700]

@@stephenthomas3085 I hope you're joking. What you're saying is pure greed.

[@shamusson]

​@@stephenthomas3085 he would trade his people for a few GDP points

[@TravisSansbury]

I don't like that people vote on national parties that then join any given party At least for the Netherlands I feel like plenty of nationals sit in EU parties that do not make sense in comparison and only few citizens know this It should be a mandatory class EU kids would get to find out about EU parties and how the EU works, it would surely increase participation overtime

[@falsevacuum4667]

They don't generally join "any given party". They tend to already be part of a European party before elections.

[@TravisSansbury]

@@falsevacuum4667 Well yes and no, even when they are with a EU party so to speak there's the vast majority that don't know what EU party they're actually a part off (for example our VVD, Mark Rutte is part of Renew Europe which is generally alot more left than their national politics) The no is for the 60-ish seats that fell under "other" that haven't even chosen an EU party yet

[@falsevacuum4667]

@@TravisSansbury There are always more non-Inscrits at the start of a term due to political newcomers. However, they usually settle into a party group quickly and then remain in that affiliation in future elections.

[@BerkutBang]

People are tired of funding war and immigration.

[@ryangriffith5551]

Russia started the war boy

[@poweepiureq3700]

@@ryangriffith5551 The USA started it in 2013.

[@pasdpasse439]

Nobody's funding war.

[@ryangriffith5551]

@@poweepiureq3700 Russian tool

[@poweepiureq3700]

@@pasdpasse439 The Rothschilds are.

[@bigirish7349]

Easy to call an opponent out if you know your going to win. "It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting." - Tom Stoppard

[@AnymMusic]

great..... more von der Leyen types.... exactly what Europe needs now 🥲

[@MJODENG]

To hell with Macron and all globalists

[@Consume_Crash]

Pray for their souls and for their conversion.

[@angelgarciagarcia7295]

How long are we going to have to support von der leyen and Co???? shame on whole EU

[@soundscape26]

Are you European?

[@ad_astra468]

As long as people vote for her party the EPP.

[@norielgames4765]

I think young people just don't vote. So, maybe we should. I literally know no one who votes and isn't at least 60

[@christian9728]

I think the rise of Hungarian Tisza would have been worth to mention! Orbán's rule is coming to an end !

[@arthurlongshanks]

Nope doubt it

[@pasdpasse439]

The dude got 44%. The commentators: this is the end for Orban!!!

[@alfredbenedek3398]

If - if?/ if that would be so & true? but it isnt> Than why. I mean, how come, the rule ending Orban Victor wont, with a huge lead! yet Pete boy, just cheated, and it was comfermed he did! Well than? ( - 2 - 0 - ) to me / zero to you!

[@evaolah7621]

@@alfredbenedek3398 Peter Magyar egy Super and very educated and intelligent person and best wishes for future to the you generations ❤❤❤ Magyar Peter respect and support the Hungarian people and much better future if his can be the new president . ❤❤❤❤

[@archonofthesoap]

That's explained surprisingly well. I'm a bit sceptical

[@Trelmayas21]

Really nice to get a neutral and calm take on things. Thank you.

[@ghazalizul9126]

If AfD still in ID then ID will have 73 seats And many underestimated AfD performance before, while they are now 2nd most popular party in Germany

[@jjbiggmann5576]

WITH WHAT..15%..??

[@neodym5809]

15%, most of it as protest vote. People don’t vote AFD because they agree with them, but because they disagree with the other parties. Not a good sign, but the AFD is still a fringe party with shaky support besides east Germany.

[@longtimelongtime44]

they should be the most popular with more than 50%.

[@jacques.cousteau]

​@@neodym5809it's actually 16%

[@soundscape26]

@@longtimelongtime44 That will never happen.

[@goldendragon759]

This information is incorrect. In Belgium Vlaams Belang increased their share by 21%

[@michielp1922]

He said they underperformed compared to the polls, which is true cause the polls said VB would be the biggest party. However, he said all right wing parties underperfomred compared to the polls, which is wrong cause NVA,MR and Les Engages all did better than the polls suggested

[@goldendragon759]

@@michielp1922 It's still misleading. It's not true that Belgium, hasn't had a dramatic shift to the right. It's very worrying. If you look at Flanders alone the situation is even worse.

[@ClamChowderCondom]

we are so back

[@soundscape26]

Who?

[@IainFrame]

It's obvious for most of us. People are fed up of the hyper-progressivism of left-leaning politicians and constantly getting told that they're bigoted for wanting a more controlled rate of social change and less political corruption.

[@blackowlhu2212]

As Hungarian Mi Hazánk party said that they will build a new group with German Afd.

[@Flyingdutchy33]

I wonder what would happen if "none of the above" was an actual voting option.

[@justmeajah]

This is interesting

[@modarkthemauler]

And if that option gets majority vote then all politicians involved get banned from politics for life.

[@luuk_twister2068]

In the Netherlands we have the option to get the ballet but just not choose a party. This means you did vote, just not on any party

[@Flyingdutchy33]

@@luuk_twister2068 And, how does this get interpreted in the Netherlands?

[@soundscape26]

That would be redundant, if you don't like any of the options you either cast your vote blank or you just stay home.

[@elouanlahougue]

You forgot Reconquête.

[@Diamond-vy1lx]

yes I saw them, ECR group right? I dont know much about them myself Wasnt a France focused video, maybe one is coming next?

[@elouanlahougue]

@Diamond-vy1lx Yes exactly!

[@zeroconsequences]

The "Far Right" is anyone to the right of the Far Left.

[@astrovation3281]

No, actually the "far right" refers to semi-nazi's pretty much, hope that helps!

[@Diamond-vy1lx]

Not really, far right is now anyone to the right of center on social issues while extremist is anyone anti establishment

[@PedroCastro-vn8qg]

XD, liberals\consevatives aren't "far right". Dumb terminal online take.

[@Merecir]

@@PedroCastro-vn8qg According to the screaming left they are.

[@Historia.Magistra.Vitae.]

@@astrovation3281 _"No, actually the "far right" refers to semi-nazi's pretty much, hope that helps!"_ Wrong. Every kind of National Socialist, were on the Far-Left. Meanwhile Far-Right refers to people who believe that the best outcome for society is achieved when individual rights and civil liberties are paramount (individualism) and the role - and especially the power - of the government is minimized.

[@thomas_venieris]

Nice touch by the editing team: When describing how some countries use the European election vote to express (dis)satisfaction with their national governments, a voting booth is shown in the background, showing ballots with greek names. Greece is notorious for voting in the European elections this way.

[@Anonymous-hz3zz]

Quite a few things happening in French politics right now, you should touch on that as well

[@gregjames9875]

Please define Far-Right and Far-Left. Without a definition it's just a dog whistle.

[@adambohlin5112]

Actually Austria, Belgien and Italy did even better than FRA and GER as you may well know!

[@VaucluseVanguard]

Ursula Fond O Lyin will stay in her job. If there was a real swing to the right she would be out on her arse.

[@socire72]

Von de Leyen is right wing?

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

The left acting surprised about this after decades of ignoring people is hilarious

[@soundscape26]

You're talking as if the left and the right haven't been alternating power in Europe for a good while now. And even co-existing in the different countries.

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

@@soundscape26 Europe has been mostly left wing for decades, even parties like the Tories aren't actually right wing in anything they have actually done

[@soundscape26]

@@mrcaboosevg6089 If you are thinking about stuff like social welfare, national health services, free tuition etc then yes, Europe is more on the left side of the spectrum... but those are things that aren't bound to change simply because it's what most people want. It's more cultural than anything.

[@yamaneko-ex8fy]

Thank you.

[@MrGgabber]

Far right = anything slightly to the right of Mao

[@sabrinac9052]

Anything that questions the Agenda and expresses patriotism and law and order.

[@poweepiureq3700]

They label it as far right because they want to convince people that this is something extreme, so they will vote far left next time, and they will call it "center".

[@csibesz07]

@@poweepiureq3700 I'm pretty sure Putin and whoever he supports are extremists lol.

[@poweepiureq3700]

@Minimmalmythicist He was a centrist. But most of all, he was a nationalist who cared about his people and all of Europe.

[@soundscape26]

@@poweepiureq3700 Well, he was much more of an internationalist than a nationalist. All communists tend to be like that.

[@SaruyamaPL]

I'm tired how literally everyone is being called far-right nowadays. I don't hear news about anyone else, Far-right this, Far-right that, Far-right everything.. when will this stop. Seemingly everyone can be called far right as long as they don't agree with current EU narrative.

[@mrb.5610]

Because there's not a lot of far left going on in politics at the moment. Jeremy Corbyn for example - remember him ? No. Me neither. Labour turfed him out.

[@JewKiller]

@@mrb.5610 all left parties are far left

[@MalloonTarka]

Call a spade a spade.

[@LordLoocker]

...No? The reason we're hearing more about "far-right" politics is because they're rising in popularity currently, and have been in a few places in Europe for a while. If you feel you're hearing about that more than other things it's probably because people generally report on parties that are making gains rather than slightly declining or staying the same. "BREAKING NEWS: center-left remains basically the same as it has for the past decade!" probably doesn't sound too news-worthy, whereas looking into the reasons behind a sudden surge in what was previously considered in many places to be a fringe ideology is a lot more interesting and noteworthy.

[@Alex-pt6pu]

Because you're a far right yourself

[@jeanlebreton2049]

It's interesting that you classify Le Pen as right wing. Out of the fact that all the french media classify her as far-right, she is neither conservative, nor economically liberal, has always refused talks with LR (until today?), has no christian background, and her electorate is largely different from the LR's. On the other side, her niece's party, Reconquête, checks all of these criteria.

[@mint8648]

Are you sure reconquete is conservative, economically liberal, and christian?

[@jeanlebreton2049]

@@mint8648 1) conservative go on the same direction for this side of politics: Marion Maréchal was very supportive of La Manif pour tous, she always embodied the catholic, conservative-leaning branch of the FN, demonstrating in front of Jeanne d'Arc statue, she has tradis friends... Zemmour's image is less based on that, he's Jew (and mizrahi, not even metropolitan), however he made some books about his fascination for the Catholic church, "judeo-christian civilisation"... and watch the "Corinne" buzz. 2) econ liberal: yeah clearly, on one side Marion Maréchal has a classic libéral (french writing for a french meaning ^^) discourse, seducing the small businesses, and on the other side Zemmour has a very populistic discourse about participation of the State in the media, Sécurité sociale, public administration etc... all of which he wants to tear apart

[@norielgames4765]

What does religion have to do with any of this? Oh well, nevermind. Of course you care about religion.

[@jeanlebreton2049]

@@norielgames4765 No, don't get me wrong: I'm atheist (post-catholic). But as an ex-catholic militant in the tradi right, I know their sociology pretty well

[@norielgames4765]

@@jeanlebreton2049 as an ex christian myself, religion is capable of great harm. Every single religious person I've known is associated with evil traits such as racism, homophobia, authoritarianism, and honestly being pretty uneducated and prone to scams

[@BMWE90HQ]

These elections were glorious!

[@niamcd6604]

Why aren't they disclosing the number of people who actually voted?

[@anonimato1987]

L'Amour Toujours