#2 #Germany's #farright #AfD had a spectacularly dreadful #ep2024 campaign, but not even that hurt them very much https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/both-putins-poodle-and-chinas-tool-the-afd-had-a-terrible-week-and-mores-to-come/?m=m
#2 #Germany's #farright #AfD had a spectacularly dreadful #ep2024 campaign, but not even that hurt them very much https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/both-putins-poodle-and-chinas-tool-the-afd-had-a-terrible-week-and-mores-to-come/?m=m
The Unstoppable Rise of the Far Right Narrative is sucking up too much air. This article provides some much-needed nuance re the development of support for Green parties in the latest European elections #ep2024
Bijzonder; bij 1 stembureau hadden zeker 3 mensen op een kandidaat van @Piratenpartij gestemd en niet 1 stem werd geteld. #EP2024
Na een klacht en hertelling bleken het er 4 te zijn. Het ging om 1 van de 84 stembureaus in #Nijmegen.
Rest kun je niet weten.
https://app4.nijmegen.nl/gns/index/verkiezingen/2024-ep/20240617_0268_EP24_Na14-1.pdf
#piratenpartij
#EP2024
Back from Castlebar after a few days counting votes in the European elections. It was fun, fascinating, exhausting
I was always a fan of the PR-STV system but had never seen it from the inside out. It makes for great wonkish drama
#EU24 #EU2024 #EP24 #EP2024 #EuropeanElections #IEpol #IrelandVotes
#MidlandsNorthWest #Castlebar #voting
@Martranslations @madjo @Marielvd Belang van #privacy voor democratie wordt ernstig onderschat. Naast dat opsporing een taak van overheid is. Helaas zijn er ipv meer minder zetels voor @Piratenpartij in EP
Kan het niet rijmen, net als dat in mensen verdrinken en stemmen voor De groenen bijna gehalveerd zijn! #EP2024
If anyone is interested, this is a link to my #EP2024 Dublin count spreadsheet for tracking transfers (Green: >10% transfers, Red: <2%)
Update for Count 16 (transfers from Gibney)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aAZ4sA-1oz_T5SQEPgfzswul_vXDKdbXJ8FndDpWOOc/edit?usp=sharing
No, larger far-right groups in the European Parliament will not disrupt European research policies.
... but look out for denial of scientific evidence (climate and gender) and resistance to programmes like #horizonEU, which are managed from Brussels.
#Science #scipol #EPelections #EP2024 #EuropeanElections2024 #EUPol
So at the end of the day, if you look past all of the wringing of hands about France's descent into fascism following the European elections, the numbers aren't that scary.
The fascists (ID) gained 9 seats in total, across the whole of Europe.
It's 9 seats too many, sure, but only 9 seats all the same.
@glencoe are the far right really surging overall? I'm seeing some gains but more by centre right parties than far right ones overall.
You may have a better handle on it as I'm going off election summaries. #EUpolitics #EUpol #EP2024
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/09/eu-elections-populist-right-makes-gains-but-pro-european-centre-holds
The Danish Social Democrats only got 15.6 percent of the vote at yesterday's #EP2024 election.
This is their worst result since 1898.
Yes… in 126 years.
After a plethora of scandals, I do not believe their current leader Mette Frederiksen will remain after the next election.
Source: https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialdemokratiet?wprov=sfti1#Folketingsvalg
The actual outcome was very close to the exit poll.
https://app.nos.nl/nieuws/ep2024/
GroenLinks/PvDA ended up with 8 seats, as expected, while second place PVV ended up with 6, one less than predicted by the press. The pro-EU left leaning Volt ended up with two seats, which was more than the prediction.
While some people have tried to make a lot out of a supposed low turnout, more people voted this time than in 2019 (46.2% vs. 41.9%).
The best news is that while 1/4 of the people living in my area voted for a fascist in the national election last year, only 1/7 did so in the European election. That's still too many fascist voters. But it's an improvement.
The right gained seats in Europe, but they have not taken control of the European Parliament. Locally at least they have taken a substantial step backward since last year.
Is it too much to ask if our press perhaps should stop hyping every extreme right party ?
The press doesn't need to report on every single unpleasant word from the extremists. Meanwhile they really should take more notice of green issues which are already damaging us all (see the flooding in Austria, which just voted largely extreme right). The reduction in the green vote share is IMO largely a result of poor press coverage.
#ep2024 #euelections2024 #eupol
In this fragmented #EP2024 result there are lots of stories to tell.
One thing I'm missing in commentary this morning is the near-total absence of a left-wing vote in #Poland and #Hungary.
@academicchatter @dutchacademics @politicalscience @histodons
@philosophy
Meanwhile a near political earthquake as #Hungary 's #EP elex results are coming in - a serious blow to Viktor #Orban and his ruling party:
#Fidesz-KDNP dropped from 52 to 44 %
A new party, #Tisza , launched by Peter #Magyar , a former Orban ally/loyalist, just a few months ago got 30%
#Budapest mayoral elex on knife edge - current difference is 300 votes, one of the candidates demands a recount
@NOSRSS
En wie zijn die 99 Niet gebonden/overig ?
#lobbyisten ?
#ep2024
Jeg synes ikke helt vægtningen i DR og TV 2’s dækning afspejler, at der skal vælges 720 mandater i alt. #ep2024
Kan vi ikke overtale italienerne til at lukke deres valgsteder lidt tidligere næste gang? Nu kan der vist ikke tærskes mere langhalm på den exitpoll. #ep2024
The left and green block seem to have done well if the #ExitPoll in Denmark's #EP2024 election is to be trusted.
Perhaps that gives some comfort if the other results also come out as expected?
But a lower turn out than last time (when it coincided with other votes).
#EPvalg #EPvalg2024