Elections for the EU Parliament: Far right first in France and Austria, second in Germany and the Netherlands

In the European Parliament, where around 1,000 journalists followed the election night, it was announced that the far-right party National Rally Marine Le Pen won the most votes in France, winning 31.5 percent.

In second place, but far behind, is the coalition led by French President Emmanuel Macron, with 15.2 percent of the vote, and in third place is the Socialist Party with 14 percent. The leftist France Invincible party led by Jean-Luc Melenchon won 8.7 percent, and the Republicans 7.2 percent, according to exit polls.

When it comes to the political groups in the EP, in which the parties join after the European elections, of the 81 deputies of France, 30 will have the far-right group Identity and Democracy, 14 the liberal group Renew Europe, and 13 the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D). 

The left will have eight MPs, the European People's Party (EPP) six, and the green and regional parties and parties of the moderate left, gathered in the Green/European Free Alliance (Green/EFA) group, five.

The right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group will also have five MPs. After the resounding victory of Marine Le Pen's party, Macron unexpectedly dissolved parliament and announced early parliamentary elections to be held on June 30 and July 7.

In Germany, the conservative coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) received the most votes - 29.5 percent, and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) 16.5 percent. In third place are the ruling Social Democrats, to which Chancellor Olaf Scholz also belongs, with 14 percent, in fourth place are also the ruling Greens with 12 percent, and in fifth place is the Sarah Wagenknecht Alliance with 5.5 percent. Sixth place was taken by the ruling liberals with five percent, while the Left is in seventh place, with 2.8 percent.

Out of Germany's 96 seats in the EP, the European People's Party (EPP) won 30, the Greens/EFA 16, the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) 14, the liberal group Renew Europe eight, and the Left four.

German parties that do not belong to any of the previous seven groups in the EP will have 24 seats in the new convocation, and 19 AfD MPs are among them, according to exit polls.

The first place in Italy was taken by the right-wing party of the Brothers of Italy of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, with 27.7 percent, the second place was the Social Democratic Party with 23.7 percent, and the third place was the populist Five Star Movement with 11.1 percent.

The conservatives have 10.5 percent, and Matteo Salvini's far-right League 8.0 percent. Italy provides 76 MEPs, of which 23 will belong to the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group, and 19 to the Social Democrats. Ten MPs were given to the EPP, seven to Identity and Democracy, three each to the Liberals and the Greens, while 11 do not belong to any group.

In Austria, the far-right Freedom Party of Austria took first place with 27 percent of the vote, the conservative Austrian People's Party came second with 23.5 percent, and the Social Democrats came third with 23 percent. The Greens got 10.5 percent, which is the same as the liberal NEOS party. Of Austria's 20 seats in the EP, the far-right Identity and Democracy group has six, the EPP and S&D groups have five each, and the Greens/EFA and Renew Europe groups have two each.

In the Netherlands, the coalition of greens and socialists got the most votes - 21.6 percent, while the right-wing Freedom Party of Geert Wilders came second with 17.7 percent of the votes, according to exit polls.

Out of 31 MEPs from the Netherlands, the Identity and Democracy and Renew Europe groups will have seven each, the EPP six, the Greens and S&D four each, and the Left and Right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) one each. One MP does not belong to any of the previous seven groups.

The conservative People's Party won the most votes in Spain - 32.4 percent, and the Socialists of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez are in second place with 30.2 percent. The right-wing Vox party received 10.4 percent, the far-left Sumar coalition 6.3 percent, and the left-wing Podemos 4.4 percent of the vote. Spain has 61 MEPs, of which 22 will belong to the EPP group and 20 to the Social Democrats. Seven will be held by the ECR, four by the Greens/EFA, three by the Left, and one by the Liberals. Four MPs do not belong to any group.

In Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk's pro-European Civic Coalition took first place with 38.2 percent of the vote, while the opposition conservative party Pravo i Pravda of Jaroslav Kaczynski got 33.9 percent of the vote, according to exit polls. Poland's radical right, the Confederation Party, won 11.9 percent of the vote, and the Christian Democratic Third Time, Tusk's partner in the government, 8.2 percent. The left got 6.6 percent. Of Poland's 53 MEPs, the EPP got 20, the ECR got 19, the Liberals got three, and the Social Democrats got two. Nine MPs do not belong to any group.

In the Czech Republic, the largest number of votes, 26.1 percent, was won by the opposition party ANO of former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, and the conservative coalition Zajedno of Prime Minister Petr Fijala came second with 22.3 percent of the vote. The surprise is the success of the new non-parliamentary radical right-wing party Oath and Motorists, which is in third place with 10.3 percent of the vote, while the parliamentary radical right-wing Freedom and Direct Democracy won 5.7 percent of the vote. Among the 21 MPs of the Czech Republic in the EP, the most will be liberals (7), followed by EPP (5) and ECR (3). The Greens, the Left and the extreme right (ID) won one mandate each, while three MPs are not in groups.

The pro-European, liberal party Progressive Slovakia received the most votes in Slovakia - 27.8 percent, followed by the ruling Smer party of Prime Minister Robert Fico with 24.8 percent. The far-right Republika party received 12.5 percent, the left Glas 7.2 percent, and the Christian Democrats 7.1 percent. In the EP, the most Slovaks will be in the Renew Europe group - six, the EPP will have one MEP, while eight will not be in any group.

In Hungary, the ruling coalition around Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party convincingly took first place with 43.8 percent of the vote, and the opposition coalition Tisza with 30.6 percent. In the EP, of Hungary's 21 seats, eight will go to the EPP, and two to the S&D. The other 11 mandates belong to parties that are not in any group, including Orbán's Fidesz, which left the EPP when it was threatened with expulsion.

In Croatia, the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) received the most votes - 33.7 percent, and the coalition around the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) came second with 27.8 percent. The third is the right-wing Homeland Movement with 8.7 percent, the fourth is the green-left coalition Mozemo with 5.8 percent, and the fifth is the coalition of Istrian parties with 4.7 percent. The right-wing coalition Most received 3.7 percent of the vote. Of Croatia's 12 mandates in the EP, six will belong to the EPP group, four to the Social Democrats, and one to the Greens/EFA group. One mandate goes to the Homeland Movement, which does not belong to any group.

In Slovenia, the opposition Slovenian Democratic Party of Janez Janša received the most votes, 31.8 percent, while the liberal Freedom Movement of Prime Minister Robert Golob received 21.7 percent. The Greens got 10.1 percent, the two Christian Democratic lists got 7.8 and 7.5 percent, Tanja Fajon's Social Democrats got 7.5 percent, and the Left got 4.4 percent. Of the nine Slovenian seats in the EP, six went to the EPP group, two to the Liberals and one to the Greens.

In Greece, the ruling New Democracy of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis received the most votes - 30 percent, followed by the left-wing Syriza with 16.7 percent. The center-left party PASOK is third with 12.4 percent, the communists (KKE) are fourth with 9.1 percent, while the nationalists won 8.8 percent, according to exit polls. In the EP, where Greece has 21 MPs, eight will belong to the EPP group, four to the Left, three to the S&D group, and two to the European Conservatives and Reformists. Parties that do not belong to any of the previous seven groups in the EP will have four seats in the new convocation.

In Bulgaria, the conservative coalition of the GERB party and the Alliance of Democratic Forces received the most votes - 26.2 percent, the second is the liberal coalition of the party We continue with change and the alliance Democratic Bulgaria with 15.7 percent, and the third far-right party Preporod with 15.4 percent. The liberal Movement for Rights and Freedoms received 11.7 percent, and the Bulgarian Socialist Party 9.7 percent. In sixth place is the populist party There are such people with 6.4 percent. Of Bulgaria's 17 mandates in the EP, six are held by the EPP group, five by Renew Europe, two by S&D, and four will be held by parties that do not belong to any group.

Of the parties in Romania, which has 33 MEPs, 13 belonged to the Social Democrats, 12 to the EPP group, two to the Liberals and one to the ECR group. Five MPs do not belong to any group.

In Portugal, socialists won 31.4 percent of the vote, conservatives 30.6 percent, liberals 9.8 percent, and the extreme right 9.2 percent. Of Portugal's 21 MPs in the EP, the EPP and S&D have seven each, the Liberals, the far right and the Left have two each, and the Greens have one.

Of Sweden's 21 seats, five each are held by the EPP and S&D, three each by the Liberals, Greens and ECR, and two by the Left.

In Denmark, which has 15 MEPs, four will belong to the Renew Europe group, three each to the S&D and Green/EFA groups, two to the EPP, and one each to the Left and Identity and Democracy. One MP does not belong to any group.

In Cyprus, which gives six MEPs, the EPP group got two, the Left and S&D one each, while two will go to parties that do not belong to any of the seven groups so far.

In Malta, the Labor Party won 44.7 percent and the Nationalist Party 42.5 percent. Of Malta's six mandates in the EP, three each will go to the EPP and S&D groups.