EU elections 2024 live: ‘Conservative values will impact EU policymaking like never before,’ says rightwing group
by Lili Bayer in Brussels (now); Yohannes Lowe and Jo from World news | The Guardian on (#6NDF4)
European Conservatives and Reformists party includes members such as Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy and Poland's Law and Justice
Reaction to Emmanuel Macron's shock election announcement continues to roll in.
Celine Bracq, director general of the Odoxa polling agency, told the AFP news agency it was a poker move" at a time when there is a strong desire on the part of the French to punish the president".
It's something extremely risky. In all likelihood, the National Rally, in the wake of the European elections, could have a majority in the National Assembly and why not an absolute majority?"
The most likely outcome is more fragmentation, more deadlock and chaos. A complete paralysis."
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