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Italy and the rest of Europe are heading to the polls on Sunday to vote in the European Elections 2019. The three major political forces competing are the Northern League, the Five Star Movement and the Democratic Party.
Polling stations opened at 7:00 and close at 23:00 local time.
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The counting of the votes in every polling booth in Italy has ended.
Here are the results:
Lega (League): 34.33%
Partito Democratico (Democratic Party): 22.69%
Movimento Cinque Stelle (Five Star Movement): 17.07%
Forza Italia (Berlusconi's Party): 8.79%
Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy): 6.46 %
+Europa-Italia in Comune-PDE Italia: 3.09%
Turnout (including the number of Italians who reside in the other 27 EU member states): 54.50%
Source: Ministero dell'Interno (Italian Interior Ministry)
Salvini's statement after the Northern League victory: "Thanks to who's up there, who helped Italy and Europe to find hope. It's about the future of a country and of a whole continent. Millions of Italians gave us a historic mission: that of putting the rights of the family at the center. Now we are the first party in both the North and the South. Le Pen is the first in France, Farage in England: it's the sign of a changing Europe, a Europe tired of multinational companies and elites. Thanks to the Italians who supported us against everyone and everything. But the government allies are friends, so from tomorrow we start working again. Austerity and unemployement cannot make sense anymore."
The results for Italy so far:
Lega (League): 33.14%
Partito Democratico (Democratic Party): 23.81%
Movimento Cinque Stelle (Five Star Movement): 16.80%
Forza Italia (Berlusconi's party): 7.78%
Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy): 5.73%
+Europa (More Europe): 3.49%
Source: ANSA
The results for Slovenia have been announced:
SDS +SLS (EPP) 26.43 percent = three seats
SD (S&D) 18.64 percent = two seats
LMŠ (ALDE) 15.58 percent = two seats
NSi (EPP) 11.07 percent = one seat.
Source: Politico
The results for Slovenia have been announced:
SDS +SLS (EPP) 26.43 percent = three seats
SD (S&D) 18.64 percent = two seats
LMŠ (ALDE) 15.58 percent = two seats
NSi (EPP) 11.07 percent = one seat.
Source: Politico
The results for Slovenia have been announced:
SDS +SLS (EPP) 26.43 percent = three seats
SD (S&D) 18.64 percent = two seats
LMŠ (ALDE) 15.58 percent = two seats
NSi (EPP) 11.07 percent = one seat.
Source: Politico
Results for the London region (UK)
Liberal Democrats (ALDE): 3 seats.
Labour Party (S&D): 2 seats
The Brexit Party: 2 seats
Green Party of England and Wales: 1 seat
Source: BBC News
Results for the London region (UK)
Liberal Democrats (ALDE): 3 seats.
Labour Party (S&D): 2 seats
The Brexit Party: 2 seats
Green Party of England and Wales: 1 seat
Source: BBC News
The Cypriot Electoral commissioner has announced the names of the MEPs that will represent Cyprus:
DISY (EPP)- Loukas Fourlas, Lefteris Christoforou.
AKEL (Party of the European Left)- Giorgos Georgiou, Niyazi Kızılyürek
DIKO (S&D)- Costas Mavrides
EDEK (S&D)- Demetris Papadakis
Source: Europe Elects
The Cypriot Electoral commissioner has announced the names of the MEPs that will represent Cyprus:
DISY (EPP)- Loukas Fourlas, Lefteris Christoforou.
AKEL (Party of the European Left)- Giorgos Georgiou, Niyazi Kızılyürek
DIKO (S&D)- Costas Mavrides
EDEK (S&D)- Demetris Papadakis
Source: Europe Elects
Results from the East of England:
The Brexit Party: 3 seats.
The Liberal Democrats (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe): 2 seats
Green Party of England and Wales (European Green Party): 1 seat
The Conservative Party (European Conservatives and Reformists): 1 seat
Source: BBC
Results from the East of England:
The Brexit Party: 3 seats.
The Liberal Democrats: 2 seats
Green Party of England and Wales: 1 seat
The Conservative Party: 1 seat
Source: BBC
Results from the East of England:
The Brexit Party: 3 seats.
The Liberal Democrats: 2 seats
Green Party of England and Wales: 1 seat
The Conservative Party: 1 seat
Source: BBC
First results from the UK:
The Brexit Party (led by former UKIP leader Nigel Farage) has gained two seats in the North East of England, while the Labour Party only has one.
It is estimated that the turnout in Britain was 37%.
First results from the UK:
The Brexit Party (led by former UKIP leader Nigel Farage) has gained two seats in the North East of England, while the Labour Party only has one.
It is estimated that the turnout was 37%.
The Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has called a snap general election in the wake of his party (Syriza) won only 24 % of the vote, while the centre-right opposition party New democracy gained 33 %.
The likely date for these early elections is Sunday 30th June.
Source: Politico, Ekathimerini English
The Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has called a snap general election in the wake of his party (Syriza) won only 24 % of the vote, while the centre-right opposition party gained 33 %.
The likely date for these early elections is Sunday 30th June.
Source: Politico, Ekathimerini English
First partial results from Slovenia after 98.26% of votes have been counted:
Source: Europe Elects
Exit poll Opinio for Italy:
Lega (League): 27-31%
Partito Democratico (Democratic Party): 21-25%
Movimento Cinque Stelle (Five Star Movement): 18.5-22.5%
Forza Italia (Berlusconi's party): 8-13.2%
Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy): 5-7%
Source: ANSA
Exit poll for Denmark:
Social Democrats: 23.6%
Liberals: 20.6%
Socialist People’s Party: 13%
Danish People’s Party: 11.8% (versus 26.6% in 2014)
Danish Social Liberal Party: 9.7%
Red Green Alliance: 6.7%
Conservative People’s Party: 5.6%
The Alternative: 3.7%
Source: Politico
Exit poll for Spain:
PSOE-Socialists & Democrats (S&D): 28.4%
PP-European People's Party (EPP): 17.3%
Cs-Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE): 14.2%
Unidas Podemos-GUE/NGL: 11.8%
Vox: 8.2 %
Ahora Republicas: 3.5%
Source: Europe Elects
The 51% turnout across all the 28 member states of the European Union is the highest registered since 1994.
Source: European Parliament
Exit polls in France: Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National should be in front, between 23% and 25%. Emmanuel Macron's list Reinassance should rank second, between 19% and 22% of the votes.
Source: Le Soir
Exit poll for Greece
Source: Europe Elects.
This exit poll confirms the opinion polls which placed the centre-right New Democracy ahead of Syriza (Source: Politico).
Exit poll for Greece
Source: Europe Elects.
This exit poll confirms the opinion polls which placed the centre-right New Democracy ahead of Syriza (Source: Politico).
Turnout at 6pm:
- Spain: 48.54% (34.07% in 2014)
- Romania: 43% (26.52% in 2014)
Source: Europe Elects
Exit polls in Germany: Merkel's CDU wins with the 28% of the votes and the Greens boom at 22%. All-time low for the Socialdemocrats (15%), while the eurosceptic right-wing AfD reaches 10%.
Many countries in Europe, especially Spain, Germany, France and Poland, have so far recorded a higher turnout compared to 2014. Italy remains stable at 16% (12:00).
France: 43,49% (17:00)
Germany: 29,4% (14:00)
Spain: 34,71% (14:00)
Sources: Politico, La Vanguardia
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