The EU election - how Europe voted

Governing parties in France and Germany suffered big losses, but nevertheless the center right across Europe won 276 seats in the European Parliament out of the 732 seats. The left won 200. After the European elections the strongest fraction in Strasbourg will still be European People's Party and European Democracy (EPPED), which consists of right-wing parties. However, it is might turn out that left-wing, green and center parties might form a coalition and thus take control over the Parliament. The real shocker of the election was that Eurosceptics made headway and secured their best vote yet. In the Britain, the UK Independence Party (UKIP) won a massive 16.8% of the vote which made it the third most popular party in Britain. The turnout in the old EU states was 45% whereas the turnout in among the ten new members states just averaged 26.4%. R.H.