Voters in all 28 European Union countries turned out in high numbers for European Parliament elections on Sunday.
May 26 (UPI) — Preliminary voting results showed the center-right European People’s Party is expected to maintain a majority of European Parliament despite losing seats in Sunday’s election.
The European Parliament’s projections showed that the European People’s Party, which previously held a majority, was expected to shrink from 216 seats to 173, while second largest party, the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats would fall from 185 seats to 147.
An aggregate of polling data showed that Europe’s largest center-right and center left blocs were expected to lose 92 seats in parliament, according to The Guardian.
Amid the shift away from the center of the political spectrum, populist Marnie Le Pen’s National Rally Party won a majority of seats in France’s election.
