Thursday, May 23, 2019

Voice of Europe: New poll: 4 of 5 largest parties in the EU elections will be nationalist-populist - Farage’s party now polls better than the Conservatives and the Labour Party combined





Four of the five largest parties in this week’s European Parliament elections will be nationalist-populist eurosceptics according to the website EuropeElects.
The data collected by the website, show the Brexit Party led by Nigel Farage is likely to cause a huge upset and take the most seats of any single party on the continent with 28 elected MEPs.
The Brexit Party’s staggering lead over the second place Liberal Democrats has meant that Mr Farage’s party now polls better than the Conservatives and the Labour Party combined.
On second place with 25 projected MEPs is the League party led by Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who has made a real effort to unite the eurosceptic conservatives and the populist movement ahead of the elections. ...