EP’s Two Largest Parties Again Seek Suitable Partner for After 2024 Elections
EP’s Two Largest Parties Again Seek Suitable Partner for After 2024 Elections

Author(s): Tomasz Zając
Subject(s): Politics, International relations/trade, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Europe; European Parliament; People's Party; Politics;
Summary/Abstract: Europe’s two largest political parties—the European People’s Party and the Socialists and Democrats - have weakened over the course of the ninth term of the European Parliament, which ends in 2024. If the trends in their support are maintained, the parties will have to do what they did after the 2019 elections and find a partner to form a majority supporting the European Commission. That partner will most likely be the Liberals of Renew Europe (their support in opinion polls has also dropped). However, the declining ratings of the European centre-right have caused the Christian Democrat president to seek allies among the European Conservatives and Reformists as well. However, a coalition of the Christian Democrats, Liberals and Conservatives in the future parliament is unlikely due to internal resistance within the ranks of the first two groups to cooperation with the Conservatives.

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