The right has once again won in the European Union elections. The groups that make up the European People’s Party have increased the difference with the Social Democrats. But, as has been announced in recent weeks, the greatest novelty has been the right of the right.

The far-right parties have for the time being been the first political forces in five states: France, Italy, Hungary, Belgium – in votes, not in representation – and Austria. In general, in the major powers of the European Union, the tip of the right has increased, along with the traditional right. Thus, the extreme right have expanded their representation and will have 131 MEPs – so far 118 – according to provisional data.

Social Democratic Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the leading promoter and leader of the European Union, has suffered a great failure. The Conservatives have achieved a clear victory in Germany, but the most worrying thing is that the second force is a neo-Nazi party: AfD, with 16 representatives (formerly one). This has not been seen since the end of the Second World War. His list head, Maximilian Krahk, for example, recently sparked a controversy with the following assertions: "I will never say that everything that wore the SS uniform was automatically criminal."

The National Union of Marine Le Pen has doubled the party of President Emmanuel Macron with 30 seats. The Macron party has achieved 14, less than half. Given the magnitude of the failure, Macron decides to advance the elections.

In the case of Italy, there are no surprises and Giorgia Meloni has been the far-right of the current Prime Minister. Something similar has happened in Hungary, the party of the ultra-right Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, has easily won.

In Spain, the PP has advanced the PSOE with two representatives, and the Vox neofaxists have risen to the third position with 6 representatives, winning two, the new ultra-right party Se Acabó the Fiesta has won three representatives.

In the Netherlands, the far-right PVV of Geert Wilders, with 7 Members, who only had one, was the second strength. In November they succeeded in the national elections.

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo dimite after losing the ultra-right Vlaams Belang of Franaria and the right-wing Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie. With little margin, the ultra-right Flemish independence of Vlaams has been imposed on the votes.

In Austria, the Ultranationalist Freedom Party (FPÖ) has, for the first time in history, won national elections with 6 representatives.

In Poland, Jartoslaw Kaczybski’s law and ultra-nationalist justice have been the second force, four points from the Social Democrat Donald Tuskpresident’s party. In Latvia, the ultra-right have also been the second force.

20 years ago, the out-of-court MEPs on the Right accounted for 8.7% of the total Chamber, but this figure has steadily increased since: 2009 (11.8%), 2014 (15.7%) and 2019 (18%). Now, for the first time, one in five Members of the European Parliament will be right-wing extremists or neofaxists. Two ultra-right groups with 118 MEPs to date have become 128.

Photograph of current composition

In these elections, 720 Members were elected, 15 more than in the previous vote. The States with the highest proportional representation are those with the highest number of citizens. This is the case of Germany (96 Members), France (81), Italy (76), Spain (61) and Poland (53). Below are Romania (33), Netherlands (31) and Belgium (22). All other states have 22 MEPs or less. MEPs will represent 450 million people who depend on the European Union.

The first task of Members will be the formation of groups on the basis of political and ideological affinities. For a group to exist, it must bring together 23 Members from at least seven countries.

The largest group is the main historical representative on the right: European People's Party. It now has 185 representatives, 9 more. He is a member of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Parliament.

The next big group is the Progressive Alliance, a group of Social Democrats that brings together all the "socialists" parties. These include the PSOE and the French PSF. They have 137 representatives, 2 fewer than before.

The Renewed Europe Group is then composed of several liberal parties, the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany, the PNV or Citizens of Spain, which from now on have not gone from eight to zero, is made up of 79 Members, but has suffered a great decline, lost 23.

The greens are the fourth force, but an extreme right-wing group will overflow. The Greens now have 52 representatives (19 fewer) and the ultra-right ERC (Conservatives and Reformists, with 73 MEPs) won the medal of the fourth general team. In this group are the matches of Georgia Meloni and Santiago Abascal. This group consists of 19 parties from 17 countries.

Far-right people have another group in the European Union: They will have Democracy and Identity and 58 representatives. This includes, inter alia, the National Union of Marine Le Pen of France and the Herberee PVV. Until recently he has been part of the German AFD, but his candidate has been expelled after the SS statements.

And the last group is the one on the left. EUR 36 with Members, one down. That's what Die Linke, Podemos, EH Bildu in Germany, Sinn Fein in Ireland and Syriza in Greece, among others.

In addition, there are another 100 MEPs who are not currently part of the previous groups. Later on, they could decide to integrate into one or the other or to continue on an individual basis.