Across Europe, anti-EU populists and proponents of closer unity made a final push for support Sunday as 21 nations went to the polls in a continent-wide battle for influence at the European Parliament.
Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte is given a pencil and ballot to vote for the European Parliament elections at a polling station in Rome, Sunday, May 26, 2019. Last Updated Sunday, May 26, 2019 12:29PM EDT
Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, seen as a unifying force among the anti-migrant hard-line nationalists, said that he felt a "change in the air" and that a victory by his right-wing League party would "change everything in Europe." In the first major exit poll, in Germany, the EU's biggest country, governing parties were predicted to lose ground while the Greens were set for big gains. The far right was also expected to pick up more support.
Because of the stakes this time, turnout appeared to be running higher than usual during the afternoon Sunday in Spain, France and Germany. The trend has been downward since the first elections in 1979 and stood at less than 43 per cent five years ago. Other countries voting on Sunday included Italy, Poland, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Belgium and Lithuania.
Traditional parties like the EPP and the centre-left socialist S&D group want the mainstream to build a strong coalition to stave off the fringe parties. Spanish caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called on "all the political forces to open a horizon of political stability."
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