EU Elections: The Winners and the Losers

The biggest winner was the National Rally party of Marine Le Pen, which dominated the French polls, causing President Macron to call a snap national election.

Supporters of French right-wing National Rally react at the party election night headquarters in Paris on June 9, 2024. AP Photo/Lewis Joly

After polls closed in all European Union countries, the center-right group in the European Parliament that currently holds the most seats gained the most, while the centrist Renew Europe group and the Greens group lost the most seats in the union’s parliament.

Right-wing parties didn’t quite make the substantial gains that were predicted.