EU Elections Will Not Drastically Change Status Quo in Brussels: Expert

Even if right-wing parties win 25 percent of the vote, they won’t have enough to form a governing coalition in the European Parliament, the expert predicts.

General outside view of the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France, on May 21, 2024. Johannes Simon/Getty Images

Predictions that right-wing groups gain significantly more seats in the current European Parliament elections won’t necessarily translate into a “definite change in the direction of European policy,” said Marcin Kedzierski, assistant professor at the department of international relations at the Cracow University of Economics in Poland.

The elections began on June 6 and wrap up late June 9.