Notices by Peter Kuipers Munneke (pkuipersmunneke@mastodon.nl)

@nemeciii @pkuipersmunneke a popular explanation is that regular, conservative parties have started to mimick far-right parties and adopt anti-immigrant views, and now voters are starting to prefer “the original”, hence the move from right to far-right

Despite the headlines, Dutch #EU #election results provide subtle change, away from centre-right to left, and to far-right

Progressive, pro-EU parties (Green/SocDems, LibDems D66, Volt, Party for Animal Rights) together won 14 seats (+2 from 2019).

Conservative right-wing parties (VVD, Christian Dems, NSC, 50+, SGP, Christian Union CU) had the strongest loss with 9 seats (-3 from 2019).

Far-right anti-European parties (PVV, Farmer's Party, Forum for Democracy) went from 5 to 8 seats (+3).