The two key parties in the European elections in the Netherlandswhich kicked off the European process by holding its voting day on Thursday, June 6, would be the Freedom Party (PVV, for its acronym in Dutch) and the alliance between labor and environmentalists, GroenLinks-PvdA, according to a exit poll prepared by Ipsos and broadcast on national television NOS. Although they would be the two formations with the most votes, GroenLinks-PvdA would get eight of the 31 MEPs that the Dutch would send to Brussels, one less than they already had, while the extreme right would get seven, six more than in 2019.
The survey, initially published when schools in the country closed, at 9:00 p.m., and then updated (without major changes), shows a predictable turn to the right which could be common in several countries. In Spain, for example, the surveys They predict that Vox will double its number of deputies, while another (or several) formation that is presented for the first time would add another party, the party is over, also framed in this ideological spectrum.
“Although parties critical of Europe seem to be growingall forecasts suggest that the majority in the European Parliament will continue to be made up of social democrats, Christian democrats and liberals,” explains the Dutch network’s EU correspondent, Kysia Hekster. “But that majority is expected to shrink, as support for anti-European parties grows.
He distribution of seats in the Netherlands It would be as follows, according to this survey:
- GroenLinks-PvdA – 8 seats
- Freedom Party (PVV) – 7 seats
- People’s Party of Freedom and Democracy (VVD) – 4 seats
- Christian Democratic Call (CDA) – 3 seats
- Democrats 66 – 3 seats
- Peasant – Citizen Movement (BBB) - 2 seats
- Volt – 1 seat
- New Social Contract (NSC) – 1 seat
- Reformed Political Party (SGP) – 1 seat
- Party for the Animals (PvdD) – 1 seat
