European elections: How will the vote work and what's at stake?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Once they are elected, most of the politicians then join European transnational political groups according to political orientation and ideology.
52% : "What we will see in the coming months is basically the test of the spine of the EPP, whether they remain committed to EU integration and address the challenges in a constructive fashion, or whether they engage in 'politicking' and use their nexus with some of the hard right and far-right parties," Andor said.
46% : Almost 370 million Europeans will elect members of the European Parliament, the only directly elected institution of the EU which has the power to block legislation.
46% : They are also likely to oppose EU action to tackle climate change, including an ambitious package of reforms for a green transition known as the Green Deal.
44% : Anti-migrant rhetoric has been used to inflame public opinion ahead of the vote.
40% : FEPS' Andor, a Hungarian economist and former EU commissioner, said Nazi and fascist nostalgia had kept Fidesz from joining the ID group, while the Atlanticism of the ECR clashed with Orban's sympathy towards Russia's Putin.
39% : "This is a stumbling block for Orban to integrate into either of these groups," Andor said.Fidesz quit the EPP in 2021 after the group backed charges of backsliding on democracy and the rule of law levelled at the Hungarian government by EU institutions.
37% : "In Finland and Sweden they have been attacking workers' rights, in Italy they are attacking women's rights and everywhere they are questioning importance of the climate transition," Andor told Al Jazeera.

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