Belgian Prime Minister announces resignation after loss to right-wing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Already, France, Germany and Austria have seen a rise in popularity for hardline anti-immigration parties.
45% : Read More Le Pen set for win over Macron while Scholz's party also faces defeat at EU elections in GermanyThe EU election, which has been held across the continent over the last three days, is the first since Brexit, the pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
43% : While centre-left and centre-right factions have largely dominated the bloc's parliament since its last election in 2019, these parties are broadly expected to lose seats as more and more Europeans turn to more extreme parties in the hopes that they may solve their problems with the EU.
35% : Meanwhile, the European Greens, facing a backlash from hard-pressed households, farmers and industry over costly EU policies limiting CO2 emissions, look set to be among the big losers with the poll on Sunday giving them only 56 deputies, a loss of 15.

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