Polls open in 20 countries in European Parliament elections

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The biggest political group, the centre-right European People's Party (EPP), has already edged away from the middle ground, campaigning on traditional far-right issues like more security, tougher migration laws, and a focus on business over social welfare concerns.
54% : It comes amid concern that a likely shift to the political right will undermine the ability of the world's biggest trading bloc to take decisions as war rages in Ukraine and anti-migrant sentiment mounts.
47% : EU politicians have a say on legislation ranging from financial rules to climate or agriculture policy.
36% : Over the last five years, the EU has been shaken by the coronavirus pandemic, an economic slump and an energy crisis fuelled by the biggest land conflict in Europe since the Second World War.

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