ANALYSIS
While in France, the vote of the Europeans was marked by the victory of the National Rally, which came first, and the breakthrough of the environmentalists, who created the surprise in third place, what is it with our European neighbors? According to the countries, forces resolutely European or, conversely, eurosceptic, have pulled out of the game. Here are what hold the correspondents of Europe 1.
In Germany and Spain, pro-Europeans win
In Germany, environmentalists have dethroned the Social Democrats of the SPD as the first force on the left. The "Grünen" are second at the national level, with more than 20% of the vote, and first in almost all major cities, from Berlin to Frankfurt via Munich. They even crossed the 40% mark in some neighborhoods. It was their clear positions on the environment, but also immigration and societal issues that gave them credence with the voters who had put these themes at the top of their pre-election concerns.
In a hollow, these results also reveal a sanction of the inaction of the government of Angela Merkel on files that the voters saw priority, as the diesel in city or the abandonment of the coal industry. Today, the ruling "grand coalition", an alliance of the conservative CDU-CSU and the SPD, only gathers 43% of Germans. By their pragmatism, the German Greens could offer a profile of ideal coalition partner, for the left as the right. They already govern in 9 of the 16 Länder, sometimes with some, sometimes with others.
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In Spain too, supporters of the European Union triumphed through the Socialists. The latter, who win 32% of the vote, end up far in front of the right (20%). A Europhile momentum confirmed by the low score of Vox, the far-right party (6%). The head of the socialist government, Pedro Sanchez, hopes to take advantage of this momentum and the vacuum left by the United Kingdom and Italy to exist in Brussels. Proof of this new influence, he has dinner Monday night with Emmanuel Macron, who sees him as an ally. In fact, Pedro Sanchez worked in the European Parliament a few years ago, speaks several languages including French, and remains a strong supporter of Europe.
In Italy and the United Kingdom, Eurosceptics in the lead
The mood is very different in Italy, where the extreme right wing of Matteo Salvini triumphed. The populist party, which was 6% five years ago, is now credited with 34% of the vote. In terms of the number of votes, the leap is even more spectacular: in just one year, since the last legislative elections, the League's list has grown from 5.5 million to more than 9 million voters. His right-wing speech, anti-migrants, anti-Europe, close to that of the National Rally in France or the FPÖ in Austria, is recipe. But what worries the Italians first is the League's alliance with the 5-star movement (M5S) in the government. Indeed, the M5S has collapsed in the European and now weighs little, too few say some to stay in power.
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In the United Kingdom too, the Eurosceptics dominated the vote, at least at first glance. The Brexit Party, born just two months ago, is the big winner of the election with 31.6% of the vote. But the small Europhile parties are the other winners of this election: the Liberals-Democrats and Greens arrive respectively 2nd and 4th. These results show a pro and anti-Europe vote neck and neck, a sign of the deep divisions of the British on Brexit. It is also the first time that neither of the two big parties, Conservative and Labor, have been among the winning duo in a national election.
The Conservatives, who have the worst score in their history, are 5th with only 9% of the vote. They pay dearly for their inability to implement Brexit, symbolized Friday by the announcement of the resignation of Theresa May early June. Labor, they only come in 3rd position with 14% of the vote. A very bad score due to their refusal to hold a second referendum on Brexit.