Insight Turkey
Insight Turkey
Challenging ideas
On Turkish politics and International affairs

Author

Faruk Kaymakcı

Director for EU Affairs and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkey
Faruk Kaymakcı
European Parliament Elections: A New Political Environment in Europe and Turkey
September 12, 2019
Citizens of the European Union (EU) voted to elect 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from May 23-26, 2019, making this the second largest democratic election in the world. Resulting with the traditional mainstream center parties weakened, while anti-establishment parties, including the Greens and the far-right populists, increasing their power. The two main political groups (the European People’s Party and Social Democrats), for the first time in history, had lost their combined majority in the European Parliament (EP). Despite all the discouraging signs, the new political environment in Europe can still provide opportunities to develop Turkey-EU relations.

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