The French National Rally’s 30 MEPs “will fully play their role in a large group which will influence the power balance of Europe,” party president Jordan Bardella said.

The European Conservative‘s live blog covering the second round of the elections to the French National Assembly.

“It is clear that there has been a change of direction in Europe.”

The efforts of the Left and centre to keep Le Pen’s RN out of government would leave France in the rut of immigration, insecurity, and loss of self-confidence.

The new four-party government in the Hague is heading for a precedent-setting Brussels showdown with Brussels.

Brussels’ established socialists have undermined the ambitions of the Sahra Wagenknecht-led faction.

The Commission chief has no choice but to give in to socialists’ blackmail and forge an even more leftist coalition in Brussels—the opposite of what Europe voted for.

As Warsaw and Berlin tighten their future security cooperation, the Polish conservative opposition accuses Donald Tusk of serving German interests.

The coalition government has promised the country’s “strictest ever” immigration controls.

The European Commission chief will need the backing of one or both groups to be guaranteed reelection, but in public, Meloni’s ECR is being sidelined again.

Promising same-sex unions during the campaign allowed PM Tusk to scoop up a larger share of the leftist vote, but delivering on that promise would alienate many of his primary, center-right voters.

The RN’s rise is spectacular, but it would be naïve to underestimate the capacity of the political system, dominated by the Left, to defend itself in order to survive.