Politico undertook polling in all EU countries and claimed that the EU countries are battling a wave of populism that could have an impact on the lection outcome.
So lets look at their forecast of seats to be won and see whether their wave of populism is reflected in the -
* opinion poll forecast they are making; and
* actual election outcomes
I just saw there forecast and their projections per country in respect of Euro sceptic representation in 2014 and potential representation in 2019 - as well as the actual situation after the election as to Euro-sceptic support:-
Country - Total seats - EU sceptics - Actual results
2014 2019
Austria 18 4 4 10
Belgium 21 2 1 4
Bulgaria 17 4 7 7
Cypress 6 0 1 1
Czech Republic 21 10 13 9
Germany 96 16 19 14
Denmark 13 4 3 2
Estonia 6 1 0 0
Finland 13 3 3 2
France 74 28 29 24
Greece 21 6 3 3
Croatia 11 0 1 2
Hungary 21 15 16 13
Ireland 11 1 0 0
Italy 73 22 48 46
Lithuania 11 4 3 2
Luxemburg 6 0 1 1
Latvia 6 1 1 1
Malta 6 0 0 0
Poland 51 23 25 26
Portugal 21 1 2 3
Romania 32 0 0 2
Netherlands 26 9 8 0
Sweden 20 7 8 3
Slovenia 8 3 1 1
Slovakia 13 1 6 7
UK 73 45 36 33
Despite the statement about battling populism - the forecast does not reflect such a populist wave and in some cases even indicate a strengthening of Support for the EU. One would have to see how their forecast turns out.
The Euro sceptics did not do as well as expected. The major parties did badly in some countries - especially in the UK, France and Germany, but the leftists (the Greens and the Liberal Democrats) did much better than expected in some countries.
My problem is that the Greens are really funny. They are extreme leftists using climate change as a vote getter. Their policies in all respect are destructive from an economic perspective and there is no real chance they would do anything better on climate change than is already done. They think that open borders would help to stem climate change - but how that is to happen only they would know.
Funny how the younger voters fall for their crap.
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