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Belgian Prime Minister announces resignation after loss to right-wing
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The European Union elections have claimed yet another political scalp, after Belgium’s liberal prime minister resigned following a massive electoral defeat tonight.
Despite polls predicting that the far-right, anti-immigration Vlaams Belang party would become the main political force in the country with 11.5 million inhabitants, the right-wing nationalist New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) retained its first spot, with an expected 22% of the votes, according to provisional results provided by the Interior ministry.
Macron tonight suffered a major defeat after Marine le Pen’s National Rally party took home a projected 31.5% of the vote following the country’s European Union elections.
A projection by Europe Elects pollster on Sunday showed the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) could gain just five seats compared to the last parliament to win a total of 183.
Meanwhile, the European Greens, facing a backlash from hard-pressed households, farmers and industry over costly EU policies limiting CO2 emissions, look set to be among the big losers with the poll on Sunday giving them only 56 deputies, a loss of 15.
Forecasts for the liberal group Renew Europe are also grim, given the expectation that Marine Le Pen’s far-right Rassemblement National will trounce French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Renaissance in France.
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