S5 Ep45: Director's Cut: Reflections on the European elections

An analysis of the results of the most recent European elections
reveals what Bruegel director Guntram Wolff classifies as a
generally positive trend in electoral participation across the
EU, with an overall increase of 7% in voter turnout since the
last elections in 2014. Additionally, populist parties in the
European Parliament seem to have been prevented from gaining
ground.

However, election results in some EU member states were not as
pro-EU at the national level. In this podcast, Guntram Wolff
welcomes Ferdinando Giugliano from Bloomberg and Krzysztof Blusz
from WiseEuropa to discuss the results in each guest's home
countries - Italy and Poland, respectively - and how the
nationalist trends in each state might play a role in politics in
the new European Parliament and European Commission.

If you are interested in Bruegel's work concerning the European
elections, we recommend our blog post: ‘Spitzenkandidaten visions
for the future of Europe’s economy’, which features the
candidates for the next president of the European Commission. You
can also visit the main page for our Spitzenkandidaten series, to
review the content in full.