Eurosceptic parties could expand their strength in the European Parliament by over 60 percent at elections next May, adding pressure on EU leaders pressing for deeper integration after Brexit, a survey by Reuters of national opinion polls suggests.
The snapshot of polls, conducted by a variety of bodies in the 27 states that will remain members of the European Union after Britain quits next year, is rough and ready. New party alignments in the next EU legislature will depend heavily on horse-trading after next year’s elections. But the data indicate a clear strengthening for movements outside the old mainstream.
The Reuters analysis, which is based on the existing eight transnational party groupings in the Parliament, comes as Steve Bannon, an architect of President Donald Trump’s election win in the United States, has launched a project to coordinate and bolster the anti-EU vote across the Union.
Capturing more than 15 to 20 percent of the chamber for parties firmly hostile to the EU looks from the survey evidence to be an uphill struggle for the former White House strategist.
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