Susi Dennison on how changing sentiment reflects the results of the European Parliament elections
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Meloni kept her distance during the campaign but it is clear she wants to be in the game
Le Pen is watching Meloni normalising her image. She may conclude from this that just being decent on foreign policy is enough to make everyone leave you alone
Under this parliament, it will be hard to read a clear strategic agenda other than some of the core principles around security and the economy
I would certainly not take the weakening of the Greens as some big non-European climate policy
It’s not as if Macron simply decided to put everything on the line. I think he reckoned that he might have to dissolve parliament before the end of the term
The decision by Macron has overshadowed entirely any sense of a European consequence for these elections, and that was probably the objective
I believe that in order to have a complete picture of the political situation, it is necessary to wait for the French legislative elections
Arturo Varvelli on Giorgia Meloni’s positioning in relation to the next European Commission