Published: January 24th, 2024,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

Far-right parties could be the big winners of the European elections in June. According to a study commissioned by the European Council on Foreign Affairs (ECFR), the far-right Identity and Democracy (ID) group can expect an increase of 40 seats to 98 in the new European Parliament. The national conservative group European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) could therefore increase by 18 to 85 seats. If the Hungarian governing party Fidesz joins the ECR, it would even have 99 seats.