Only a 43.09% of the over 375 million Europeans summoned came between 4 and June 7 at his meeting with the polls. With the economic crisis as a backdrop, the conservatives have strengthened their presence in Parliament, while the socialists lost 58 seats and six points. The results also show a significant advance in the extreme right in some countries.

After four days of voting in 27 states, the European Union closed last night the European Parliament elections, an event in which 375 million EU citizens could decide the direction of EU policy over the next five years. The elections have been held between 4 and June 7 in all EU member countries.

Only a 43.09% of voters went to the polls to elect 756 MEPs who form the Parliament. This is the lowest rate of participation in the history of the European elections, two points less than in 2004, when it was 45.47, in a context marked by paralysis of the integration after the "No" of Ireland to Lisbon treaty , and most important economic recession since II World War.

The results,thus, show a conservative victory against the socialist, but with attrition in the countries where they govern, while the extreme right gained ground. The most popular force has been European People's Party (EPP), with more than 36% of votes and 267 Euro MPs. They are followed by the European Socialist Party, which lost 6 points and 58 MEPs from the results of 2004: the support of the 21.6% of voters helped him get 159 MEPs.

The major parties have suffered a burn that had benefited from minority parties, extreme right-wing and eurosceptic. Among the beneficiaries can be found the Austrian extreme right-wing Freedom Party (FPO), the Party for Freedom (PVV) of Holland, led by the xenophobic and antieuropean Geert Wilders, which stood as the second force in the country, and the extreme right party Finnish Trae Finns, who managed a representative in Parliament.

Luxemburgers are the europeans who better responded to the call of the European Union: 91% deposited their vote in the polls, followed by 85.86% of the Belgians and 78.81% of the Maltese. The other side of the coin are Slovenia, which presented only a 19.64% stake, Lithuania with a 20.88%, and Romania with a 27.21%.

The crisis and the slowdown in the politics of European integration seem to be outweighed in the balance of the citizens that the intensive campaign conducted by the European Parliament to call on Europeans to the polls. The full results broken down by country  are available on the website of the Parliament.