The EU election|The electoral movement in Europe

Fierce power struggle awaits after elections: "Blood has been spilled before"

The EU elections mark the start of a political battle in parliament and cow trading for power and money, writes the Financial Times.

With increasingly hard political positions on both the left and the right, the negotiations have become increasingly ideological, a source in the EU Parliament tells the newspaper.

- Blood has been spilled over something like this before, says the source.

Decision-making in the new EU Parliament is also expected to be more difficult and unpredictable than before.

- The deep structural problems within the party groups Renew, ECR and ID can lead to bigger surprises than before, says Klaus Welle, former Secretary General of the EU Parliament.

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The EU giant considers migration to be the most important issue

Migration is the EU's biggest challenge. Roughly four out of ten Germans think so when the country with the most seats casts its votes on Sunday, reports Deutsche Welle.

Of these, half want the EU to conclude agreements with other countries to stop refugees from reaching the Union, negotiations currently underway with Lebanon, Tunisia and Egypt. Other issues that are listed high are international conflicts, the climate and the economy.

New for this year is that 16- and 17-year-olds are also allowed to vote, which could lead to over a million new votes compared to 2019. The cost of living is the issue that bothers the youngest group of voters the most.

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Germany has 96 of the EU's 720 mandates.
Tense situation for France's greens: "Fingers crossed"

The French far-right National Assembly storms towards a successful result in the EU elections. At the opposite end, the green party Ekologerna is fighting to pass the five percent barrier, writes Le Figaro.

It follows a trend that can be seen throughout Europe, according to the forecasts. The party has a volatile voter base that holds the EU election high, but a party source the newspaper spoke to does not dare to guess the outcome.

- We will keep our fingers crossed.

At the same time as the far right is on the rise, liberal and green parties are expected to retreat. France has 81 mandates in the EU, second most after Germany.