Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "The EU Parliament Election Results Explained" video.

  1. Overall, I get the impression that not much really changed, the EPP gained more seats than expected, the far right gained, but looking at the overall picture, it's quite balance which is going to force a lot of compromises to be done to get things done. I do think tougher policies will come in on migration, I also think the Greens losing so many seats have not helped the green agenda, and I think a bit part of that is because for all the renewable energy being thrown on the grid, consumers don't seem to benefit from that in lower bill, so green clean policies are good, but if you want real savings, I feel you have to do it yourself. The rest is kinda up in the air, but overall, not that much has changed, but with that said, I do think reforms are going to be needed on the EU, the irony is, it would be difficult for the far right to oppose reforms that make the EU more democratic without making them look bad. Another factor to remember, the term far right is being used too loosely, almost losing its meaning, we've already seen many on the far right tone their policies down to be more appealing to voters, it's likely we will get more of the same, because if the far right ends up being too stubborn and holding everything up, it's them that could pay the price on the next election, basically, they've been given a taste of power, they best tone things down to appeal to a wider voting public if they want to continue to be electable going forward, especially because most of us didn't vote the far right for there policies, people did so because it's a protest vote and they are angry at the mainstream parties for not listening and improving things, in other words, if people don't see solid results from the far right, peoples interest in them will quickly evaporate. In any case, this left to right swing in politics is kinda normal and happens every decade or two, and the pattern is always the same, one side or the other doesn't deliver, so voters get angry with them and vote the other side, rinse and repeat and the same will continue to happen, and ultimately, governments rarely seem to listen to the people unless there's such a majority that forces them to listen, this is why in politics we have this merry-go-round that we make progress but it's so slow and so much more could be done if governments actually listen and represent the interest of the people, either way, mainstream parties are taking a spanking now because they didn't listen to voters.
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