After the polls close, the first Exit polls are already circulating, drawing the articulated picture of consensus in the twenty-one European countries called to vote.
According to the first findings in Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel's Union is considered the winner, but the Social Democrats of the SPD are also accredited with good consensus, at 27,5%, an increase of 6,7% compared to the previous vote. Then there are the Greens with 10,6% (-1,5), the Linke with 7,6% (+0,1). Afd's anti-EU voters also recorded some success, at 6,5%.
The surprise, relative, instead comes from France, where the exit polls show Marine Le Pen's Front National as the winner with 25%, followed by the Gaullists of the UMP. Real debacle for President Hollande's socialists, at 14%, the worst result in the history of the party.
In GreeceOn the other hand, Alexis Tsipras collects consensus, with the Syriza party given the lead with 26-30% of the preferences, while Golden Dawn slips to 8-10%.
In Italy the polls only closed at 23pm. According to the first exit polls released by La7, the Democratic Party is in the lead with 33%, followed by the M5S at 26,5% and Forza Italia at 18%. Lega Nord is the fourth party with 6%, followed by the Tsipras and Ncd lists (respectively with 4,2% and 4%), which dance around the threshold. Fratelli d'Italia at 3,8%, while Mario Monti's European Choice flounders at 1,3%. The figure for the turnout at 23pm is 53,84%.
In general in Europe the turnout was low, but not as expected, at 43,11% against 43% recorded in 2009. The first estimates on the distribution of the 751 seats in the European Parliament would see the EPP (candidate for the presidency Jean-Claude Juncker) in the lead with 211 seats, followed by the PSE (candidate Martin Schulz) with 193. The Liberals of the Alde would settle at 74 seats and the Greens with 58. The Eurosceptics are on the rise, with 129 seats.
