As predicted by the latest polls, the Party of European Socialists succeeded, on Sunday 9 June, in maintaining its position as the second largest political family in the European Parliament after the Christian Democrats of the European People’s Party (EPP) (see EUROPE B13426A1).
With 139 seats, the Socialist family did slightly less well than in 2019 (140), but certain setbacks, such as the poor performance of the German SPD, which, with 14% of the vote, suffered its worst score since...