The rise of populist and far-right parties in Sunday’s European parliament elections was partly mirrored by falls for green parties — even if the centre largely held. Five years after the euphoria the Greens experienced in 2019, when they increased their seats from 52 to 74, they slipped back to 53. The setback is unlikely to lead to a widescale rollback of EU climate policies. But it will surely mean less green ambition in the coming five years — with implications well beyond Europe.
在週日的歐洲議會選舉中,民粹主義和極右翼政黨的崛起在一定程度上反映了綠色政黨的衰落——儘管中間派在很大程度上保持了穩定。綠黨在2019年經歷了從52個席位增至74個席位的喜悅,五年後,他們的席位回落到53個。這一挫折不太可能導致歐盟氣候政策的大規模倒退。但這肯定意味著未來五年的綠色雄心將減弱,其影響將遠遠超出歐洲。