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The Greens are already celebrating. In a crowded conference room above the European Parliament's hemicycle, supporters and staff of the Greens were on Sunday night (26 May) preparing major gains in Germany and elsewhere.
According to the first official projection of the European Parliament, they should become the fourth largest group in the plenary with 71 seats, against 52 previously.
"When Finland says we go from one to two, that doubles, while Germany says we go from 11 to 22, it's also a doubling," said Belgian MEP Philippe Lamberts in the European Parliament, at Euobserver. .
Until now, the Greens are also likely to get MEPs from Austria, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
At the time of writing these lines, the results are not yet known from Belgium, where the rightwing nationalist Vlaams Belang scored points in the federal elections.
The Flemish party is expected to become the second largest party in the region, behind the right-wing separatist party known as the N-VA.
"You see one of the richest regions of Europe voting for people who are basically saying that we are going to do whatever is necessary to preserve our wealth and let others die, that is really the attitude they have, "reacted Mr. Lamberts to the new Vlaams Belang and N-VA projections in his own country, Belgium.
The results of the Belgian federal elections suggest that European nationalists and populists are also ready to win big successes.
EPP and S & D more gloomy
Meanwhile, the Socialists (S & D) and the European People's Party (EPP), center-right, lacked jubilant humor.
Both groups are on the verge of losing their seats at European level, depriving them of the two-party system they enjoyed for decades.
In the socialist S & D base camp inside the European Parliament building in Brussels, small groups of people were eating snacks in relative silence.
At the EPP, doors are closed to journalists. But a window portal showed small groups huddled around computers.
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