European Union Parliamentary Election

(Brussels, Belgium) All 27 nations of the European Union are holding elections Thursday through Sunday for 736 seats in the EU Parliament. The member nations hold their individual elections on different days due to varying national practices and all are supposed to hold the results until all votes have been cast.

A total of 375 million people throughout Europe are eligible to vote, however, a low turnout is expected. Thus far, Great Britain and the Netherlands have voted with the Dutch releasing provisional results received from municipalities and exit polls.

The early release of results is troubling to the European Commission which is considering sanctions against the Dutch. The Czech Republic and Ireland vote today.

Dutch results indicate that Geert Wilders' Freedom Party (PVV) will gather four parliamentary seats, disturbing to many European politicians since Wilders is tagged as an anti-Islamic, right-wing extremist. Wilders opponents in the Netherlands have tagged the PVV successes as "shameful" and "disappointing." According to the DailyKos, the Freedom Party, "led by the odious Geert Wilders," looks to receive almost 20 percent of the vote.

Obviously, Geert Wilders is a rising star in European politics and leftists are not pleased.

Companion post at The Jawa Report.