Voters across Europe are casting their ballots in European Parliament elections that are expected to bring gains for Right-wing parties.

The new European Parliament will be able to amend a slew of new EU laws, including legislation to hit Net Zero, which has come under pressure from the cost of living crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.

The centre-Right European People’s Party (EPP) is set to remain the European Parliament’s largest group, putting its candidate to head the European Commission, incumbent Ursula von der Leyen of Germany, in pole position for a second five-year term.

However, she may need support from some Right-wing nationalists, such as Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, to secure a parliamentary majority, giving the Italian Prime Minister more leverage.

Expected losses by pro-European liberals and Greens, will reduce the majority of the centre-Right and centre-Left, which have long operated in an informal grand coalition to push forward new EU laws.