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Line 46: − − ==Politics== − Each nation elects members to the Parliament in proportion to population. The June 2009 elections saw sweeping gains by conservative and anti-immigration parties, as labor and socialist parties lost heavily. Since the 2004 elections the largest grouping has for the last five years been the centre-right European People's Party '''EPP''' (288 seats out of a current 785), followed by the centre-left '''PES''' (216) and the liberal '''ALDE''' (100). With the 2009 election EPP made gains and retains power in the parliament. − − Conservative Jose Manuel Barroso, who will have a second term as European Commission president, thanked voters and assured them their voices would be heard. − − In 2009 The British [[Labour Party]], Germany's [[SPD]] (Social Democrats) and France's Socialist Party suffered historic defeats—the worst defeat for Labour in Britain in a century. − − Turnout was at an all-time low in some countries, including France (41%) and Germany (42%).
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With the EU's facilitation of the [[European migrant crisis]], [[Euroskeptic]]s and native [[populist]] movements regard the EU as a [[totalitarian]] [[bureaucracy]]. In 2016, the UK voted to leave the EU; a process termed [[Brexit]], making them the first country to leave the European Union. This decision was finalized on January 1, 2021.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.euronews.com/2020/12/31/brexit-begins-for-real-on-friday-but-what-are-the-key-changes |title= Brexit has happened. UK and EU finally split as a New Year dawns. But what are the key changes? |publisher=Euronews |date=1 January 2021|access-date=19 June 2021}}</ref> In 2025 U.S. [[President Donald Trump]] observed, "The European Union was formed in order to screw the [[United States]], that’s the purpose of it. And they’ve done a good job of it. But now I’m president."<ref>https://badlands.substack.com/i/158018687/us-to-impose-blanket-tariffs-on-eu-trump</ref>
With the EU's facilitation of the [[European migrant crisis]], [[Euroskeptic]]s and native [[populist]] movements regard the EU as a [[totalitarian]] [[bureaucracy]]. In 2016, the UK voted to leave the EU; a process termed [[Brexit]], making them the first country to leave the European Union. This decision was finalized on January 1, 2021.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.euronews.com/2020/12/31/brexit-begins-for-real-on-friday-but-what-are-the-key-changes |title= Brexit has happened. UK and EU finally split as a New Year dawns. But what are the key changes? |publisher=Euronews |date=1 January 2021|access-date=19 June 2021}}</ref> In 2025 U.S. [[President Donald Trump]] observed, "The European Union was formed in order to screw the [[United States]], that’s the purpose of it. And they’ve done a good job of it. But now I’m president."<ref>https://badlands.substack.com/i/158018687/us-to-impose-blanket-tariffs-on-eu-trump</ref>
==Structure==
==Structure==