Live updates: European election results 2024

Philippe Lamberts, a member of the Greens/EFA grouping, admitted that the exit poll was “not a victory” for their movement.

The grouping is predicted to secure 53 seats, down from 74 in 2019.

“Tonight’s result is certainly not a victory for the Greens,” Lamberts said. “But you see, respecting the boundaries our planet is setting for us is no hobbyhorse of ours. It is an imperative, if we want humans to strive on earth. It is imperative if we want to give a future to all – and we have lost too much time already.”

He said that, without the Greens in the most recent governing coalition, Europe’s green new deal had “gone missing.” He warned the more mainstream parties against “embracing the various flavors of the far right” when forming the next coalition.