Europe is risking its future this weekend at a time when the weight of decision-making on consumers has an impact on the day-to-day life of the south of Gran Canaria. Turnout in Sunday's European Parliament elections would be above 43,11 percent. Official results in the 28-nation bloc look set to show that centre-right and centre-left parties will continue to control the 751-seat chamber, but the number of eurosceptic members could double.
In San Bartolomé de Tirajana, the municipality where Maspalomas, Playa del Inglés or San Agustín is located, with a high density of foreign residents, up to 7.000 people would be called to vote. This represents around 11% to 13% of the total population of Maspalomas. It is important to note that this is just an estimate and the actual number could be higher or lower.
One of the countries where the trend can be set is the Netherlands. Left-wing parties in the Netherlands won the largest number of votes in the European Parliament elections on Thursday by a narrow margin, although the anti-immigration party of nationalist Geert Wilders was the party that gained the most ground. Labor and the Green Left would have obtained eight seats, slightly ahead of Wilders' PVV, with seven, according to an exit poll published by the NOS network.
The exit poll has a margin of error of approximately one seat. This result represented a considerable advance for Wilders, after his large victory in last year's national elections. His party had failed to win a seat in the previous EU election, and was only allocated one following a reshuffle following Brexit.
