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This will be the choreography of the European election night, from the polls to the results on 9J

When the massive European elections conclude this Sunday night, which call more than 370 million people to the polls in 27 countries, it will be time to know the first data on the composition of the European Parliament for the next five years and what coalitions can be formed.

More than a thousand journalists have been accredited to follow the results of the elections from the headquarters of the European Parliament in Brussels, whose hemicycle will be transformed into a huge press center to follow the data at the continental level on participation, seats and representation of the parties, both at the national and European levels.

All the polls give a roomy victory to the European People’s Party, which will maintain approximately the same number of seats as in the outgoing European Parliament, while the groups that have supported the Von der Leyen majority, social democrats (S&D) and liberals (Renovate Europe), will remain second and third respectively.

Even if they maintain their positions, the Social Democrats will do so with a few fewer seats than in 2019 and the liberals could lose up to 20% of their current seats.

To the right of the EPP, the Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) and the ultra-right Identity and Democracy (ID) will increase their number of MEPs, although with a limited influence due to their fragmentation, while the Greens/European Free Alliance will lose seats until they are sixth force and the Left will remain stable.

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The official results will not be known until 11:15 p.m. and no country can publish official results before 11:00 p.m., since Italy does not close the polls until then.

During the afternoon, estimates published by the European Parliament will be known based on polls and polls at the ballot box, which will contain more information as the polling stations in each Member State close.

The first series of country estimates will be known around 6:15 p.m. Two hours later, Parliament will make a first projection of the composition of the European Parliament based on national estimates, pre-election polls or polls at the foot of the ballot box.

The second official screening of the night, at approximately 11:15 p.m., will be the first to contain official results, but not from all countries; some, such as Italy, will just close the polls at that time and others will make a slower count.

The last screening of the night will be published around one in the morning on Monday, June 10, but it is likely that it will take days to know the final result.

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The projections published by the European Parliament, however, are based on the groups that existed in the legislature that now concludes; these can be maintained, disappear, win seats or lose them.

On election night, the “cake” of the hemicycle will have an important portion unallocated to any group, corresponding to those national parties that were not in the current European Parliament or that have not reported which groups they will join for the next legislature.

Negotiations to form groups, which bring together MEPs from different countries with similar affinities, can begin on the same day 10 in the morning. To form a group, at least 23 MEPs from a quarter of the Member States must meet; that is, a minimum of seven countries.

International

Man arrested after deliberately driving into seven children in Osaka

Japanese police arrested a man on Thursday after he rammed his car into a group of seven schoolchildren in an apparent deliberate attack in the city of Osaka.

The children, who were on their way home from school, sustained injuries and were taken to the hospital. All seven remained conscious, according to local authorities.

An Osaka police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the suspect is a 28-year-old man from Tokyo. The officer shared statements the man made after his arrest: “I was fed up with everything, so I decided to kill people by driving into several elementary school children,” the suspect reportedly said.

The man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

The injured children, aged between seven and eight, included a seven-year-old girl who suffered a fractured jaw. The six other children—all boys—suffered minor injuries such as bruises and scratches and were undergoing medical evaluation.

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Witnesses described the car as “zigzagging” before hitting the children. One witness told Nippon TV that a girl was “covered in blood” and the others appeared to have scratches.

Another witness said the driver, who was wearing a face mask, looked to be in shock when school staff pulled him from the vehicle.

Violent crimes are rare in Japan, though serious incidents do occur from time to time. In 2008, Tomohiro Kato drove a two-ton truck into pedestrians in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, then fatally stabbed several victims. Seven people were killed in that attack.

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Clashes erupt during may day protests across France amid calls for better wages

May Day protests in France were marked by a heavy police presence and clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement in several cities.

In Paris, Lyon, and Nantes, thousands took to the streets to demand better wages, fairer working conditions, and to voice their dissatisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron’s government.

While the majority of the demonstrations remained peaceful, isolated confrontations broke out in some areas. Protesters threw objects at the police, prompting the use of tear gas and resulting in several arrests.

Videos showing police crackdowns circulated widely on social media, drawing criticism from labor unions and human rights advocates, who denounced the authorities’ response to the protests.

International

Kristi Noem credits Trump for mass migrant deportations by mexican president

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem claimed that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has deported “more than half a million” migrants due to pressure from former President Donald Trump.

During a cabinet meeting highlighting the “achievements” of Trump’s administration in its first 100 days, Noem asserted that under the Republican leader’s influence, “Mexico has finally come to the table” to negotiate on migration and fentanyl trafficking.

“The president of Mexico told me she has returned just over half a million people before they reached our border,” Noem stated, criticizing media reports that suggest the Biden administration deported more migrants than Trump’s.

“I wish those deportations were counted,” Noem added, “because those people never made it to our border—she sent them back because you made her.” She went on to thank Trump: “They never made it here because they got the message—because you were so aggressive.”

Noem has made controversial claims about Sheinbaum in the past, prompting the Mexican leader to refute them.

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On April 1, Sheinbaum responded to one such statement by declaring, “The president answers to only one authority, and that is the people of Mexico,” after Noem said on Fox News that she gave Sheinbaum “a list of things Trump would like to see” and that Mexico’s actions would determine whether Trump granted tariff relief.