Even though the populist Eurosceptic tidal wave failed to materialize, they will still take more seats in the European Parliament than ever before. Provisional voter turnout across the EU28 was 50.95% at 11:00 CET according to the European Parliament and that's the highest level since 1994. Voter turnout had been dropping steadily since 1979, falling from 62% that year to just 42.6% in 2014. According to the European Parliament's website, Belgium had the highest levels of provisional voter turnout at 89%, ahead of neighboring Luxembourg's 84%. Senior EU officials welcomed the increase in voter turnout, hailing it as a boost for the legitimacy of EU lawmaking.

Source: Forbes May 27, 2019 09:56 UTC