The Spectator Podcast: The two elections that will shape 2019
As we move into 2019, two big elections could shake up the rest of the year. In May, the European elections could see an unprecedented eurosceptic populist surge. ...We are joined by Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform, who says that, in response, the pan-European moderates will become more cohesive:
"The moderate parties in the European parliament – the centre right and the centre left… – will work together to make sure that the EU can do its business. Legislation will pass because these moderate forces will work together as a centrist bloc."