How Brexit Could Spill Over Into EU Elections
- U.K. could take part in European Parliament vote in May
- EU fears Brexit chaos will spawn more allies for nationalists
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Nationalists from Italy to Hungary are preparing for battle in European Union elections later this year, seeking allies for a united Euroskeptic front against what they call the cosy liberal elite. Now the chaos of Brexit may end up providing them with an army they probably didn’t expect.
With divorce from the EU scheduled for March 29, the U.K. wasn’t supposed to have anything to do with elections to the European Parliament two months later. But with politicians in London at an impasse, it looks more likely that Brexit will be delayed and officials in Brussels reckon disgruntled British voters would elect scores of anti-EU legislators given the chance.