EU Parliament Abruptly Shelves Forecasts of Upcoming Ballot
- Assembly now plans a total of 4 instead of 9 seat projections
- Move comes after political groups aired objections about polls
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The European Parliament scaled back its plan to publish regular forecasts of upcoming election results after most of the assembly’s political groups expressed objections.
The European Union legislature intends to release only two -- rather than seven -- more projections of the 705 seats to be held by national parties after the May 23-26 ballot in all EU countries except the U.K., which is due to leave the bloc beforehand. As of April 23, a purdah will apply.