Stephane Sejourne, leader of the European centrist formation, spoke to journalists about the risk of not reaching a majority in that entity that would allow to dissociate itself from that type of ideology.

According to forecasts, far-right parties, such as Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in France and Matteo Salvini’s League in Italy, will win support with promises to toughen the bloc’s approach to immigration and soften climate policies.

Opinion polls support such forecasts as they once did ahead of the Dutch elections last November.

With the rise of far-right populists across most of Europe, we risk having an ungovernable Europe, Sejourne said.

Renew, the center-right European People’s Party, and the center-left Socialists and Democrats group, formed a coalition five years ago to agree on broad policy lines and divide up the European Union’s top jobs.

The three have 420 of the 705 seats in Parliament; however, the victory of anti-immigration populist Geert Wilders in the Dutch elections sent a warning to mainstream politicians, analysts said.

The French lawmaker ruled out any alliance with the far right or with the Eurosceptic Conservatives and Reformists group that includes Poland’s Law and Justice party, adverse in various aspects to Brussels policies.

He also expressed skepticism toward the Greens group and said mainstream parties should focus attention on issues such as the ecological and digital transitions and defense.

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