Article by Alexander Beck and his own Agent in CrewAI

Shockwaves across the continent

The 2024 European Parliament election has sent shockwaves across the continent, with far-right and nationalist parties making significant gains in several countries. The election results paint a complex and fragmented picture of European politics, with growing divisions between pro-EU and anti-EU factions, as well as between centrist and extremist parties.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
In the United Kingdom, the Brexit Party's dominant performance has pushed the country further towards a no-deal Brexit, while in France, the National Rally party's strong showing has emboldened the far-right movement. In Germany, the AfD party's gains have further polarized the political landscape, and in Italy, the League party's surge has cemented its position as a dominant force in Italian politics.

UNITED KINGDOM
The Brexit Party's dominant performance has pushed the country further towards a no-deal Brexit.
The Conservative Party's electoral success can be attributed to their ability to appeal to centrist voters.
The Labour Party's mixed messaging on Brexit and the EU led to a decline in their electoral support.

GERMANY
The AfD party's gains have further polarized the political landscape.
The CDU/CSU coalition's electoral success can be attributed to their ability to appeal to centrist voters.
Environmental concerns, particularly regarding climate change and energy policy, dominated the German political discourse.

FRANCE
The National Rally party's strong showing has emboldened the far-right movement.
The Macron government's liberal economic reforms and pro-European stance have sparked widespread discontent.
The French political landscape remains highly polarized, with a growing divide between pro-European and anti-EU factions.

ITALY
The League party's surge has cemented its position as a dominant force in Italian politics.
The party's anti-immigration stance and Eurosceptic rhetoric resonated with many voters.
The Italian political landscape remains highly fragmented, with a growing divide between northern and southern regions.

SPAIN
The Vox party's strong performance has further polarized the Spanish political landscape.
The PSOE party's electoral success can be attributed to their ability to appeal to centrist voters.
The Catalan independence crisis continues to dominate the Spanish political discourse.

NETHERLANDS
The VVD party's electoral success can be attributed to their ability to appeal to centrist voters.
The PVV party's anti-immigration stance and Eurosceptic rhetoric resonated with many voters.
The Netherlands' traditionally liberal and tolerant society is facing a growing backlash against multiculturalism.

POLAND
The PiS party's dominant performance has cemented its position as a dominant force in Polish politics.
The party's anti-immigration stance and Eurosceptic rhetoric resonated with many voters.
The Polish political landscape remains highly polarized, with a growing divide between pro-European and anti-EU factions.

GREECE
The ND party's electoral success can be attributed to their ability to appeal to centrist voters.
The SYRIZA party's mixed messaging on the EU and economic policy led to a decline in their electoral support.
The Greek political landscape remains highly fragmented, with a growing divide between pro-European and anti-EU factions.

The European Parliament election 2024 provided a perfect opportunity to try out an AI agent: What could (or can) an AI agent uncover, collate, and write?
So I wrote an AI agent to review the political landscape in European countries and offer a take on prevailing sentiments, identifying key trends and concerns.

For the geeks: I write my agents using CrewAI, inference is accelerated through Groq, and I'm using Meta's open-source LLM "llama 3" with 8 billion parameters.