If there is one thing to emerge from the European Union’s parliamentary elections, it is that people across the bloc are identifying more with the euro-sceptic parties.

The centre right EPP looks to have secured the most seats and took about 25 % of the vote, but registered losses of about 5.45 %. The centre left socialist group looks to have taken some 22% of the vote, but that too registered losses of about 0.5 %.

In comparison, the ‘other’ parties surged ahead with an increase of about 6.25% to bring their tally up to about 20 % of the vote. One of the most significant winners was France's far-right National Front party, which was the outright winner in France with 26 percent support— or 4.1 million votes.

Britain’s UKIP party has also made massive gains and looks to be a force to be reckoned with within the EU as it took some 30 % of the vote in the UK to win the elections. Other big gains were registered by the populist, opposition Danish People's Party, which won three more seats for a total of four. A year-old party in Germany that wants that country to stop using the euro single currency reportedly won 6.7 percent of the vote.

In Greece the leftist Euroskeptic Syriza party led with 26.49 percent. Pro-European parties "have to take very seriously what is behind the vote," said Martin Schulz of the Socialist group in parliament.

If the projections hold true, and the two main groups secure the majority of seats, then the EU will still be able to function – provided that consensus between the two groups is reached. But when they are divided, it will be a different matter entirely. Of course, the EU’s parliamentary wing will become more clunky as the voting patterns become influenced by the euroskeptics. But at the same time, democracy is what it is. Voters put the euroskeptics into parliament for a reason and that reason is disenfranchisement and even outright opposition to the European Union and everything that it stands for.

But the new arrivals are also fragmented. France’s National Front has said it will work with some parties, but UKIP’s Nigel Farage has ruled out cooperating with other parties.

But the pro-Europeans have also had some minor victories – Malta included, with both the PL and the PN being pro-European. There is, however, the anomaly of Malta’s preferred candidate Alfred Sant being staunchly anti-EU and having campaigned relentlessly to that effect when he was PM and opposition leader.

Italy’s Renzi also managed to fend off a challenge by comic turned politican Beppe Grillo to take some 40 % of the vote compared to 20%.

The results are not final, but it is clear that the workings of the European Parliament will change dramatically in this coming term of office.