Odaily Planet Daily News Voting for the 720 Members of Parliament (MEPs) of the European Parliament began last week, and since Sunday, results from 27 countries have been released. The elected MEPs include Stefan Berger, legislative rapporteur for the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA), Ondrej Kovarik, and Irene Tingali, former chair of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON). Mark Foster, EU policy lead for the Crypto Innovation Committee, said the election results show that a slight turn to the right, coupled with the strengthening of the European People's Party and the weakening of the Green Party, is likely to make the EU more focused on competitiveness and growth in the next five years. This could lead to a more innovation-friendly policy framework. Cryptocurrency is not a key theme in the EU elections, but the future of cryptocurrency will depend on the commissioners who can propose legislation. Some members of the crypto community are seeking more blockchain policies, but MEPs cannot propose new legislation, they can only formulate and decide on it. New commissioners will be elected after the EU elections.