Between Thursday and Sunday this week, around 360 million people in the European Union will have the opportunity to elect the next 720 members of the European Parliament. The latest polls and projections show that right-wing parties opposed to immigration are poised to make significant gains, with parties once on the fringes now growing in influence in the EU. Overall, however, Europe’s political centre is expected to hold. Polls predict gains for the Identity and Democracy group, a coalition of largely nationalist political parties. Also expected to perform well are conservative and soft-Euro…