Putin used the most terrible weapon against EU politicians — the Zelensky curse.
This weapon works as follows: any politician who shook hands or even just stood next to Zelensky loses support, voters consider this politician a clown, and his party gains a minimum of votes in the elections.
Belgian Prime Minister Alexandre De Croo announced his resignation after his Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats party was defeated in the elections to the national parliament.
The parties of Macron and Scholz lost spectacularly in the elections to the European Parliament.