European capitals woke up this Wednesday to headlines about the Democratic wave in the United States Congress. Despite the euphoria and hopes this may have generated in some offices, institutional statements have been rather watered-down and have opted for caution. A caution that shows that despite the Republicans' electoral setback, no major changes are expected in foreign policy.

Never a midterm election (midterms in English) in the United States had garnered such interest as those this Tuesday. And it is that surely never before had the United States had a president who has not only blown up the international order that has governed since the end of the Second World War, but has also undermined the democratic institutions of his own country from the first day of his second term. Curiously, it seems that neither of these two factors will be the deciding one in the elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate, but rather it will be the rise in prices caused by the war in Iran and the tariff policy. It is precisely economic policy that has eroded support for Trump among his base and has shot up support for the Democrats in traditionally Republican states.

Antoni Bassas explains from outside the Capitol how the elections that will take place tomorrow in the United States will work, where it will be decided who will occupy the White House from January 20 and who will be the next representatives in the Capitol, since one third of the Senate and the entire House of Representatives must be renewed.