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EU Elections: Parliament Shifts to Right, France Calls Snap Vote

EU Elections: Parliament Shifts to Right, France Calls Snap Vote

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The Facts

  • Right-wing parties have performed strongly in the European Parliament election, as projections suggest that the mainstream center-right are set to win a plurality of the vote and nationalist parties would secure more than 160 seats.

  • Right-wing parties have performed strongly in the European Parliament election, as projections suggest that the mainstream center-right are set to win most seats and nationalist parties would secure more than 160 out of the 720 seats up for grab.


The Spin

It's concerning that far-right Eurosceptic parties have polled well in the EU elections because now — and for the next five years — they are likely to put pressure on centrist parties inon key issues such as immigration, climate change, and defense. Hopefully, internal disputes between them will prevail and prevent a bigger impact on these policies.

Right-wing parties have grown popular in these EU elections precisely because Europeans are tired of mass immigration and the globalist agenda, including the green ideology. It's no coincidence that Macron was humiliated in France while Germany's center-right Christian Democrats came top after toughening the line on immigration — with the AfD second.


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