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 pressure centrist parties on 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-wingThe partiesright havehas grown popular in these EU elections precisely because Europeans are tired of mass immigration and thea failed 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.
