(UPDATE) BRUSSELS — Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union with major gains in parliamentary seats, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President Emmanuel Macron, who called snap legislative elections.
BRUSSELS — Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union with major gains in parliamentary seats, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President Emmanuel Macron, who called snap legislative elections.Some ballots in the vote for the European Parliament were still being counted on Monday, but the outcome showed the 27-nation bloc's parliament membership has clearly shifted to the right.
damaged election poster shows German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the city of Frankfurt, central Germany, on June 9, 2024. AP PHOTOSensing a threat from the far right, the Christian Democrats of EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had already shifted further to the right on migration and climate ahead of the elections, and were rewarded by remaining by far the biggest group in the 720-seat European Parliament and de facto brokers of the ever-expanding powers of the legislature.
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