Voters in 27 countries across Europe have pulled the bloc's 720-seat European Parliament farther to the right than it has ever been.
After four days of voting, with more than 400 million people eligible across 27 countries, European voters have pulled the bloc's 720-seat parliament farther to the right than it has ever been. The European Parliament, for the next five years, will now have a record number of far-right legislators.
GermanyFor Germany, the extreme-right Alternative for Germany party finished in second place, with nearly 16% of the vote — despite a series of self-inflicted scandals linked to Nazi propaganda, Chinese espionage and Russian bribery among its leaders and members.
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