Far-right parties are predicted to win a record number of seats in the European parliament, a result that, if confirmed, would deliver a stinging rebuke to Brussels’ political mainstream and add uncertainty to Europe’s future direction.
Far-right parties are predicted to win a record number of seats in the European Parliament, a result that, if confirmed, would deliver a stinging rebuke to Brussels’ political mainstream and add uncertainty to Europe’s future direction.
” Like Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also suffered a stinging blow in the exit poll, as his Social Democrats scored their worst-ever result of 14%, while the mainstream Christian Democrats Party came top with 29.5% of the vote and the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 16.5%.
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