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The New York Times reports:
Voters in the 27 European Union member states sent a stern warning to mainstream political powers, wreaking havoc on French and, to a lesser degree, German politics and rewarding hard-line nationalist parties in a number of countries.
Even so, the radical right-wing wave dreaded by the European political establishment did not fully materialize; the center of European Union politics held. The mainstream center-right group, the European People’s Party, performed strongly and finished first, not only maintaining its dominance in the European Parliament but adding a few seats to boot.
It was a sign that its strategy over the past two years, to integrate more right-leaning policies in order to stop voters from abandoning for further-right rivals, delivered.
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In the voting across 27 members of the EU, the right did well, but the center held. Here are the most important trends emerging from the European Parliament elections. https://t.co/UTHQxINCHz
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 10, 2024
For all the perennial hand-wringing about the far-right, the new EU Parliament is looking pretty stable. 🇪🇺 pic.twitter.com/XDGUJhhzdl
— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) June 10, 2024
Far-right parties scored big in France and Germany in the EU elections but failed to derail the centrist majority in the European Parliament. So how much power can Europe’s far-right really wield? pic.twitter.com/8S9Qbcq1lI
— DW News (@dwnews) June 10, 2024
For all the drama in France and Germany, projections of a broader hard-right takeover of the EU do not seem to have materialised.
The new parliament will lean further to the right, but the wider shift to nationalist parties fizzled in many countries https://t.co/ueEdhk99Ry 👇
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) June 10, 2024