Sunday, 9 June 2024

EU elections: populist right makes gains but pro-European centre holds

Far right celebrates in France, Germany and Austria, but mainstream centre parties on course to hold majority

It wasn’t just in France that the far right was celebrating on Sunday night. In Germany and Austria, parties on the populist right made stunning gains in the European elections – but despite that, the pro-European centre appeared to have held in a set of results likely to complicate EU lawmaking.

In Germany, Olaf Scholz’s coalition had a bad night, as the far-right Alternative für Deutschland made significant gains.

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from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/NShwlsG

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