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The EU is braced for a rise in the hard right. What matters is how the centre responds

27-member bloc will have to adjust to new reality as rightwing groups expected to have real influence for first time

The Guardian - UK

From Wave To Washout? Greens Face Tough Time At EU Vote

Five years ago Green parties swept to their best results ever at elections for the European Union's parliament, before helping to push through a sweeping raft of landmark legislation.

International Business Times

‘Pragmatic manipulation’: Is Russia playing with European voters’ minds?

Spin operations disguised as news outlets and right-wingers muddy the waters with Kremlin narratives, experts say.

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European elections: How will the vote work and what’s at stake?

Far-right parties are expected to do well and could gain a stronger foothold in the European Parliament.

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The far right may not win real power in Europe – but it will influence those who do

Polls predict huge gains for the far right in the European elections. But it is too fragmented to truly capitalise on them, says Cas Mudde of the University of Georgia

The Guardian - UK

European parliamentary elections: What a right-wing surge could mean for the EU

Polls show that Europe is facing a potential shift to the right in elections set for June 6-9, when millions of EU citizens will vote to elect new members of the European Parliament, a body crucial for shaping the bloc’s policies. With far-right parties likely to win greater influence, the…

France 24

Why is Ursula von der Leyen out wooing voters who can’t vote for her?

Commission chief is not running in MEP elections but is doing all she can to boost increasingly shaky bid for second term

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Security dominating agenda in Baltic states before European elections amid Ukraine war – as it happened

Conflict with Russia and Europe’s ability to defend itself fuelling concerns across continent, candidates say

The Guardian - UK

Giorgia Meloni has emerged as a kingmaker for the EU – but will she turn to centre right or far right?

Even her toughest opponents admit she’s played it cleverly. Yet the long-term aims of Italy’s prime minister remain unclear, writes Jon Henley

The Guardian - UK

EU Readies For Elections With Far-right Set To Surge

EU voters go to the polls in a week's time, with far-right, nationalist parties expected to do well in the bloc's next parliament in a time of social and geopolitical uncertainty.

International Business Times

EU readies for key elections with far right forecast to surge

EU voters go to the polls in a week's time, with far-right, nationalist parties expected to do well in the bloc's next parliament in a time of social and geopolitical uncertainty.

Radio France Internationale

EU Socialists' lead candidate Nicolas Schmit warns against 'arrangement' with far right

He's been seen campaigning on empty beer crates in pubs and playing table tennis. Talking Europe catches up with the lead candidate of the Party of The European Socialists (PES) and asks him what he has learned in this EU election campaign, away from the buttoned-up confines of the Berlaymont…

France 24

EU Socialists warn against potential alliance between right and far right

Nicolas Schmit, the lead candidate for the Party of European Socialists (PES), speaks to FRANCE 24 about the dangers, as he sees them, of a potential alliance between the right and the far right. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has called for Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and French far-right leader Marine…

France 24

Greens ‘will not back von der Leyen’ for re-election if she does deal with far right

German Green MEP warns that EU plan to tackle climate crisis will be put at risk by agreement with hard right parties

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Meloni, Le Pen Flirt With Combining EU Far-right Forces

Europe's far-right figureheads Marine Le Pen and Giorgia Meloni are hinting they could join forces following this summer's EU elections, after Le Pen's French party announced a break with its radical German ally AfD. The overtures presage a possible reconfiguration of nationalist parties' alliances after voters decide the next European…

The Guardian - UK

Political violence could benefit far right parties in the EU elections – if we let it

The attempted assassination of a leader sympathetic to Putin has Europe on edge. But exaggerating the fascist threat is also dangerous

Al Jazeera

EU signs off on sweeping migration overhaul ahead of elections

New Pact on Migration and Asylum approval comes as EU prepares to hold elections in which migration could be pivotal.

The Guardian - UK

Far-right EU election gains could boost nationalist parties on home turf

Polls indicate a surge for the right across the continent in next month’s ballots, but the centrists are still likely to hold sway in parliament

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The Guardian - UK

What are the EU elections and why do they matter?

Some believe little will change even with a far-right surge, but others say ballot could be defining moment for bloc

The Guardian - UK

European People’s party declines to sign letter condemning far-right political violence

Commitment of Ursula von der Leyen’s party to fighting destructive forces is in question, say signatories

The Guardian - UK

Ursula von der Leyen is now a household name – and that could be Europe’s salvation

With national leaders facing war, political division and economic crisis, backing the EU chief for a second term is their best hope of unity, say Catherine De Vries of Bocconi University and Isabell Hoffmann of the Bertelsmann Stiftung

The Guardian - UK

Conflict of interest concerns raised over MEPs’ second jobs

Seven out of 10 have outside work with six earning more with work than as parliamentary representatives, analysis shows

International Business Times

Far Right Seen Making Gains In EU Elections

Surveys predict Europe's far right will surge in EU elections next month, giving it more influence in Brussels politics even if mainstream players will still have greater weight.

The Guardian - UK

MEPs urged to fight far right as they head home to campaign for European elections

European parliament term ends with warnings about dangers of disinformation and authoritarian forces

The Guardian - UK

EU green deal at ‘very high’ risk of being killed off, says Greens co-leader

Philippe Lamberts warns far-right gains in elections could destroy plan to protect nature and biodiversity

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