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EU leaders discuss top jobs after far-right gains in June elections

EU leaders are gathering in Brussels to discuss – over an informal dinner – how to distribute the European Union's top jobs, with Ursula von der Leyen seemingly on track for a second term heading the European Commission.

Radio France Internationale

Europe’s far-right wants to win over unhappy farmers

A few days before the recent European parliamentary elections, an event took place that hardly made it into the news anywhere: a dozen tractors, escorted by police, rolled into Brussels, honked their horns outside the EU parliament, and drove away.

The Conversation

The Far Right Will Decide the Environment’s Fate

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European Parliament at crossroads as right-wing parties triumph in EU vote

While the centre-right European People’s Party remains the largest bloc, analysts say a shift to the right is likely.

Al Jazeera

Fears populist surge will upend Europe's pioneering green agenda

The EU’s political shift to the right – and the dumping of its greenest-ever parliament – has fuelled worries over the future of the bloc’s flagship Green Deal and plans to turn Europe into the world’s first climate-neutral continent.

Radio France Internationale

How can Europe’s progressives fight back? A coalition of losers is now their best hope

Far-right gains have left liberals and Greens reeling – but despite differences, their interest lies in banding together, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre

The Guardian - UK

Anger as French conservative leader says he wants alliance with far-right National Rally – as it happened

Marine Le Pen congratulates ‘brave choice’ from Les Républicains’ Eric Ciotti amid manoeuvring ahead of snap general election

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Ursula von der Leyen in pole position as she tries to build majority to keep job

Macron’s bombshell adds uncertainty to the race to be European Commission president, and the incumbent will need to look left or right for support

The Guardian - UK

European elections: Paris and Berlin - not Brussels – will feel heat of far right’s gains

Mainstream groups hold on to majority in European parliament but governments weakened in France and Germany

The Guardian - UK

EU parliament election sees shaken centre hold – but far right now has chances to show its strength

After the four-day, 27-state democratic marathon that is the European parliamentary election, a picture has emerged of a fragile centre just holding amid a shift to the right that carries a significant potential to shape the near future of the EU, despite having fallen short of producing the earthquake some…

The Conversation

Far-right gains jolt France but European centrist bloc holds in EU vote

Far-right gains in the EU elections caused a political earthquake in France on Sunday, but mainstream parties retained a majority in the bloc's parliament.

Radio France Internationale

‘Conservative values will impact EU policymaking like never before,’ says rightwing group

European Conservatives and Reformists party includes members such as Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy and Poland’s Law and Justice

The Guardian - AU

Italy's Far-right Giorgia Meloni Emerges Stronger From EU Vote

Giorgia Meloni's far-right party won a decisive victory in European elections in Italy, early results showed Monday -- making her one of the few EU leaders to emerge stronger after the vote.

International Business Times

Far right surges in EU elections, dealing blows to leaders of France and Germany

Far-right parties made gains in elections to the European Parliament on Sunday, prompting a bruised French President Emmanuel Macron to call a shock early election and adding uncertainty to Europe’s future political direction.

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The Independent UK

Millions will vote on Europe's super Sunday, with surveys suggesting a shift to the right

Millions of voters are heading to the polls for the European Union’s election super Sunday

The Guardian - UK

Giorgia Meloni could be EU kingmaker as Italy goes to polls

Italian PM courted by far right and centre ground as European parliamentary elections begin

The Guardian - UK

Who are the political supergroups in the European parliament?

After polling concludes in Europe, political parties will seek to strengthen existing alliances and forge new ones

Radio France Internationale

Irish, Czechs hold EU vote after Dutch far-right gains

Irish and Czech voters on Friday pick up the baton in the EU's marathon elections after a strong showing – but no knock-out blow – from the Dutch far-right on opening day.

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International Business Times

Irish, Czechs Hold EU Vote After Dutch Far-right Gains

Voters in Ireland and the Czech Republic go to the polls Friday on the second day of marathon EU elections, after the Netherlands kicked off the ballot with a strong showing by the far right.

The Conversation

Ursula von der Leyen: Europe’s top bureaucrat is on shaky ground as EU elections begin

Almost 400 million European citizens are due to vote for representatives from their country to the European Parliament between June 6 and 9. The results of the elections will have an influence on who becomes the next president of the European Commission, one of the most powerful jobs in European…

International Business Times

Dutch Kick Off EU Vote With All Eyes On Far Right

The Netherlands on Thursday kicked off the marathon four-day European elections with the Dutch far right urging voters to make a crackdown on immigration the headline issue.

Radio France Internationale

Dutch voters launch four-day EU election marathon

Dutch voters have kicked off a four-day election marathon across the 27 nations of the European Union – providing an early litmus test of how far to the right the next EU parliament might shift.

The Guardian - UK

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

International Business Times

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.

Al Jazeera

‘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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