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Far-right surges in EU vote, topping polls in Germany, France, Austria

 Published: 10:24, 10 June 2024

Far-right surges in EU vote, topping polls in Germany, France, Austria

Far-right parties have made major gains in the European Union parliamentary elections, delivering humiliating defeats to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer.

While mainstream parties kept control of the 705-member European Parliament on Sunday, the 27-member bloc swung palpably to the right in a sign of the durability of anti-establishment sentiment on the continent.

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