Photo by Daniel Roe on Unsplash A senior MEP has criticised Emmanuel Macron for calling the snap general election in France. Danuta Huebner says the move has paved the way for a possible anti-EU French government. She was speaking to this website after the shock weekend election which saw major gains for the National Rally. On Monday, France’s…
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“NATO is Not About to Go Away”
Photo by Marek Studzinski on Unsplash The EU parliament president says it faces a “challenge” to turn electoral promises into practice. Roberta Metsola was speaking after the recent EU elections which saw a big increase in support for so-called far right political parties. Speaking on Thursday at the EU summit in Brussels she said, “We have now a…
Far Right Gains in European Elections
Photo by Guillaume Périgois on Unsplash One of the EU parliament’s most senior MEPs says “Europe will survive” despite the rise of nationalist and Far Right parties in the European elections. The comments by Polish MEP Danuta Huebner come after a weekend of shocks in the EU wide poll. First exit polls show gains for the centre-right and…