Can the European Union hear us now? Populist victories send a message to politicians
Voters across Europe spent the weekend sending a message to EU politicians that a nationalist and populist turn is happening across the continent. The European Parliament elections held over the past few days have seen the biggest victories for nationalist and populist parties in the history of the European Union. As the results flowed in […]
Right-Wing Parties Gain Multiple Seats In Major European Parliament Elections
(Photo by Maya Hitidji/Getty Images) James Myers of OANMonday, June 10, 2024 1:43 PM After four days of voting, more than 400 million European voters in 27 countries have pushed the 720-seat European Parliament “further to the right than ever before”, according to international political analysts. advertisement Right-wing parties in Europe have dominated European Union […]
Right-Wing Dominance in European Elections Foreshadows Trends That Could Signal Massive Trouble for Biden, Boon for Trump
Former President Donald Trump and US Republicans are heartened by this weekend’s European Parliament elections, which saw right-wing victories across Europe that shocked France and other countries, potentially portending a US electoral landscape similar to the one that followed Britain’s 2016 Brexit referendum that preceded Trump’s US victory that same year. French people ousted President […]
EU elections: significant far-right gains in Germany and France, exit polls show | European parliamentary elections 2024
As data trickled in before official results were announced late Sunday, exit polls showed far-right parties in France and Germany made impressive gains in the European Parliament elections. The success of the far-right in the EU’s two largest member states has exceeded expectations of Italy’s far-right Brothers of Italy party, led by Prime Minister Giorgia […]
European farmers may have power in EU election, expert says
European farmers’ dissatisfaction with the European Union’s climate change policies could have an impact on the 2024 European Parliament elections, experts say. The election begins on June 6 and ends on Sunday. In a recent interview with NPR, an agricultural policy expert explained that recent protests by European farmers could have an impact over the […]
European elections live: more countries head to the polls across the continent | European elections
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Spain’s Garciá-Caro pipped to European race walk bronze after early celebration | European Athletics Championships
On the opening day of the European Athletics Championships, unbridled joy turned to despair for Spanish race walker Laura Garcia Caro when premature celebration cost her her first major medal. Five metres from the finish line in the women’s 20-kilometer race walk in Rome, Garcia Caro let out a triumphant roar and stuck out her […]
New evidence of Albania’s European drug kingdom
That Albania, over the past decade, has become Europe’s focal point for the smuggling of illegal drugs on a massive scale constitutes an open secret — one that I have discussed many times. Unfortunately, most Western media outlets demur from plainly stating the difficult truth that a U.S. ally and NATO member is a full-fledged […]
Former LIV Golfer Laurie Canter wins maiden DP World Tour title at European Open
Laurie Kanter finally broke through. The 34-year-old Kanter from Bath, England, won the Porsche European Open, marking his first victory on the DP World Tour. Kanter broke away from a crowded leaderboard on the back nine, with four players tied for the lead after the turn, but while others faltered late on at Green Eagle […]
‘Once in a lifetime’: UK and European space scientists urged to join Nasa mission to Uranus | Space
European space scientists are being asked to work with NASA to pull off one of the most ambitious space missions scheduled to be launched this century. Astrophysicists say taking part in a robotic spaceflight to the mysterious planet Uranus would offer “the opportunity to take part in a groundbreaking flagship-class mission.” The phone number is […]