Kagan MacTane (he/him)

* Big gains for far-right parties, especially in France and Germany
* Macron dissolved France's parliament to hold snap elections in a bid to retain any useful power
* Big losses for centrist parties and Greens, as voters apparently care more about the economy than the environment (and don't see the links between them)
* Aid to Ukraine seems unaffected for now

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5 key takeaways after far right surges in European Parliament elections

Many far-right parties surged, centrists stumbled, and Greens took a pounding: What the European Parliament election results mean, including for the Ukraine war.

Washington Post
Jun 10, 2024 at 4:17pmWeb
Show threadrednikkiJun 10, 2024
@kagan Also, the opposition in Hungary had its best night in years; left-wing parties did well in the Nordics (which had a pretty serious rightward lean a couple of years ago).