European elections: far right 'surge' ends in a ripple

[Ghost Dog]

Source: The Guardian (in Budapest)

After months of boasts, bluster and apocalyptic rhetoric, Europe's far right had a modest night at the polls in the European elections, making striking gains in some countries but losses in others. In the end, a promised populist surge turned out to be more of a ripple.

There were expected strong showings for leading figures of the European far right, such as Hungary's anti-immigration prime minister, Viktor Orbn, whose Fidesz party took more than half the vote, and Italy's interior minister, Matteo Salvini, whose Lega was the biggest party. Marine le Pen's National Rally also narrowly topped the polls in France.

But while there were losses for traditional big parties in many countries, far from all of those votes went to far-right or populist parties, with greens and other pro-European forces also doing well...

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/27/european-elections-far-right-surge-ends-in-a-ripple

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This gives a pan-EU, more detailed and nuanced view than you'd get from most MSM propaganda articles. Not mentioned is that the mainstream Green/EFA group is definitely left-wing and includes some pro-EU regional nationalists such as the Scottish SNP, while the rarely-mentioned Confederal Group of the European United Left /Nordic Green Left, which brings together left-wing MEPs in the European Parliament is also pro-EU and includes some regional reformists as well as Green interests and parties.

See official (provisional) results here: https://euobserver.com/eu-election/144963

Note that the far-right anti-EU nationalists are in the ENF and in (not all of) the EDFF, which together will hold only 15% of seats in the new EU parliament.