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Ghost Dog

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4. More from BBC Europe editor:
Mon May 27, 2019, 07:18 AM
May 2019

Last edited Tue May 28, 2019, 06:50 AM - Edit history (2)



... Europe's voters are looking elsewhere for answers. They're drawn to parties and political personalities they feel better represent their values and priorities.

Some are attracted by the nationalist right, promising a crackdown on immigration and more power for national parliaments, rather than for Brussels. Italy's firebrand Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini is a successful example, as is Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Other voters prefer a pro-European alternative, like the Green Party and liberal groups, which also performed well in these elections.

The new European Parliament will be broadly pro-EU but also fractured, making law-making and change difficult. Just when Europe's voters are screaming for change...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48420024


(Also without mentioning the United Left/Green group, which held its ground although it weakened through fragmentation in Spain).
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