Far Right Performs Strongly In European Elections

Source: www.businessinsider.com - Sunday, May 25, 2014 Across Europe today, elections are being held for the European Parliament in Brussels.  The European Parliament is a continent-wide body with representation from each EU country. It appears to be a big day for right-wing parties, and radical parties in general. In France, the National Front, the party of anti-EU party Marine Le Pen appears to have won about 25% of the vote, handily defeating all other parties . Ominously, for the future of the EU, the party performed particularly strongly among the youth. France isn't the only source of strong showing for the right. In Poland, the politician Janus Korwin-Mikke, who has reportedly expressed skepticism about the nature of the Holocaust, will be sent to the European Parliament . In Greece, the big winner appears to be, not a rightist party, but SYRIZA, the far left party that surged to prominence in the 2012 election. There are still more results to come in, including the result in the UK (it will be closely watched how well the anti-EU UKIP party performs). But the general view is that in the first EU-wide vote since the Eurozone crisis ended, the level of anger towards the mainstream remains quite high. Join the conversation about this story »All Related

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