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Sunday, May 11, 2014

Sceptics set to fight EU from the inside after vote

Two weeks ahead of European Parliament elections, polls are predicting a eurosceptic surge, packing the assembly with members set to fight the EU from within for the next five years. Sceptics and far-right parties are set for major gains in the likes of heavyweight European Union nations Britain and France, as well as in the Netherlands. In Germany, the AfD party aiming to abolish the euro, is rating well while Beppe Grillo's populists and the radical left Syriza are front-runners respectively in Italy and Greece. \"The Eurosceptic surge could be more dangerous than the emergence of the Tea Party in the US,\" said Mark Leonard of the European Council on Foreign Relations.


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