Far-right gains in EU elections deal stunning defeats to Macron and Scholz
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The four-day polls in the 27 EU countries were the world’s second-biggest exercise in democracy, behind India’s recent election.
Far-right parties have made such big gains at the European Union parliamentary elections that they dealt stunning defeats to two of the bloc’s most important leaders: French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.