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Dutch far-right, centre-left bloc neck and neck in EU elections
The PVV’s Geert Wilders has in the past called for the Netherlands to leave the EU as Britain did, but his party’s manifesto makes no mention of a so-called Nexit and instead urges voters to back the PVV so it can change the EU from within.
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Polls predict a surge for Conservatives
The right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists Group could change the EU's course over the next five years, if they make big gains in June's European elections. Co-president Nicola Procaccini outlines his vision for Europe in The Global Conversation, with Vincenzo Genovese.
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Walter Baier: Established parties have allowed far right to flourish
As the EU prepares to vote in European elections, the big issues for Walter Baier, the lead candidate of the European Left, are the cost of living crisis, the war in Gaza and the rise of the far right. He discusses these and other concerns with Aïda Sánchez Alonso in The Global Conversation.
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Terry Reintke: EU's Green Deal can be saved despite setbacks
With an unprecedented breakthrough, the Greens were among the surprise winners of the last European elections. Their ambitious climate agenda won over many voters. But COVID-19, the war in Ukraine, inflation and soaring energy costs have all taken a heavy toll on the movement's popularity