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A projection of the composition of the next European Parliament on a large screen in the press room at the European Parliament in Brussels on May 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
June 15, 2019, 8:52 am
EU says ‘Russian sources’ tried to undermine European vote
Officials detail alleged disinformation campaign ahead of bloc’s parliamentary elections last month, such as fake Twitter account spreading false info that EU has Nazi roots
By Lachlan CARMICHAEL
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage reacts as results are announced at the counting center for the European Elections for the South East England region, in Southampton, England on May 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
May 27, 2019, 10:30 am
Europe at crossroads as far right makes big gains in vote
Many turn their backs on centrist parties in favor of factions led by populists Salvini, Le Pen and Farage, as well as environmentalist parties
By LORNE COOK and Mike Corder
A woman has her face painted as the EU flag outside the European Parliament in Brussels, May 26, 2019, as voters from 21 nations voted on the final day of European Parliament elections. (AP /Francisco Seco)
May 26, 2019, 10:59 pm
As EU vote nears end, exit polls show rise for far-right and Greens
Highest voter turnout in 20 years registered during four-day elections in 28 countries for 751-seat European Parliament
By AP
Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, center, delivers a speech at a rally of European nationalists ahead of European elections on May 18, 2019, in Milan. (Miguel Medina/AFP)
May 23, 2019, 5:52 pm
Fascist symbols and rhetoric on rise in Italian EU vote
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, whose League party leads in EU parliament elections, accused of tolerating — and even encouraging — neo-fascist politics
By Colleen Barry
A mural reading 'The Future is Europe' is seen near the European institutions ahead of the European parliamentary elections in Brussels on May 14, 2019 (EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)
May 23, 2019, 4:52 am
Europeans head to polls in 28 countries in key moment for Euroskeptic far-right
With starkly different visions for bloc’s future, parties across the continent vie for the votes of 400 million people, in the most hotly anticipated such vote in recent memory
By Agencies
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage gestures on an open topped bus while on the European Election campaign trail in Sunderland, England, Saturday, May 11, 2019. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)
May 20, 2019, 9:28 am
In Brexit UK’s Euro vote, a populist accused of using anti-Semitic tropes leads
They’ve asked to leave Europe, but Britons must this week choose new EU parliamentarians. Heading the polls is Nigel Farage, a right-winger increasingly criticized by Jewish groups
By Robert Philpot
From left, Geert Wilders, leader of Dutch Party for Freedom, Matteo Salvini, Jörg Meuthen, leader of Alternative For Germany party, Marine Le Pen, Leader of the French National Front, Vaselin Marehki leader of Bulgarian 'Volya' party, Jaak Madison of Estonian Conservative People's Party, and Tomio Okamura leader of Czech far-right Freedom and Direct Democracy, attend a rally organized by League leader Matteo Salvini, with leaders of other European nationalist parties, ahead of the May 23-26 European Parliamentary elections, in Milan, Italy, May 18, 2019. (Luca Bruno/AP)
May 19, 2019, 8:49 am
European far-right leaders rally together in populist bid for bloc’s parliament
Italy’s interior minister positions himself at forefront of movements campaigning under an anti-migrant, anti-Islam, anti-bureaucracy banner
By Colleen Barry
Leader of the French National Front Marine Le Pen, left, and Far-right top candidate of the National Rally party Jordan Bardella attend a press conference before a rally with right-wing EU leaders in Milan, Italy, Saturday, May 18, 2019 (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
May 18, 2019, 1:04 pm
France’s Le Pen predicts historic vote for populist parties
As leaders of several European nationalist factions rally in Milan, Italy’s Salvini rejects ‘far-right’ label
By AP
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage speaks at a press conference regarding the party's European Parliament election campaign in London on May 7, 2019. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / various sources / AFP)
May 11, 2019, 10:17 pm
Farage’s Brexit Party heading for big win in EU Parliament elections, poll finds
Survey shows newly formed UK party winning over a third of the votes in the May 23 election, ahead of Conservatives and Labour put together
By TOI staff and AP
Gerolf Annemans, Belgian MEP; Marine Le Pen, head of French far-right National Front party; Dutch politician Geert Wilders of the PVV party; and Tomio Okamura, leader of Czech Freedom and Direct Democracy party take a selfie after their press conference during a conference of the right-wing Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF) group in the European Parliament on April 25 , 2019, in Prague. (AFP/Michal Cizek)
April 25, 2019, 9:25 pm
Far-right alliance touts ‘new European harmony’ in EU elections
Populist parties expecting major gains in next month’s parliament vote, amid sharp rise of anti-migrant and anti-European Union movements across the Continent
By Jan Flemr
Hungary's Prime Minister Victor Orban speaks at a press conference at the end of a European People's Party (EPP) meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels on March 20, 2019. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
March 21, 2019, 12:51 am
Party of Hungary leader Orban suspended from EU lawmaker group
Fidesz and EPP say move a joint decision, keeping door open for re-engagement, as alliance of center-right EU parties pushes back against Budapest’s targeting of Juncker, Soros
By AFP
European Parliament President Antonio Tajani speaks during a news conference at the foreign press association in Rome, February 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
March 16, 2019, 12:35 pm
EU parliament leader under fire for praising Mussolini
Antonio Tajani apologizes for saying Italian dictator did some ‘positive things’ before teaming up with Hitler, says he’s ‘a committed anti-fascist’
By Colleen Barry
In this Sunday, February 10, 2019 file photo, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his annual "State of Hungary" speech in Budapest, Hungary. The inscription reads: "For us Hungary is the first!" (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP, File)
March 4, 2019, 10:08 am
Hungary’s leader calls his EU parliament critics ‘useful idiots’
Some members of center-right European People’s Party are seeking to oust Viktor Orban’s Fidesz over illiberal policies, anti-migration ad campaign
By David Rising and Pablo Gorondi
A participant in a European election meeting of the Alternative for Germany party, AfD, wears a cap with the party's logo in the Saxony-Arena in Riesa, Germany, January 13, 2019. (Monika Skolimowska/dpa via AP, file)
February 14, 2019, 10:16 pm
German spy agency said examining far-right’s ties to Russia
Report says intelligence officials are concerned that Moscow sees extreme nationalist groups as potential allies in destabilizing West
By Stuart Winer
Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog speaking at the Jewish Federation's annual General Assembly in Tel Aviv, on October 23, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 23, 2019, 6:49 pm
Jewish Agency head to Euro Parliament: Jews no longer safe on streets of Europe
‘Anti-Semitism in Europe is now a raging crisis,’ says Isaac Herzog, warning continent is facing one of the ‘darkest periods’ of recent Jewish history
By TOI staff and JTA
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