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Marine Le Pen's National Rally party wins France elections for European Parliament, Greens surge...
Fox News ^ | 26 May 2019 | Associated Press

Posted on 05/26/2019 6:33:09 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

FULL TITLE: Marine Le Pen's National Rally party wins France elections for European Parliament, Greens surge in Germany: polls

The European Union's traditional center splintered in the hardest-fought European Parliament elections in decades, with the far right and pro-environment Greens gaining ground on Sunday after four days of a polarized vote.

Turnout was at a two-decade high over the balloting across the 28 European Union countries. The elections were seen as a test of the influence of the nationalist, populist and hard-right movements that have swept the continent in recent years and impelled Britain to quit the EU altogether. Both supporters of closer European unity and those who consider the EU a meddlesome and bureaucratic presence portrayed the vote as crucial for the future of the bloc.

In Britain, voters went for the extremes, with the strongest showing for Nigel Farage's the newly formed Brexit party and a surge for the staunchly pro-European Liberal Democrats, versus a near wipeout for Conservatives. In France, an electorate that voted Emmanuel Macron into presidential office in 2017 did an about-face and the party of his defeated opponent, Marine Le Pen, drew into first place. In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition saw a drastic loss in support to the Greens and, to a lesser extent, the far right. Italy's League party, led by Matteo Salvini, claimed 32 percent of the vote in early projections, compared with around 6 percent five years ago.

Marine Le Pen steps down as leader of National Front partyVideo "Not only is the League the first party in Italy, but Marine Le Pen is first in France, Nigel Farage is first in Great Britain. Therefore, Italy, France and England: the sign of a Europe that is changing, that is fed up," Salvini said.

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1 posted on 05/26/2019 6:33:09 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
" with the far right and pro-environment Greens gaining ground"

No bias there. Never would it be "far left Greens".
 

2 posted on 05/26/2019 6:43:07 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (September 11, 2001 : Never forget, never forgive.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I kinda knew this was coming, based on my travels in west Europe, meet people who were getting sick of the BS going on.


3 posted on 05/26/2019 6:43:36 PM PDT by the_individual2014
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4 posted on 05/26/2019 6:48:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Good for Europe for voting for freedom. Next, Britain gets a prime minister who wants to and will complete Brexit. Then, we reelect President Trump. The Left will be screaming and crying for at least the next couple of years.


5 posted on 05/26/2019 6:50:56 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

All these returns are great and encouraging.

But keep in mind European Parliament has zero power.


6 posted on 05/26/2019 6:51:04 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Of course the greens surge in Germany. The nazis were the forerunners of greens. The greens ultimate aim is to kill as many as possible to ‘save the earth’.
7 posted on 05/26/2019 6:55:13 PM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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8 posted on 05/26/2019 6:58:45 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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The Trump effect! Or maybe people are just sick and tired of their country being overrun with Jihadists


9 posted on 05/26/2019 7:00:15 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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You can’t be the “far right” if you are the majority. By definition, you are the mainstream.


10 posted on 05/26/2019 7:01:52 PM PDT by mindburglar (Stupid is supposed to hurt. - Lurkers Granddad.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Greece and some other regions voted to reject the EU. It never happened. Brexit hasn’t happened. Is the EU Parliament going to accept defeat in the places where they lost power?


11 posted on 05/26/2019 7:10:24 PM PDT by grania ("We're all just pawns in their game")
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Normal is now faar right.


12 posted on 05/26/2019 7:12:15 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: RightGeek

Not true ..43% gives control in a fragmented market.


13 posted on 05/26/2019 7:23:18 PM PDT by spokeshave (If anything, Trump is guilty of attempting to obstruct injustice.)
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Le Pen Triumphs Over Macron in EU Election Exit Poll, Calls for Fresh National Elections

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/26/le-pen-triumphs-over-macron-in-eu-election-exit-poll/


14 posted on 05/26/2019 7:29:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Capitalism produces EVERYTHING Socialists/Communists/Democratic-Socialists wish to "redistribute.")
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Making France Great Again?


15 posted on 05/26/2019 7:34:07 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: Repeal 16-17
" The Left will be screaming and crying for at least the next couple of years."

Leftists are the cultural descendants of the spoiled brats who sashayed onto the world stage in the 1960s chanting:"If it feels good, do it" and "Sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll." They have nothing but contempt for truth, justice, and anything that is wholesome and decent.

Back in the '60s, we wondered what would happen when those irresponsible, parasitic fools seized control of government.

Now we know.

They should be kicked out of office and into the trash dump of history along with Naziism, the Ku Klux Kan, and all the other odious ideologies that have flashed in the pan of history.

16 posted on 05/26/2019 7:37:18 PM PDT by Savage Beast (A Manichaean struggle between TRUTH and evil grips America. Pray for the triumph of TRUMP and TRUTH!)
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You can’t be the “far right” if you are the majority. By definition, you are the mainstream.

No. No. No!

You don’t get to define terms; you’re not the official media!

BTW, show me your papers.

17 posted on 05/26/2019 7:41:02 PM PDT by papertyger (Trump, A president so great, that Democrats who said they would leave America if he won, stayed!)
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18 posted on 05/26/2019 7:42:58 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: BenLurkin

Boobs — the axis about which history pivots.


19 posted on 05/26/2019 7:44:35 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: wjcsux

Rendre la France Grande Encore


20 posted on 05/26/2019 8:25:22 PM PDT by seowulf
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