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In recent elections, the party Forum for Democracy trumped PM Rutte's party with 13 new seats in the Senate. The party's figurehead, Thierry Baudet is cast in the press as a racist and fascist. Watch his victory speech and see for yourself what he's made of.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister-designate, Mateusz Morawiecki, says he dreams of Europe becoming “re-Christianised” and is defending the migration policies of his ruling party which have caused tensions with the European Union. Morawiecki gave his first interview since being designated prime minister Friday to the Catholic TV Trwam station, describing his dream of seeing an increasingly secular Europe return to its Christian roots. The 49-year-old Catholic father of four said that “unfortunately, in many places carols are not sung, churches are empty and are converted into museums,” calling this a great source of sadness to him. He also...

The Polish Church has dismissed the threatA Polish church spokesman dismissed a threat of European Union sanctions if his country’s parliament goes ahead with church-backed legislation to curb abortions of handicapped fetuses. “The Polish bishops’ conference underlines that the right to life is fundamental to every human being, so we should all protect this right for defenseless children,” said Father Pawel Rytel-Andrianik, conference spokesman. “Nobody can take this right away, nor can external or internal pressures change the scientifically proved fact that human life begins at the moment of conception.” The European Parliament said it would demand EU action if...

The latest Opinium/Observer poll published on Sunday (19 January) suggested 52% of the British public aged over 18 would vote to leave the EU tomorrow, a small increase since last November when 50% said they would vote to leave. Sunday’s poll, carried out by Comres for the Independent on Sunday newspaper, also suggests the anti-EU and anti-immigration policies of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) remain popular, even though Cameron has already deployed tougher rhetoric on both issues. […] The poll came as UKIP was battling to restore party discipline after one of its local councillors in England caused it embarrassment...