Le Pen beats Macron as EU centre faces populist challenge
1 / 621 countries voted on the final day of the European parliament elections21 countries voted on the final day of the European parliament elections Brussels - Europe's mainstream political parties took a hit in elections on Sunday but held off a strong surge by the populist right of Marine Le Pen, Matteo Salvini and Nigel Farage.
And in Italy, Salvini's far-right League achieved a similar result, strengthening its role at the core of a vocal populist faction in the EU's legislature. With the centre-left Socialists and Democrats projected to win 150, down from 185, the two mainstream parties will no longer have a majority and will have to reach out to liberals to maintain a"cordon sanitaire" and exclude the far-right from decision making.
Salvini tweeted a photo of himself with a sign saying"top party in Italy" while standing in front of a bookshelf featuring a Make America Great Again baseball cap and a picture of Vladimir Putin. And in Finland, the far-fight Finns Party increased its vote share and retained its two EU seats. The Sweden Democrats were on course to increase their share from 9.67 to 16.9 percent.
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