Far-right gains across Europe shift EU Parliament further right
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Far-right parties have gained big at the European Parliament in election results that rattled the traditional powers. French President Emanuel Macron made a surprise call for early legislative elections after his party suffered a heavy defeat from the far-right National Rally party. In Germany, support for Olaf Scholz’s center-left Social Democrats sank to a projected 14%, behind the extreme-right Alternative for Germany, which surged into second place.