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The Latest | Election shifts the European Parliament further right WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

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.

Millions of Europeans voted for candidates to serve five-year terms in a new European Parliament, the legislative branch of the 27-member trade bloc. Provisional results from the voting that ended Sunday showed the Christian Democrats would have 189 seats, up 13, the Social Democrats 135, down 4 and the pro-business Renew group 83, down 19. The Greens slumped to 53, down 18.

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— France’s Macron calls a snap election after heavy defeat

— Italy’s Meloni gets domestic and European boosts from win

— Far-right Alternative for Germany make gains

— Orbán’s partytakes most votes, but challenger scores …

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