World news: Far-right parties surge after European elections, France dissolves National Assembly

Jun 09, 2024 21:38


Far-right parties surge across Europe, making big gains in elections to the European Parliament, exit polls show. Follow live updates. https://t.co/WohbRPAmNf
- CNN (@CNN) June 9, 2024

The last three days, and especially today, was a big day for 27 countries in the European Union as they voted for a new European Parliament. Early results show that far-right parties surge in almost all countries, for e.g. winning in France, Austria and coming in second place in Germany and the Netherlands.



BREAKING: France's President Macron dissolves National Assembly, calls new legislative election after defeat in EU vote. pic.twitter.com/k3Oi4bEwUR
- DW News (@dwnews) June 9, 2024

In other important news, following the results of the far-right in France, President Macron has announced that he'll dissolve the French parliament. Elections will take place on June 30th and July 7th.

sources: @ dwnews, @ cnn, cnn, lemonde

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