These candidates who won seats in the European Parliament this week aren’t who you might expect

- Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - 7 months ago No Comments 3,460 Views

He has no political experience. No high-profile endorsements. No party affiliation. What Fidias Panayiotou does have are 2.6 million followers on YouTube and more on TikTok. And now he has won a seat in the European Parliament representing Cyprus, one of several unusual candidates who launched improbable campaigns only to snag membership in the 720-seat legislature.

Macron hopes to contain Le Pen’s National Rally in snap elections after it surged in EU vote. It’s a risky bet

- Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - 7 months ago No Comments 3,375 Views

The surge of the far right in France in elections for the European Parliament was widely expected. What came next was not. French President Emmanuel Macron called for a snap legislative election, saying he could not ignore the new political reality after his pro-European party was handed a chastening defeat and projected to garner less than half the support of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally.