costing it one of its two seats in the outgoing assembly. Voters also sent a member of ultranationalist party ELAM to the European Parliament, echoing EU-wide gains to the far right in Sunday's polls.

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By Valeriya Safronova Campaigning for a seat in the European Parliament this spring, Lena Schilling was already facing an uphill battle, with her Green Party expected to fare poorly in the ...

Here is a short history of the French far-right National Front, whose historic leader and co-founder Jean-Marie Le Pen died ...

Subsequent MEP and local council elections in 2024 delivered mixed results, with the party winning two local council seats but struggling in the European Parliament elections, where controversial ...

In 1984, Le Pen is elected to the European Parliament and two years later makes a thunderous entry to the National Assembly, winning 35 seats. In 1995 the party wins control of three towns in its ...