Far-right AfD launches EU election campaign amid turmoil
Germany's far-right AfD party launched its EU election campaign amidst controversy, including the absence of its lead candidate due to an espionage-related arrest and declining poll ratings.
According to Euronews's latest Superpoll in April, Germany's far-right party AfD are polling in second place for the European elections next month. Is the current government doing enough to counteract the threat from the far-right?
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Six months ago the Alternative for Germany was riding high in the polls, with support at 23%. Since then the party has lost 5 points in the polls. The party's problems have been compounded by a series of revelations about links to Russian financiers and Chinese spies. Could the scandals damage the party in upcoming European elections and beyond?
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Center-Right CDU/CSU in Germany leads the voting intentions, as the far-right gets a boost by the electorate. The AfD overtakes the Social-Democrats, according to the Euronews Poll Center
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EU member Estonia feels threatened by neighbour Russia. This year, the small NATO country will invest over 3% of its GDP to beef up its defence capabilities. It has also been hosting NATO exercises and training civilians in trench warfare, as EuronewsWitness reporter Hans von der Brelie discovered.
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Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer and while survival rates have improved in recent years, late diagnosis and delays in treatment remain key challenges.
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Thanks to a new skin cancer screening technology developed by Latvian researchers, clinicians across the EU may soon have access to a portable device that can detect melanoma without a biopsy.
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England boss Gareth Southgate insists his focus remains on this summer's Euro championships amid speculation he will be the next Manchester United manager. The 53-year-old will lead England at Euro 2024 in Germany in what could be his fourth and final tournament in charge of the national team. "I've got one thing to focus on and that's having as successful a tournament with England as possible and everything outside of that is a complete irrelevance to me," he said. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
A magnificent display of auroras illuminated the skies over Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Slovenia, Britain, and various parts of Europe as the most powerful solar storm in over two decades struck Earth on Friday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Space Weather Prediction Center reported that the first of several coronal mass ejections (CMEs), characterised by expulsions of plasma and magnetic fields from the Sun, occurred just after 1600 GMT.
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