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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They’re set to make historic gains in June’s European elections, but Europe’s rising right wing parties need to find unity if they are to wield greater influence on the EU stage, experts tell Euronews.
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With an unprecedented breaththrough the Greens were among the surprise winners of the last European elections. Their ambitious climate agenda won over many voters. But Covid-19, the war in Ukraine, inflation and soaring energy costs have all taken heavy toll on the movement's popularity
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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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