Far-right parties made big gains in the European Parliament in election results that rattled the traditional powers and made French President Emmanuel Macron call snap legislative elections. Currently: — France’s Macron calls a snap election after heavy defeat — Italy’s Meloni will welcome the G7 summit fortified by an EU vote that shook French, German leaders — Far-right Alternative for …
Conservative People’s Party wins most seats in Sunday’s vote but may fail to force removal of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. With 99 percent of votes counted by 11:45pm on Sunday, the conservative opposition People’s Party had 136 seats while Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s ruling Socialist Workers’ Party had 122 seats. ‘Divided country’ Feijoo, who took over as head of …
