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Rise of the far right strongly influenced European politics in 2019, particularly in the EU Parliament elections but also in national and local polls.
The most prominent success of far-right parties was their domination of EU Parliament elections in May in three of the EU’s four largest countries by population: France, the U.K. and Italy.
In France, the far-right National Rally Party of Marine Le Pen narrowly beat President Emmanuel Macron’s party coalition, receiving 23% of the vote.
In the U.K., which is about to leave the EU, the Brexit Party of populist politician Nigel Farage won with 30%.
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