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Italy's Matteo Salvini (l) and Hungary's Viktor Orban focused their campaigns on bashing migrants (Photo: Balazs Szecsodi/Hungary's Press Office of the Prime Minister)

EU far-right less impressive than predicted

The far-right League party stormed to victory in Italy and the National Rally just about won in France in Europe's 2019 election.

Far-right forces also did well in isolated pockets, such as Belgium and Slovakia, and nationalist parties won in Hungary and Poland.

But the far-right was less impressive in Germany and further afield, posing questions on its future effectivene...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Italy's Matteo Salvini (l) and Hungary's Viktor Orban focused their campaigns on bashing migrants (Photo: Balazs Szecsodi/Hungary's Press Office of the Prime Minister)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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