Europe

AP News  - Europe’s far-right political parties have unofficially launched their campaign for next month’s European Union elections at an event organized by Spain’s far-right Vox party in Madrid, with strong messages against illegal migration and the bloc’s climate policy while declaring their support for Israel in its war against Hamas.  Analysts say the vote across the bloc’s 27 nations could see a strong rise of the far right. After decades in which the EU elections hardly caused a ripple, the June 6-9 voting is the most important in memory. It will indicate whether the continental political drift will match the rightward swing seen across much of the globe... Attendees of the campaign launch included French National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen and Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, whose Brothers of Italy party has foundations in Benito Mussolini’s fascism. Argentina’s libertarian president, Javier Milei, was also welcomed like a star and used the spotlight to bash Spain’s socialist prime minister, and his wife — something unthinkable for most heads of state visiting a historic ally. Read more.