all right, that s going to do it for us tonight. in europe, the generations old fear of the far right appears to be slipping. that is the top line from this week s eu elections. setting to retain power and radical right parties will now make up the second biggest block in the european parliament. in germany, a blow to u.s. ally after the anti-immigration and anti-muslim party alternative for germany beat his social democratic party in last week s vote. that was after the parties lead candidate sparked a major scandal saying last month that the members were not necessarily criminals. in france, right wing s national party delivered a defeat the french leader responded by calling for a stop election. a risky move that could inflict further losses. both personally and for the president s party. the news overseas, mainly sparked headlines here at home speculate over what the far right victory could mean for our elections in november. theorizing that the blocked success could fo
jean noel barrot, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. how surprised were you by emmanuel macron s pretty extraordinary decision to call a snap election? well, obviously i was surprised, because it s a very unique way to take a democratic decision, when the political situation in a given country is so severe that it basically limits the ability of the country to act for itself. there are very few leaders in this world that would take such a democratic decision in the face of such important choices. such a democratic decision, you say. many french people, including people very close to emmanuel macron, would call it an almost crazy gamble. no, a majority of french people support this decision. and the reason is simple you re never wrong when you hand the power to the people. and with a situation where the majority was too thin to be able to reform in a political situation where, after the european elections or during the european elections, french citizens expressed some anger,
today. i m mj lee at the white house and this is cnn hello, and welcome to allow viewers watching from around the world. i m going to kincaid ahead on scene and user. the new rise of europe s far-right, right wing parties, seeing a surge of support and parliamentary elections the eu commission president assures that the center is holding a bloated israel s leadership has benjamin netanyahu s main political challenger resigns from the war cabinet and us president joe biden s new campaign ad says donald trump is incompetent on the world stage. will discuss biden s latest effort to undermine he s put presidents arrival as recent polls show them, neck and neck from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with linda kincaid it s one of the world s largest elections with more than 370 million people are eligible to vote for the next european parliament. when now the results are coming in and far-right parties are projected to win a record number of states following four days of voting
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good evening. we start with the european elections. it s still early with exit polls coming in from around europe, but we ve had our first projection of what the next european parliament will look like, and in many countries, far right parties have made big gains. exit polls show a historic win for marine le pen s national rally in france and is on course to trounce president macron s party. far right parties have also made substantial gains in austria and germany. exit polls say 27 countries voting, most of them since thursday, 373 million people were eligible to vote. that is considerably more than the 244 million who will be taking part in the united states in november. so, this is a very big deal, not only because it will set the direction for this parliament at a critical time in europe, with war in ukraine, the economy stuttering, migration a major concern for many, but because what happens in this election so often has a bearing on the direction of domestic politics in