Why the far-right surge in European elections could be an omen for Trump
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Why the far-right surge in European elections could be an omen for Trump

In June 2016, Britain voted to leave the European Union in a populist revolt that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s shock outsider election win a few months later. Now, in June 2024, far-right candidates, many of whom share Trump’s populist nationalism, hostility to immigrants, searing economic message, and disdain for governing elites and globalist institutions, just won sweeping gains in EU elections. Is political lightning about to strike twice?