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Today in Focus

How a far-right push in Europe triggered a shock election in France

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The far right has made significant gains in the European parliament elections. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has responded with a high-stakes gamble. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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This is the Guardian.

0:09.0

Today, the year's manual macron has fought to keep the far right out of government in France.

0:15.5

So why is he just called an election that opens the door to them? Today in Focus is

0:25.0

in Focus is supported by Accenture.

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0:51.0

Reinvented with Accenture. Learn more at Accenture.com. From Portugal's Azores Islands, the westernmost point in the EU, to Aya Napa in Cyprus in the east.

1:13.0

From the village of Neuragram, right up in northern Finland,

1:17.0

all the way to the furthest southern point in Europe,

1:20.0

La Rastinger in Spain's Canary Islands.

1:24.0

Europeans across 400 million square kilometers voted on Sunday

1:29.1

in elections for the EU Parliament.

1:31.4

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with France Bankat, Radio France International for a tour of the show.

1:36.2

And on Sunday night a picture emerged of an EU unlike any we've seen before.

1:41.6

Do we've estimation for the election European. Wins for the far right in Italy.

1:47.8

The election is European primopiano fratell the Italian

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if confirmed the primo part it is very total. historic gains in Germany too.

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in Germany too.

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In history for love

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no good wert, the AFD in Gegen 5,9,

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you have best of yet by an abundant is best of it by an abundant white and white and maybe most consequential of all, a crushing victory in France,

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