Monday, May 26, 2014

Far-right National Front triumph in France as voters across Europe turn to extremists and anti-EU parties


The far-Right National Front has topped the polls in France as countries across Europe turned to extremist and anti-EU parties.

Exit polls suggest the anti-immigrant party led by Marine Le Pen took more than a quarter of the vote, pushing President Hollande’s Socialist Party into third place with just 13 per cent.

It is the first time the party – which wants to cut immigration drastically and reduce the influence of Islam – has come first in a nationwide election in its 40-year history. Projections show it could take 25 of France’s 74 European Parliament seats .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk