Nationalist and Conservative Election Gains Move European Union Further Right

As European Union election results are finalized, nationalist and conservative political parties are set to hold more than 25 percent of parliamentary seats—more than 190 out of 720—in what experts are calling a “political revolution” and “game changer” in favor of Europe’s right-wing. Twenty-four of 76 Italian seats went to the right-wing Brothers of Italy—the party governing the country—and another six to its even more hardline coalition partner Lega. France’s clear winner was Marine Le Pen’s right-wing National Rally, whose 30 seats more than doubled that gained by any other French party—while another five of the country’s 81 seats went to the right-wing Reconquest and six to the center-right Republicans....