By Kıvanç Özdal The Rassemblement National received 31.4% of the votes in France in the last European Parliament election, while Macron’s Renaissance party gained only 15.2 percent. After the results, Macron announced the decision of dissolving of the National Assembly. New elections will be held on June 30. So French politics is now open to new, and maybe surprising, developments. ...
In recent weeks, one of the main issues on Germany’s agenda has been the Alternative for Germany party (Alternative für Deutschland, AfD). Mass demonstrations against the “far right”, “racism” and “xenophobia” were organised in many cities across the country. The protests were attended and supported by government parties and officials. Parallel to the demonstrations, the “AfD threat” has been the ...