(10 Jun 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brussels, Belgium – 9 June 2024
1. Various of orchestra performing Bella Ciao with protesters outside European Parliament
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Patricia Martin, Avaaz spokesperson:
“We just have a simple message for all Europeans. It is time to unite and fight against the extreme right. They are coming for everything that we care about. So, if you fight to protect the planet, if you fight for women’s rights, if you fight for whatever you are fighting for that must become also a fight against the extreme right. This must be a wake-up call.”
3. Various of protesters gathered outside European Parliament
STORYLINE:
An orchestra played outside the European Parliament on Sunday at a protest against the rise of the extreme right in European elections.
Avaaz, a citizen movement, organized the performance on the steps of the parliament as votes rolled in across the bloc and as far-right parties were projected to make big gains.
“We just have a simple message for all Europeans. It is time to unite and fight against the extreme right. They are coming for everything that we care about,” urged Avaaz spokesperson, Patricia Martin.
"This must be a wake-up call,” she added.
Some ballots in the vote for the European Parliament were still being counted Monday, but the outcome showed the 27-nation bloc’s parliament membership has clearly shifted to the right.
Far-right parties rattled the traditional EU powers with major gains in parliamentary seats, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President Emmanuel Macron, who called snap legislative elections.
Provisional results from the voting that ended Sunday showed the Christian Democrats would have 189 seats, up 13, the Social Democrats 135, down 4 and the pro-business Renew group 83, down 19. The Greens slumped to 53, down 18.
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