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Conservatives win ground in EU Parliament elections across major nations
In France, Germany, and beyond conservatives recorded gains as left-leaning parties suffered. Merkel’s CDU/CSU and Sarkozy’s allies performed strongly while Greece bucked the trend with a governing-conservative defeat amidst corruption and economic woes. Far-right and anti-Islam parties also rose in several countries amid low turnout.
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Brussels
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European Union
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Germany
Italy
Belgium
Britain
Spain
Greece
Angela Merkel
Social Democrats
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Volker Kauder
Nicolas Sarkozy
Martin Schulz
British National Party
England
Yorkshire
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Austria
Freedom Party
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Geert Wilders
anti-Islamic Party