The radical right continues to expand its power in the EU, as shown by the new government in the Netherlands, which took office this Tuesday, and the results of the first round of elections in France. This expansion could have an impact on the way decisions are made in institutions in Brussels.
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00:00The far-right continues to expand its power in the EU, with a new government in the Netherlands
00:06taking office on Tuesday.
00:08Furthermore, the far-right national rally won the first round of French legislative
00:12elections on Sunday.
00:23On the one hand, it could be, of course, a question of hollowing out European policies
00:28from within.
00:29On the other hand, well, those far-right leaders might start to understand that they
00:35also need the European Union to be able to deliver a number of the promises that they
00:41have done to their national electorate, especially in terms of security and immigration.
00:51Hungary is the only member state with a far-right party with a majority in power.
00:56The far-right has entered coalition governments in Italy, Finland, the Netherlands, Czech
01:00and Croatia.
01:02France might be next.
01:03If the second round on July 7 confirms the victory of national rally, the centrist President
01:09Emmanuel Macron could be more isolated.
01:14He would lose control over many internal policies and influence in the European Council.
01:22What is, of course, very clear is that French President Emmanuel Macron is strongly weakened
01:27by the current election results and that will probably not really be changing next Sunday.
01:37And so, indeed, he will be a weakened president around the European table and that can also
01:45have an impact on the German-French axis, which, of course, historically and still today
01:51is one of the main driving forces of European politics.
01:59A political dossier cannot be approved if four member states representing 35% of the
02:05EU population abstain or vote.
02:08Some of the areas that could be most impacted are the implementation of the Migration Pact,
02:12the new phase of the Green Deal and support for candidate countries for EU membership.