![RN in celebration mode: Marine Le Pen and lead candidate Jordan Bardella won 31 percent of the vote, securing eight more seats for the far-right ID group in the European Parliament. (© picture alliance / abaca / Courdji Sebastien/ABACA)]({"180":"\/cache\/images\/4\/321204-5x3-topteaser180x108.jpg?CF26F","316":"\/cache\/images\/4\/321204-5x3-topteaser316x190.jpg?54474","450":"\/cache\/images\/4\/321204-5x3-topteaser450x270.jpg?C533C","630":"\/cache\/images\/4\/321204-5x3-topteaser630x378.jpg?C385F","780":"\/cache\/images\/4\/321204-5x3-topteaser780x468.jpg?512CA","940":"\/cache\/images\/4\/321204-5x3-topteaser940x564.jpg?BF947","1260":"\/cache\/images\/4\/321204-5x3-topteaser1260x756.jpg?D1059"} "RN in celebration mode: Marine Le Pen and lead candidate Jordan Bardella won 31 percent of the vote, securing eight more seats for the far-right ID group in the European Parliament. (© picture alliance / abaca / Courdji Sebastien/ABACA)")
![Media landscapes]({"340":"\/cache\/images\/2\/148342-5x3-teaser340x204.jpg?90DFB","680":"\/cache\/images\/2\/148342-5x3-teaser680x408.jpg?96ADC"} "Medienlandschaft")
![Ukrainian President Zelensky, German Chancellor Scholz and EU Commission President von der Leyen on 11 June in Berlin. (© picture alliance/abaca/ABACA)]({"170":"\/cache\/images\/1\/321371-5x3-teaser170x102.jpg?17A2E","340":"\/cache\/images\/1\/321371-5x3-teaser340x204.jpg?E1F4B","480":"\/cache\/images\/1\/321371-5x3-teaser480x288.jpg?E1D5A","680":"\/cache\/images\/1\/321371-5x3-teaser680x408.jpg?6BDD1"} "Ukrainian President Zelensky, German Chancellor Scholz and EU Commission President von der Leyen on 11 June in Berlin. (© picture alliance/abaca/ABACA)")
France is in turmoil following the dramatic victoryof the right-wing nationalist Rassemblement National (RN) in the European elections. President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly on Sunday and announced a snap election for 30 June and 7 July. As Europe's press discusses whether this was a wise move, the leader of the conservative Les Républicains (LR) party, Eric Ciotti, has aggravated the situation by announcing that he is willing to work with RN.
![Adding the non-allied AfD to the far-right parties, together they are likely to have won an additional 19 of the EP's 720 seats, with the conservative EPP gaining 10. (© picture-alliance/dpa)]({"170":"\/cache\/images\/5\/321295-5x3-teaser170x102.jpg?527FF","340":"\/cache\/images\/5\/321295-5x3-teaser340x204.jpg?3574D","480":"\/cache\/images\/5\/321295-5x3-teaser480x288.jpg?60D24","680":"\/cache\/images\/5\/321295-5x3-teaser680x408.jpg?BC12A"} "Adding the non-allied AfD to the far-right parties, together they are likely to have won an additional 19 of the EP's 720 seats, with the conservative EPP gaining 10. (© picture-alliance/dpa)")
![(© picture-alliance/Robin Utrecht)]({"170":"\/cache\/images\/9\/321369-5x3-teaser170x102.jpg?3DE07","340":"\/cache\/images\/9\/321369-5x3-teaser340x204.jpg?3441C","480":"\/cache\/images\/9\/321369-5x3-teaser480x288.jpg?4AB29","680":"\/cache\/images\/9\/321369-5x3-teaser680x408.jpg?05D11"} "(© picture-alliance/Robin Utrecht)")
![Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán after the announcement of the election results in Budapest on 10 June. (© picture alliance/ASSOCIATED PRESS/Denes Erdos)]({"170":"\/cache\/images\/3\/321293-5x3-teaser170x102.jpg?54034","340":"\/cache\/images\/3\/321293-5x3-teaser340x204.jpg?70B0D","480":"\/cache\/images\/3\/321293-5x3-teaser480x288.jpg?0F921","680":"\/cache\/images\/3\/321293-5x3-teaser680x408.jpg?BFDDB"} "Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán after the announcement of the election results in Budapest on 10 June. (© picture alliance/ASSOCIATED PRESS/Denes Erdos)")
![Borisov casts his vote. (© picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS / Valentina Petrova)]({"170":"\/cache\/images\/2\/321292-5x3-teaser170x102.jpg?3544B","340":"\/cache\/images\/2\/321292-5x3-teaser340x204.jpg?5F819","480":"\/cache\/images\/2\/321292-5x3-teaser480x288.jpg?63718","680":"\/cache\/images\/2\/321292-5x3-teaser680x408.jpg?66A27"} "Borisov casts his vote. (© picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS / Valentina Petrova)")
![Based on the count so far, the current coalition made up of the EPP, S&D and Liberals (Renew) will still have a majority. (© picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS / Sergei Grits)]({"170":"\/cache\/images\/7\/321207-5x3-teaser170x102.jpg?2750A","340":"\/cache\/images\/7\/321207-5x3-teaser340x204.jpg?A3072","480":"\/cache\/images\/7\/321207-5x3-teaser480x288.jpg?B483F","680":"\/cache\/images\/7\/321207-5x3-teaser680x408.jpg?F7CF6"} "Based on the count so far, the current coalition made up of the EPP, S&D and Liberals (Renew) will still have a majority. (© picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS / Sergei Grits)")
![(© picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS / Ohad Zwigenberg)]({"170":"\/cache\/images\/5\/321205-5x3-teaser170x102.jpg?2FD6C","340":"\/cache\/images\/5\/321205-5x3-teaser340x204.jpg?D2251","480":"\/cache\/images\/5\/321205-5x3-teaser480x288.jpg?DCA98","680":"\/cache\/images\/5\/321205-5x3-teaser680x408.jpg?B887F"} "(© picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS / Ohad Zwigenberg)")
![Hakan Fidan with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on 4 June in Beijing (© picture-alliance/Anadolu / Murat Gok)]({"170":"\/cache\/images\/3\/321203-5x3-teaser170x102.jpg?777DA","340":"\/cache\/images\/3\/321203-5x3-teaser340x204.jpg?7D576","480":"\/cache\/images\/3\/321203-5x3-teaser480x288.jpg?51754","680":"\/cache\/images\/3\/321203-5x3-teaser680x408.jpg?D422F"} "Hakan Fidan with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on 4 June in Beijing (© picture-alliance/Anadolu / Murat Gok)")
![Voters already cast their ballots on Thursday in the Netherlands, as pictured here in Amsterdam. (© picture alliance/Anadolu / Abdullah Asiran)]({"170":"\/cache\/images\/6\/320976-5x3-teaser170x102.jpg?53DBB","340":"\/cache\/images\/6\/320976-5x3-teaser340x204.jpg?F2C8A","480":"\/cache\/images\/6\/320976-5x3-teaser480x288.jpg?747A5","680":"\/cache\/images\/6\/320976-5x3-teaser680x408.jpg?81A92"} "Voters already cast their ballots on Thursday in the Netherlands, as pictured here in Amsterdam. (© picture alliance/Anadolu / Abdullah Asiran)")
![(© picture-alliance/dpa)]({"170":"\/cache\/images\/6\/158356-5x3-teaser170x102.jpg?1162C","340":"\/cache\/images\/6\/158356-5x3-teaser340x204.jpg?1AEB5","480":"\/cache\/images\/6\/158356-5x3-teaser480x288.jpg?DC0E2","680":"\/cache\/images\/6\/158356-5x3-teaser680x408.jpg?BFFAD"} "Aufstieg der Rechten")
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![(© picture-alliance/dpa)]({"170":"\/cache\/images\/8\/217368-5x3-teaser170x102.jpg?CF4BE","340":"\/cache\/images\/8\/217368-5x3-teaser340x204.jpg?D9420","480":"\/cache\/images\/8\/217368-5x3-teaser480x288.jpg?63967","680":"\/cache\/images\/8\/217368-5x3-teaser680x408.jpg?0BE9D"})
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![(© picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS / Ichiro Ohara)]({"170":"\/cache\/images\/4\/320384-5x3-teaser170x102.jpg?5421B","340":"\/cache\/images\/4\/320384-5x3-teaser340x204.jpg?7EF26","480":"\/cache\/images\/4\/320384-5x3-teaser480x288.jpg?F1A52","680":"\/cache\/images\/4\/320384-5x3-teaser680x408.jpg?A2BA4"})