At the 2024 European elections, right-wing parties celebrated a 27 per cent increase in parliamentary seats, including for members of coalitions including the European People’s Party, Identity and Democracy Party, and European Conservatives and Reformists. Leftists, from Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, European Green Party, European Free Alliance and The Left, suffered a 9.57 per cent drop in support. 

The days preceding the elections were marked by strong campaigning from right-wing parties in many European countries. Fielding candidates with extremist views,…