Europe’s Center-Right Parties Face Threats on Continental Stage
Bloc’s longtime leader loses some of its stature as campaigning for European Parliament heats up
BRUSSELS—Battles that have riven national politics across the European Union are hitting the continental stage as campaigning for the bloc’s legislature threatens the once-dominant center-right’s commanding position overseeing the bloc.
Weakening of the EU’s longstanding core—mostly Christian Democratic parties—would follow setbacks in Italy, Germany and Spain.
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