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Italy's Matteo Salvini (l) and Hungary's Viktor Orban focused their campaigns on bashing migrants (Photo: Balazs Szecsodi/Hungary's Press Office of the Prime Minister)

EU far-right less impressive than predicted

The far-right League party stormed to victory in Italy and the National Rally just about won in France in Europe's 2019 election.

Far-right forces also did well in isolated pockets, such as Belgium and Slovakia, and nationalist parties won in Hungary and Poland.

But the far-right was less impressive in Germany and further afield, posing questions on its future effectivene...

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