ENAR: Alarming 50% increase of the far right in the European Parliament elections
60 million ethnic and religious minorities will now be the targets of hatred by 77 MEPs within the new European Parliament, following elections across the European Union this weekend, according to preliminary results.
The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) is deeply concerned by the progress made by the far right in many EU Member States in the European elections. In France in particular, the Front National gained the largest number of votes, about a third of the total number of French seats.
ENAR Chair Sarah Isal said: “When there is such support for racist and xenophobic parties – up to 25% in certain Member States such as France, it should set alarm bells ringing for mainstream parties and for society at large. We cannot allow 12% of the European population to be unfairly treated as scapegoats, discriminated against, and worse, become the victims of racist violence.”
