During a fractious election year, the importance of research to democracy is in the spotlight
The party of a woman who once described the EU as an “anti-democratic monster” is expected to do well in this year’s European Parliament elections.
Opinion polls suggest that France’s populist, hard-right National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen, could make large gains in the upcoming vote. The swing to the right is not just coming from French voters, with a shift predicted across the bloc in both EU and national elections.