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Now playing Next Europe News Why did Olaf Scholz’s coalition do so badly? German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats suffered their worst result in a national vote in more than a century, renewing questions over the government’s stability. 10/06/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Belgian King Philippe accepts PM De Croo's resignation The outgoing Belgian prime minister suffered a heavy blow in the elections on Sunday. 10/06/2024
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Now playing Next Europe News French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the parliament. Now what? Macron's decision on Sunday to dissolve the National Assembly has been described as both historic and totally unexpected. This daring move presents significant risks for the French liberal leader and marks a pivotal moment in his political career. 10/06/2024
Now playing Next Europe News EU elections: The winners and losers in Brussels and across Europe Hundreds of millions of Europeans have voted to select 720 Members of the European Parliament, and rising support for the far right prompted Emmanuel Macron to call shock early elections in France. 10/06/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Belgian PM De Croo announces resignation after heavy election loss De Croo will now tend his resignation to King Philippe, who has the power to reject it at his discretion. 10/06/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Right-wing New Flemish Alliance wins Belgian 'Super Sunday' elections The liberal party of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo OpenVLD lost dramatically in Belgium's regional, national and EU elections on Sunday. 09/06/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Poland exit polls: PM Tusk keeps upper hand over PiS in EU elections Tusk's political alliance, Civic Coalition, maintained its lead over the right-wing populist Law and Justice or PiS, with the far-right Confederation party entering the European Parliament for the first time. 09/06/2024
Now playing Next Europe News EU elections: German conservatives lead as support for Scholz slumps Exit polls on Sunday evening indicated that the government's "traffic light" coalition underperformed, while the far-right AfD party made gains despite scandals. 09/06/2024
Now playing Next India India's PM Narendra Modi sworn in for rare third term The 73-year-old popular but polarising leader is only the second Indian prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to retain power for a third five-year term. 09/06/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Voter turnout in Latvia slightly up on 2019 data According to opinion polls carried out in February and May by the research centre Norstat together with the public broadcaster LSM, around a third of respondents said they had no interest in the EU elections. 09/06/2024