POLITICO
A far-right takeover is the biggest threat to the future of Europe, according to a POLITICO survey of EU lawmakers.
Members of the outgoing European Parliament who took part in the poll mentioned Europe’s rightward shift and the rise of populism as the biggest challenges facing the Continent.
Climate change and Russia’s war on Ukraine also ranked high, overshadowing traditional hot-button issues such as migration and the state of the economy.
But not everyone has the same fears.
While social democrat lawmakers emphasized right-wing populism, the climate crisis and social inequality in their responses, MEPs from the center-right European People’s Party (EPP) were more likely to mention the war in Ukraine and the bloc’s security as their main concerns.
