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Timmermans & Wilders pleased with EU election results; NSC lost voters over PVV deal

Frans Timmermans, the leader of left wing political party GroenLinks-PvdA, said he was happy with the eight seats that his merged party appears to have won in the European Parliament elections. Geert Wilders said he was "extremely happy" with the outcome, with Ipsos I&O/NOS exit polling showing his far-right PVV earned seven seats. Meanwhile, the NSC was left wondering why its support has been decimated since the Dutch General Election in November, with party leader Peter Omtzigt wondering if his coalition with the PVV is the reason. ....

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Analysis-Europe's angry farmers fuel backlash against EU ahead of elections

In the last 12 months, the cost of running Jean-Marie Dirat's lamb farm in southwest France has jumped by 35,000 euros ($38,000), driven up by increasingly expensive fertilisers, fuel, electricity and pesticides. Other farmers in the French southwest, where a nationwide movement started, complain about red tape and restrictions on water usage, as well as competition from Ukrainian imports let into the European Union to help its economy during the war. Farmers elsewhere in Europe are similarly disgruntled, with protests in Germany, Poland, Romania and Belgium coming after a new farmers' party scored highly in Dutch elections. ....

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