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April 16, 2019

EU polls: Europe’s far-right fires new warning

PARIS: The strong performance of the far-right in Finland’s elections has shown the strength of anti-immigrant parties across the continent, just over a month before the European parliament elections.The Finns Party more than doubled its seats under the leadership of hardline nationalist Jussi Halla-aho in Sunday’s vote.It took 17.5 percent of the ballots, just behind the Social Democrats who came in first with 17.7 percent -- which could make it tricky for Social Democrat leader Antti...