Austria and France are the two countries where these political groupings came out on top.
The day after the European elections to renew the European Parliament for the next five years, the expected surge in far-right parties has been confirmed. As Europe celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings against Nazi occupation, the spectre of fascism threatens to descend on the Parliament in force.
Of the 58 MEPs making up the "Identity and Democracy" group bringing together Europe's far-right parties, more than half will come from the French RN. A shock for one of the founding members of the EU, whose president Emmanuel Macron was elected to block it.
As soon as the results were announced, the latter announced the dissolution of the French National Assembly, risking giving a majority to RN MPs and appointing a far-right Prime Minister for the first time in French history.
In Belgium, far-right anti-immigration parties Vlaams Belang and the New Flemish alliance (N-VA) also came out in force, going so far as to provoke the resignation of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, whose group obtained 7% of the votes cast.
Le status quo is preserved in the European Parliament, with the majority Christian Democrat group led by Germany's Ursula von der Leyen, marking her re-election as head of the European Commission.
The CCIE notes that what it has always denounced is being confirmed: applying the racist policies of the extreme right only serves to reinforce them. Only an anti-racist, inclusive and fraternal policy will strengthen national cohesion in the face of the fascism threatening European societies.
The results of the European elections have enabled the RN to strengthen its position in the European Parliament without, however, calling into question the balance of power within the institution. If it were to achieve the same result on the evening of 7 July, the fate of France and Europe would be at stake in an unprecedented situation.
