In the wake of the European elections, US media are stressing that many European voters cast their ballots for far-right, nationalist parties opposed to immigration, challenging the leaders of France and Germany, the two most powerful European countries seen as the driving force behind a united Europe. .

For the NBC television network, “the European People’s Party may have won the majority once again, but the European center has eroded and far-right parties are causing serious disruption in Europe.” It is also noted that the strengthening of far-right parties in the last decade has probably not yet reached its peak.

CNN also underlines that “extreme right-wing parties in Europe are no longer on the fringes”, on the contrary, they “increased their numbers by investing in Islamophobia”, while causing upheavals in the political scene, especially in France.

In France, the New York Times reports, the result caused a political earthquake, as “President Emmanuel Macron suffered a crushing defeat, leading to the dissolution of parliament and the calling of parliamentary elections in the country.”

The paper also estimates that the strengthening of the far right in Europe is likely to reverberate in the US, encouraging allied political forces close to the Republican candidate in the November 5 presidential election, Donald Trump.

American analysts predict that after Sunday’s results, far-right European parties will intensify their inflammatory rhetoric and do not rule out a change in Europe’s stance on military and financial aid to Ukraine.

For the Washington Post, the European extreme right is gradually gaining ground and is now approaching power. “The political walls of protection against extremist factions (…) are collapsing from country to country,” comments a newspaper columnist.