Battle lines drawn ahead European Parliamentary elections

EU’s chief Brexit negotiator warns European project faces destruction at the hands of a populist ‘Nigel Farage in every country’

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Could populists really tear the EU apart?
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The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator has fired the starting gun to next year’s European Parliament elections by warning the entire European project faces destruction at the hands of populist forces sweeping the continent.

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