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Populists keep EU on edge as focus shifts to 2019 elections
There's all to play for in the European parliament elections in May next year
With the European Union gearing up for legislative elections in 2019, the battle between EU supporters and opponents is shaping up to be a lot like many of the contests in this summer's football World Cup: back and forth, passionate and down to the wire.
Last year's election of French president Emmanuel Macron and fourth-term victory of German Chancellor Angela Merkel put a brake on an anti-EU trend exemplified by Brexit. But just as the EU ship was steadying itself, Italy acted as a buffet by producing a populist government composed of parties far from the European mainstream.
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