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Germany's Scholz warns of the rise of right-wing populists ahead of upcoming EU elections | AP News
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned of threats posed by right-wing populists Saturday as he addressed a gathering of center-left European parties ahead of elections for the European Parliament in June.
“Right-wing populists are running election campaigns against our united Europe,” the German leader said at the Palace of the Parliament, which hosted the conference.
Scholz said a prosperous EU capable of “getting things done” is “the best response to populism and autocrats.” He also pledged continued support for Ukraine, saying it’s “key to restoring peace in Europe.”
The Socialists and Democrats President Iratxe García Pérez also addressed the issue of rising populism in the June elections, saying those parties “only pose a threat to our European project.”
The meeting comes after the EU’s largest political party, the center-right European People’s Party, also met in Bucharest last month, where representatives endorsed Ursula von der Leyen’s bid for a second five-year term leading the bloc’s powerful Commission.
Almost half of the EU’s 27 national leaders are members of the European People’s Party.
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