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“The very soul of Europe is in danger,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez warned fellow European centre-left politicians who had gathered in Rome forward of a troublesome EU election marketing campaign.
At stake was halt the seemingly unstoppable rise of right-wing and far-right events within the European Parliament vote, which begins on Thursday within the Netherlands and continues throughout all 27 EU member states till Sunday.
Solely 4 EU member states have centre-left or left-wing…