Right-wing parties in France, Germany and Austria win EU elections

Far-right political parties have scored major gains in European Union parliamentary elections, handing humiliating defeats to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer.

In France, Marine Le Pen's National Rally party dealt a heavy blow to Macron's Renaissance party, prompting the French leader to announce the decision to call early parliamentary elections, a potentially pro-democracy tactic. causing the biggest blow to his party and ruining the remaining three years of his presidential term.

The National Rally party was expected to win about 33 percent of the vote and 31 seats in the next European Parliament - more than double the 15 percent expected for President Macron's party.

Macron himself has admitted that they have failed miserably and announced the decision to call early parliamentary elections whose first round will be held on June 30 and the second round on July 7.

In Germany, the far-right political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) has taken second place, gaining strength ahead of next year's federal elections.

And on the part of Austria, the extreme right-wing political party Uhuru (Freedom Party) has won almost 26 percent of the vote, leading in the votes of the whole country for the first time.