The results of the European Parliament elections on 9 June allowed for two different but complementary readings. When set against the expectations that dominated the weeks before the vote, the performance of the far-right was underwhelming. But compared to the last elections in 2019, the far-right made great advances. The radical right, organised into two different groups in the European Parliament, held around 17% of the seats in the outgoing parliament. Following in-fighting between them, three different parliamentary groups will now occupy 27% of the new parliament’s seats. Underscoring the…