There is an alternative to the far right in European elections taking place next week, the Party of European Socialists (PES) lead candidate, Nicholas Schmit, emphasized in an interview with the European Newsroom (enr). The Luxembourg politician hit out at the European People’s Party (EPP) for not ruling out cooperation with the extreme right after the elections, as other political groupings in the European Parliament had done. No room for hateful rhetoric The EPP is the largest grouping in the European Parliament and the party of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen who is in th…