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European Elections in an Age of Populism, Disruption, and Disinformation

European Elections in an Age of Populism, Disruption, and Disinformation
French right-wing National Front leader Marine Le Pen attends a press conference in Denain near Lille, France on Jan. 27, 2017. Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images
David Kilgour
David Kilgour
Human Right Advocate and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
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The European Union’s 28 member-countries with a combined population of about 512 million last week delivered the highest turnout of voters in two decades in choosing 751 new Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

The Grand Coalition, the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) and centre-left Social Democrats, lost more than 70 MEPs and its long-held majority. The liberal-centrist grouping, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE&R), which includes French President Emmanuel Macron’s new party En Marche, won 32 seats.

David Kilgour
David Kilgour
Human Right Advocate and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
David Kilgour, J.D., former Canadian Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific, senior member of the Canadian Parliament and nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work related to the investigation of forced organ harvesting crimes against Falun Gong practitioners in China, He was a Crowne Prosecutor and longtime expert commentator of the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong and human rights issues in Africa. He co-authored Bloody Harvest: Killed for Their Organs and La Mission au Rwanda.
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