This episode of All Points North was presented by Egan Richardson and Zena Iovino. The sound engineer was Panu Willman.

This week we ask why the left surged in Finland, while the far-right made gains elsewhere in the European Parliament election.

What did the Left Alliance do right to secure a record result for leader Li Andersson? Why did the Finns Party record less than half their score in last year's parliamentary election? And what does the far-right surge in France mean for the rest of the EU?

Populism researcher Emilia Palonen looked at the Finns Party and the Left Alliance performance, we caught up with outgoing Left Alliance leader Andersson, and Economics Editor and former Brussels correspondent Mehreen Khan gave us an insight into the European context of rising far-right sentiment.

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13 June 2024 / All Points North / Yle News