As Europe braces for its parliamentary elections on June 6, the specter of the far right looms large, casting a long shadow over the continent’s political landscape.

The far-right dominates the elections at the expense of the traditionalist right, which constitutes a real earthquake in Italy, one of Europe's founding countries and the eurozone's third economic power.

American media reports revealed the Democratic Party's support for extremist Republican candidates at the expense of moderates, in order to scare liberal and moderate voices into voting for the rival Democratic candidate.