Wipeout in Europe: Conservative parties run away with big wins in EU parliamentary elections

Wipeout in Europe: Conservative parties run away with big wins in EU parliamentary elections: When Geert Wilders's party won in the Netherlands election a few months ago, after many years of trying, some thought it was just an anomaly.

Actually, it was a warning shot.

Europe's EU parliamentary elections since yielded big gains for conservatives in major countries, dubbed "the far right" by the leftist press -- in France, Germany, Belgium and beyond.