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European parliament elections bring volatility back to peripheral bond markets
European parliament elections, which kick off Thursday in Britain and the Netherlands, are set to bring renewed volatility to the Eurozone periphery as anti-EU voices in the bloc's only directly-elected institution get significantly louder. Polls suggest that as many as 220 of the 751 MEPs to be elected in the May 22-25 vote will come from anti-EU parties, dedicated to either scaling back the 28-member union or moving their country further away from it. The Front National is set to become the biggest party in France, while the UK Independence Party (Ukip) is leading the polls in Britain and Geert Wilders' Party for ... (full story)