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Many EU leaders have been deeply apprehensive about the growing odds that Donald Trump will win the US presidency in November, but they were unanimous in condemning the attempted assassination — and the worsening culture of political violence on both sides of the Atlantic. As President Joe Biden used a rare Oval Office address to implore candidates to cool their rhetoric, several European leaders echoed the warning that the shooting represented a wider problem: extreme rhetoric amplified by social media that’s increasingly leading to real-world attacks. Against the backdrop of the shooting of Slovakia’s Robert Fico, the attack on Trump resonated in countries with far-right parties in power. “It is a warning to everyone, regardless of political affiliation, to restore dignity and honor to politics,” Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said.
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