Elections for the European Parliament get underway on Thursday. Immigration and the economy are dominating the political agenda, and the rise of the far-right is dominating the headlines. On Saturday, right-wing leaders from nearly a dozen EU countries, including France, Germany and the Netherlands gathered for a rally in Milan to show their unity. The gathering was led by the Italian Deputy Prime Minister, Matteo Salvini, who wants to form a far-right block within the EU Parliament. Some analysts believe that the future identity of European politics- and the EU itself- is at stake. So, how will voting shape the continent? Presenter: Barbara Serra Guests Theofanis Exadaktylos, senior lecturer in European politics at the University of Surrey Anand Menon, director of the UK in a Changing Europe initiative and a former special adviser to the House of Lords EU committee Stefano Vergine, he is an Italian journalist who focuses on economics and foreign affairs - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/