Labour and Tories suffer heavy losses as Brexit party and Lib Dems surge EU election live results 2019: across EuropeEuropean election latest results 2019: across the UKGreens surge: parties make strongest ever showingMarine Le Pen ahead of Macronīs centrist party, say exit polls 2.57am BST In case you missed this or are just logging on to this live blog, itīs worth looking at this graphic below, that shows, with 99% of the vote counted in the UK, remain parties have taken 40.4% of the vote, while hard Brexit parties have taken 34.9% and the Conservatives and Labour have taken 23.2% between them. UK: 99% counted.Remain parties: 40.4%Hard Brexit parties: 34.9%Conservatives/Labour: 23.2%#EP2019 #Brexit #EuropeanElections2019 #EUelections2019 pic.twitter.com/D9CgBtYmNd 2.46am BST With so many results coming in tonight, and so many parties and coalitions to get your head around, Reuters has published a useful overview:Parties committed to strengthening the European Union held on to two-thirds of seats in the EU parliament, official projections from the blocīs elections showed on Sunday, though far-right and nationalist opponents saw strong gains. Franceīs Emmanuel Macron, who has staked his presidency on persuading Europeans that the EU is the answer to the challenges of an uncertain, globalising world economy, took a personal hit when his centrist movement was edged into second place by Marine Le Penīs anti-immigration, anti-Brussels National Rally. But Macronīs Renaissance, built on the ruins of centre-left and centre-right parties, added to gains for liberals at the EU level as turnout bounced sharply across the bloc. Along with a surge for the Greens, that meant four groups occupying the pro-EU middle ground lost under 20 seats, securing 505 seats out of 751, according to a projection by the European Parliament. That may complicate some policymaking, as a two-party `grand coalition` of the conservative European Peopleīs Party (EPP) and the Socialists (S&D) n ...
|
