European elections 2019 – as it happened
The majority of results for the European Parliament elections are in. The contest is a crucial political test for leaders including France’s Emmanuel Macron and Italy’s Matteo Salvini.
We’ll be keeping you up to date as European politicians react to the results, as well as their implications for top EU jobs and the union’s political direction.
- Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche pushed into second place by Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in France
- Germany’s centre-left beaten into third place by the greens
- Brexit Party, Lib Dems and Greens gain in UK, Labour and Tories hammered
- Results show only limited gains for anti-EU populist parties
- Jostling underway for European Commission presidency
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