EU ELECTIONS: BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF
No dramatic upset. Despite making headlines in France and Italy, right-wing protest parties raised their share of seats in the European parliament merely from 20% to 23% according to the provisional results and projections. Some of their gains came at the expense of left-wing populists. As the four major pro-European mainstream parties fell merely from 70% to 67% of the seats, the European Parliament can continue to read more