this is the briefing, i'm david eades. we are live from brussels in the morning after the european elections, which saw the highest voter turnout in 20 years. smaller parties make big gains. in germany, the greens become the second largest party, the far—right comes fourth and the established parties do badly. translation: we haven't been dynamic. we have to concede that during our time in government we have not given the decisive answers that the people in germany expect of us. in france, the far—right national rally, led by marine le pen, came just ahead of the en marche

party of president emmanuel macron. in the uk, the brexit party wins most seats but pro—remain parties also make big gains. us president donald trump keeps up pressure onjapan to cut its trade surplus with america, as he meets with japanese prime minister shinzo abe. a warm welcome to the programme, our special edition of the briefing reflecting the results of the elections to the european parliament. quite a mixed bag for you too. and you can be part of the conversation, what do you make of the results

of these elections? what do you think is the most striking aspect? tell us what you think, just use #bbcthebriefing. so, from outside the european parliament, let's get to work. let's talk you through the main points. this is how the new parliament is shaping up, and a loss across europe for centrist parties. the established, traditional heartland for eu politics. some very good results in france, italy and the uk for far right parties. the greens have done well in germany, and the uk, and a big moment across the continent was the turnout, the highest for a european election since 1994. here's ramzan karmali with an update.

these are the projections stopping the european people's party, the christian democrats, the social democrats, they don't have a majority in this house. here's ramzan karmali with an update. over 200 million people have cast their votes in 28 countries across the european union. that's a turnout of 51%, the highest in 20 years. their verdict? well, it's been a bad night for the mainstream parties that currently make up the coalition within the european parliament. the leader of the christian democrats in germany, the party of the current chancellor angela merkel, conceded her party hadn't done enough to persuade voters to stick with them. translation: we haven't been dynamic, we have to concede that during our time in government, we haven't given the decisive answers the people in germany expect of us. the mainstream parties that make up the coalition in the 751—seat parliament looks to be lost.

the centre—right bloc, in light blue, still looks like it will have the most seats. its coalition partner, the socialists in red, will still be second. both the liberals and the greens have made significant gains and now perhaps will be part of a future coalition. we wa nt we want to vote for policies of climate protection. we want to make sure we create a social hero with social protection for everyone, social protection for everyone, social rights for everyone, and also we wa nt social rights for everyone, and also we want to make sure the rule of law and civil liberties are protected everywhere. populist parties have gained ground in a number where marine le pen won her head—to—head battle with president macron. her national rally party looks to have edged out en marche. translation: i see in this a victory in the people who have taken power back tonight with fierceness and dignity. we welcome these results with joy and the national rally‘s name has never been more fitting. whether you voted with your heart or your reason, be assured that

a vote for the national rally is a vote for france the greek prime minister alexis tsipras called for an early general election after his conservative rival new democracy party easily won. perhaps the biggest winner amongst the nationalist parties, though, was in italy, where deputy prime minister matteo salvini's far—right league is projected to beat the democratic party into second. he wants to force a new alliance of right—wing nationalists across europe. in the uk, it was a vote that wasn't supposed to take place for a parliament the british public have already voted to leave in 2016. and there's still the small chance that elected meps may not even take up their seats onjuly the 2nd if britain leaves by then. a big win for the brexit party, yeah, which i'm pleased about. nigel farage and his newlyformed brexit party is set to win ahead of the pro—remain liberal democrats. though the big story is how the two dominant parties — the conservatives and labour — saw their share of the vote capitulate. between them, they couldn't even

secure a quarter of all votes. there'll be hardly any time before the next bit of business the eu. leaders have been invited to a summit on tuesday to decide who gets the top jobs, including the presidencies of the council and the commission. ramzan karmali, bbc news. even that is not as clear now as it might have been before these elections given the way things have shaped. i'm joined by elections given the way things have shaped. i'mjoined by geoff elections given the way things have shaped. i'm joined by geoff meade, former europe editor of the press association, he will be with us looking at the issues that have cascaded down from these results and the first one, you have the background to prove it, is voter turnout. strikingly high for these elections? it is, i've been here since 1979, the first elections, it's always what people look at, the interest and the apathy level. the

problem with a higher turnout is it will bring out eurosceptics, as we have seen this time. there's a double—whammy, of course it is very good news, that's what people here will look at, but the message from the results is clearly mixed. there's a big message for the centre—right leaders in europe, the mainstream parties, but there's lots of interest on both sides stopping the centre—right has squeezed literally from left and right. the centre—right, clearly a big youth vote has turned out as well. you would assume that is presumably a strong green vote, germany in particular, but in a number of countries the greens have come second so overall good news for them? it is, but having watched and been active in these elections, i was surprised last night when i saw the votes coming in and the green surge. frankly, people say the far—right might game some more but it won't be as big as people fear, i expected

more from them in terms of numbers but to see the greens coming through and to the messages. there are m essa 9 es and to the messages. there are messages here for national leaders and european leaders. one of the m essa 9 es and european leaders. one of the messages is be clear in what you're saying about europe and policy. it's interesting, where the far—right have done well, the parties that have done well, the parties that have done well, our established far—right who have a firm base, and the smaller ones seem to have sprinted away in some countries, the netherlands, denmark. that is what is so funny, normally you expect uniformity. if there's a surge in voting in a certain part of the political spectrum you would think it would be fairly uniform, but the far—right and some results have done well, especially the dutch, denmark, they have collapsed. there's one clear message everyone can take from this. leaders here will be poring over this and trying to analyse it and speculate what it means for the future of the eu for a long time. speculate or discuss, that's what we

will do for the brexit party later in the programme, they shouldn't even have been here, a fascinating element to the debate. thanks for the moment. he was reflecting on the situation in italy. let's go to italy where the far—right league party of interior minister matteo salvini won the most votes. its coalition partner the anti—establishment five star movement was beaten by the centre—left democratic party which came second. here's what matteo salvini had to say. the democrats having a bit of a plunge. the league going through the roof. about a third of the votes. matteo salvini pretty happy after that. translation: it is not only the lega that's the first in italy. marine le pen has the first party in france. nigel farage is the first party in britain. so italy, france and great britain. it is a sign of a europe that is changing, a europe tired

of the powers of the elites, finance, multinationals, and from tomorrow we will have to redouble our efforts. we canjoin we can join nuala we canjoin nuala in rome, she's been monitoring this. for mr salvini, a very good result domesticly, let's start from that perspective. definitely. when it comes to these european parliament elections that you've been covering over the past day, what we're really seeing is when they have votes in parliament, it's really a reflection of national issues, nowhere more than italy and matteo salvini of la lega, or the league, he is in current issue with the five star movement, luigi di

maio, the coalition there. it is uneasy, though, to be honest. he was looking for domesticly domesticly is to have a win that could potentially allow him to that alliance and to go it alone as la lega become the governing party. he had a press conference not long after the exit polls came out. elections didn't finish until 11pm in italy, the last bastion of voting in europe, but he said he didn't want to put the government in crisis so he sounded like he would continue with the five star movement. i've been speaking to italian analysts over the past few hours and they say he's a smart politician, he might say that now but that doesn't mean that will be his actions in the coming days, weeks or months. the other side of the equation for mr salvini, of

course, too, is he saw himself in the vanguard of an alliance within european politics of further to the right parties who could get a much stronger stage of the nationstate —— of course, nuala. he would have to be disappointed about how some of those other parties that would in his alliance have fared? there's a couple of things in. before these numbers came through he talked about potentially having another grouping, as our viewers have probably seen, people don't sit in the european parliament nationality by nationality, instead they group together by political leaning. he was hoping to form a new one. in the press conference i mentioned, he talked about nigel farage in the uk and marine le pen in france. really it looks like he won't be able to form that coalition and really there were questions from the get go about it. yes, they might

wa nt to the get go about it. yes, they might want to be a europe of nations but they probably won't agree on emigration. they might like less to their country but if you have immigrants coming from north africa landing in lampedusa insist, will other member states take those people who have arrived? it's been a resounding no and a bone of contention when it comes to any agreement of cohesion, especially when it comes to the far—right parties. how would they agree? i can't see marine le pen saying she would take some of the migrants arriving in italy to her country. yes, certainly one of the challenges for that group. so many different directions they come from. for the moment, nuala, thanks very much indeed. let's have a look another country where the sense of nationstate has been important for the government.

in hungary, the ruling fidesz party of prime minister victor orban did well becoming the strongest party by far and gaining one seat. ina in a sense this was an election for them to lose, because overwhelmingly they are the strongest party in the country. as you can see from that, they have bolstered their position a little bit further. nick thorpe is in budapest following what in some senses, nick, is... well, ithink we have lost nick, i was going to say a fairly predictable result. geoff meade is with me, former europe editor of the press association. looking at the hungarian figures, that's pretty much as we would expect and viktor orban maintains a strong position here as well as back home. he does, he's one of those leaders that worries the leadership in this town. a bad boy? indeed. coming back to these results in terms of what was expected, the

current eu leaders were thinking, are we going to the views of people like viktor orban translated into a monumental sweep through of the far—right and the anti—euro parties? looking at the results, that seems a bit ridiculous, but you can never tell because europe is a strange place in the sense it's always a compromise, we're not a single country where the divisions between parties and politics are clear. you get strange bedfellows in this parliament, strange outcomes and alliances. the relief will be yes, people like viktor orban with their clearly loud voice, and others, will be heard are still around and will be heard are still around and will be fighting against some of the founding ideas of the european union, but they haven't come through in terms of the representation of the parliament to be a full strip be reckoned with. an irritant, certainly, in this new parliament. there's a lot of surprises, but, as

you say, lots of things that aren't surprising at all and it's very much the status quo. for the moment, thank you very much and thanks for being with us on the briefing. we are outside the european parliament in brussels, there is another in strasbourg, don't forget, but this is where the action was last night as the results were coming in and we will analyse them through the programme. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: austria seems to have bucked the european trend, its governing centre—right party won most votes and seen off the far—right. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletic events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7:00am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot, as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into

the juve ntus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of the indian people from the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than 11,500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri haliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, has announced she has left the spice girls. i don't believe it! she's the one with the bounce, the go, the girl power. not geri. why? you're watching the briefing. we are coming live from brussels, outside the european parliament. right across europe the main

ce ntre—left right across europe the main centre—left and centre—right blocs have lost ground to smaller groupings in the eu parliamentary elections. far right parties topped the polls in france and italy. in the european parliamentary elections, the brexit party has won most seats in the uk but there were also gains for smaller parties opposing brexit. the uk wasn't supposed to be taking part in these elections — it planned to leave the european union on march 29th. but as we know that didn't happen. nigel farage's brexit party came top, but the picture is a bit more complicated than that because anti—brexit parties gained a lot of votes as well. yes, the brexit party do have 29 seats, up 29 on last time when they

did not exist. they were a party called ukip. liberal democrats had a great big bounce back. they are a pro—eu party who want to keep uk in the eu so they had a resurgence. labour party lost half of their support, both labour and at the bottom, the conservatives have been very difficult for voters to know which way they may fall in the whole brexit debate over the last few months and indeed in the months ahead. they did quite badly. and the greens have had a good night, up seven seat. let's reflect again on what that might mean. there was no great surprise that the brexit party has done so well. it was a clear message, a single issue party and what would you expect? that is true but as you said, six weeks ago they did not exist. bear in mind the leader of the party as nigel farage raj and i remember the very first

day he sat in this eu parliament whenever it was and began, at that stage to say the only voice who did at the time, we must leave this place and in a way... he was an insulting nuisance at the time. precisely. a voice you did not want to hear but did not threaten anyone. i would love to be a fly on the wall a commission headquarters this morning as they say oh, he is back. they admire his... back then they admired his gut to be this soul voice, virtually. he began withjust a couple of meps in the uk party so it is no surprise that they did well. perhaps quite a surprise they did as well as they did. they will be itching to see the brexit party and the rest of the british meps disappearing as soon as possible because the message time and again now, and i think this is another of those watershed moments is we have to move on and brexit has played

them for the last three or four yea rs. them for the last three or four years. absolutely it has. it is a bizarre situation. britain is not supposed to be in the union anymore, we, the british people, are not meant to have an mp in this parliament so the hope and what they will pray for now in the european commission is that, yes, britain moves quickly before nigel farage does more political damage within the eu. i'm sure the brexit party we re the eu. i'm sure the brexit party were celebrating long into the night to thanks again for that. lets have a look at another couple of countries. in austria, the ruling people's party appear to have taken 35% of the vote. the country's chancellor, sebastian kurz, spoke of his surprise. before we do, let's look at how that maps out. the social democrats had a good result. now we go to the

chancellor. translation: i must be honest with you, iam translation: i must be honest with you, i am usually not lost for words but i am almost speechless. we have been waiting a long time. we were optimistic but it is a brilliant result. there has been nothing like it. the best result of all time, the biggest gap between first and second of all time. it is simply incredible andi of all time. it is simply incredible and i think you and the voters above for the incredible support. it has been an interesting and surprising result. bethany is in vienna. how has it gone down? surprising for many people today because the austrian government itself is in the grip of a scandal, the coalition that he had with the far right freedom party collapsed about a week ago after a video sting emerged showing the disgraced leader of the freedom party apparently promising a woman posing as the

knees of a russian oligarch of an contracts. it was expected that both the conservative party and the far right freedom party would suffer at these elections. the chancellor 's party on the other hand has done well and even the freedom party lost 296. well and even the freedom party lost 2%. but it is not time for the chancellor to relax because today the opposition social democrats said they plan to bring a vote of no—confidence against him and the entire government so he will be fighting for his political future today. thank you very much, bethany. we will also go to hungary because nick thorpe is with us now from budapest. talk about a vote of no confidence in austria there. i think it is fairto confidence in austria there. i think it is fair to say it is a vote of com plete it is fair to say it is a vote of complete confidence in the prime minister and his party. certainly the first impression. yet another

massive victory for viktor orban. 5296. massive victory for viktor orban. 52%. some parties win with only 28 or 29% so a sweeping victory once again. there are some aspects of this result which will give viktor orbana this result which will give viktor orban a pause for thought. he lost1 million votes compared to a year ago in the general elections and this is a party that prides itself in knowing the name and address and phone number of each of its voters. looking across the european spectrum, i think it is interesting that viktor orban, even injanuary this year was talking about this surge of nationalist parties like his own, like that in italy, and hoping, even speaking of them taking over the bastian of the eu and emerging as a majority. they have increased their vote to 25% across europe. as viktor orban looks around this morning after the joy of last

night's victory he will look for allies are not finding as many as he would have hope for. thank you very much indeed for that. we are digesting, really, the results. there are so many different stories and strands coming in. early on last night it looked as if the greens would have an extra ordinary election. they have done well, particularly in germany but across the piece they are still a relatively small group with 70 or so seats. let's see how it all breaks down here. 751 seats up for grabs and the key message in this is that established parties of the christian democrats, the european people's pa ry democrats, the european people's pary group, and the social democrats, that's the s and d, together they forged a union over so many years where they had a majority say in that parliament. they cannot do that on their own anymore. so there will be opportunities,

negotiations, machinations to work out a majority there. we will keep across this for you here on the bbc news. don't go away. hello. it wouldn't be a bank holiday weekend without some rain around. unfortunately, those of us who need it most have actually seen very little and sussex was one of the counties which avoided most of the showers on sunday. by contrast, we've had a lot of rain across parts of scotland, particularly highland and aberdeenshire as much as 30 millimetres, well over an inch, injust 2a hours. now this frontal system lingers as we go into bank holiday monday across scotland. that's going to keep further rain going across chiefly across the central belt, southern scotland, down into parts of the far north of england and northern ireland. elsewhere, it's a day of sunny spells and scattered showers. but the showers most frequent across north—west and south—west england and wales. a brisk west or north—westerly wind will push them a little bit further into the midlands, some southern counties of england,

but fewer showers across east anglia and south—east england. more in the way of sunshine here so that means higher temperatures, 18 or 19 celsius. mid to high teens for most butjust 9—10 celsius for the far north of scotland. and we'll keep some showers going through the evening, they will tend to fade but some showery rain reforming across northern ireland, parts of wales, eastern scotland. elsewhere, a mixture of variable cloud and clear spells. but it will be a cooler night compared to the nights had through the bank holiday weekend. so on into tuesday, we've still got this little frontal system diving its way southwards, still generating showers. the winds will be lighter but they are coming from the north or the north—west so the cool air that we've been seeing across scotland will start to dig its way a little bit further southwards. a cool start to tuesday for many. there'll be some bright or sunny spells, but on tuesday quite a few showers developing across central and eastern areas. the best chance for east anglia and south—east england to see some decent rain will be from the showers, but they are going to be somewhat hit—and—miss. few showers further west, the best of the sunshine here,

temperatures for most in the mid—teens, maybe 17 or 18 celsius across southern england where we get any sunshine. into wednesday, we've got this area of high pressure building from the south—west, so that's going to kill off most of the showers across england and wales. it should be a dry and fine day here, still some showers to talk about, chiefly across northern ireland and the western side of scotland. after a sunny start for much of the uk, the cloud will build. but for much of england, wales and southern scotland it should be mainly dry. temperatures typically again in the mid—teens, 17 or 18 celsius further south. so to sum up the week ahead, it's going to be cooler for a time. there will be some rain, but for those who need it most there may not be very much.

this is the business briefing. i'm samantha simmonds. what do the european parliament elections bring for business? we'll be live from brussels. us president donald trump keeps up pressure on japan to cut its trade surplus with america, as he meets with japanese prime minister shinzo abe. and on the markets, asian markets made a tepid recovery monday as investors sought to shrug off a difficult week dominated by anxiety over the fractious us—china trade war. more on the markets shortly.