hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source, live from brussels. first the estimates and then the european parliamentary results came into us. one of the newest parties is one of the biggest winners. the uk's brexit party — only formed six weeks ago — has swept to victory. this message from its leader. if we do not leave on october the sist if we do not leave on october the 31st then the scores you see for the brexit party today will be repeated ina brexit party today will be repeated in a general election and we are getting ready for it.

for the ruling conservatives the result was a catastrophe. this is the worst result in elections. in france where marine le pen‘s far—right national rally came top. translation: emmanuel macron should dissolve the assembly...

it was a night of political drama in the building behind me in brussels where the european parliament sits. hour after hour estimates and projections were released, then confirm results as to how this election was going. it was spread across 28 eu member states, all voting towards the 751 members of the european parliament. it threw up any number of talking points. we will work through them all. let's start in the the uk. the brexit party didn't exist a couple of months ago. now it's won a national election. the liberal democrats and the green party also made gains. unlike the opposition labour party and the ruling conservatives. that figure from the conservatives adds up figure from the conservatives adds up to the worst performance in any national election in which it has

taken part. votes in northern ireland are still being counted, when we get them we will bring them to you. they are being counted this evening. five years ago nigel farage led the uk independence party to victory in the european elections. this time he's done the same with brexit party. here he is. listen to us. we have got people here amongst this team, many of whom have real experience of business. people here have even done deals before. isn't that interesting? what we are saying is we have got a mandate, we should be part of that negotiations in brussels. we have got the experience. let us make sure the country is ready on october 31 to leave that european union on whatever terms. the brexit party as the name suggests, wants the uk out of the eu as soon as possible. this though is interesting.

it puts the votes of the brexit party alongside the votes of the liberal democrats and all other parties who explicitly want to remain in the eu. the conservative and labour votes are not factored in to the equation. all the leading contenders to replace theresa may want brexit. as for labour's position — it remains nuanced. but it is certainly not explicit about wanting to stop brexit. however you analyse this — it was a good outcome for the lib dems. here's their leader. it is very clear from the big picture of the results we now have a clear majority in the country who wa nt to clear majority in the country who want to stop brexit. stay in the european union. as for our party of liberal democrats, we did brilliantly well. ta ken liberal democrats, we did brilliantly well. taken together with the local government election result is a few weeks ago, we are clearly now a major national force

again. our next big task is to work with other people in other parties who are like—minded, initially to stop britain crashing out of the european union by accident. theresa may, prime ministerfor a european union by accident. theresa may, prime minister for a few more days yet responded on twitter. it's focusing minds. but in lots of different ways. here's one conservative mp. this is their worst result in our pa rty‘s history this is their worst result in our party's history in elections. and it

isa party's history in elections. and it is a wake—up call to my colleagues in parliament that we had to deliver on the instruction the british people gave as in 2016, the brexit referendum. the parties that have done well have a very clear message on where they stand with the big issues like brexit., labour leaderjeremy corbyn is facing increasing pressure from senior members of his party to back another referendum on brexit. this is his shadow finance minister. we are faced with the potential of a brexiteer extremist almost certainly becoming leader of the tory party, whether boris johnson, becoming leader of the tory party, whether borisjohnson, dominic raab, someone whether borisjohnson, dominic raab, someone of that ilk. we are faced with the prospect of a no deal which could have catastrophic consequences, and a tory leader being elected on that basis no matter what the results for jobs. being elected on that basis no matter what the results forjobs. we have got to prevent that. of course

we wa nt have got to prevent that. of course we want a general election. realistically after last night there will not be many tory mps who will vote for a general election, so our best way for doing that is going back to the people in a referendum andi back to the people in a referendum and i think that is what our members want. but this is the position ofjeremy corbyn himself. we are listening very carefully to what everyone has to say on this subject. the country is clearly divided. nigel farage and the brexit party do not offer any agreements to eu, simply crashing out which would cause chaos to jobs and services across this country. i think we do have a responsibility to listen to what everyone has to say and ensure that there is an agreement is made, and that is then put to a public vote. chris mason is at westminster. i hope you managed to get some sleep after covering the elections late into the night, let us start by talking about the conservatives, a party which is just won a national

election, high—profile leader in nigel farage. where does the brexit party fit into calculations and processes of delivering brexit? after a smidgen of sleep i woke up to survey the political landscape this lunchtime. what you can see is a thunderbolt that has pulverised the two big parties at westminster, the two big parties at westminster, the conservatives and labour. looking at the conservatives first. what it is going to do i think is sharpen the focus, and it was already getting sharp over the weekend, sharpen the focus in the minds of those who aspire to take over from theresa may on the entire issue of a no—deal brexit. the uk leaving the european union at the end of october without an overarching deal. it seems very hard to imagine the uk managing to get a different deal that can be agreed with the eu and passed in the house of commons on the timeframe that is

currently set out, the deadline of 3ist currently set out, the deadline of 31st october. we have seen some of those who would like to take over from theresa may saying that they are comfortable with the idea of a no—deal brexit. but the question is, would they be willing to go for it and october? some have said they would. some would say they would prefer would. some would say they would p refer to would. some would say they would prefer to have a deal if they could get it. it is not like they will get a deal in that timeframe. there will bea a deal in that timeframe. there will be a real focus a deal in that timeframe. there will be a realfocus now a deal in that timeframe. there will be a real focus now on that entire business of whether or not they are willing to take the uk out on no deal terms, because that is clearly, because it was so central to the argument of the brexit party, something that a good number of people around the country are happy to see happen, because they want to see brexit. what about labour? we have made much of the past of the conservative government not having one line in brexit but it is becoming increasingly confusing who to listen to from labour also. it really is. labour have up till 110w it really is. labour have up till now had a pretty ambiguous position. they argue that that was something

that was justified because they were attempting to bring a divided country and a divided party, and divided constituencies together. but when you listen to their senior voices today, they are in a bind at the moment. you heard john mcdonnell, the shadow chancellor, just they are, saying that he now thinks that another referendum is probably the way forward. that is a view that has been articulated and agreed with byjohn ashworth, shadow health secretary. jeremy corbyn, party leader, more ambiguous, talking about the prospect of a referendum on a deal with the european union. there is not a deal at the moment. and a deal that jeremy corbett would be happy with is presumably a deal that he has negotiated with the european union after a general election. —— jeremy corbyn. what we are seeing now in the labour party is something that we have seen for some time in the conservative party, these are two big beasts of the british physical

jungle, which at the last general election managed to get 40% plus of the vote each, and therefore the broad coalitions straddle both instincts of brexit. how do you square that in the context of a country that is divided and an election, the result of which last night, showed that it is the purists on both sides of the argument, those arguing for immediate brexit, if necessary without an overarching deal, those arguing for other referendum or revoking article 50, remaining in the eu, how on earth the two main parties can try and make an argument for anything in between those two polar opposites, anything that can be labelled compromise, in an era and in an election result we are purists on both sides can see they are the clear victors? cani clear victors? can i ask you about the remainers, the lib dems, chains uk, the snp and

others. a few days ago i was interested to see that the ce ntre—left interested to see that the centre—left and had come together in a coalition to pursue interests in this election. is there a possibility we might see some type of coalition forming against brexit? that is the big question now being asked. i was presenting a bbc radio special on the results last night. what was striking was that every single guest on that remain side of the argument was basically indulging ina bit the argument was basically indulging in a bit of broadcasting arithmetic, they were adding up relative shares of the votes of parties that i seem to be advocates of another referendum or remain, trying to make an argument that if you add those, thatis an argument that if you add those, that is bigger than the brexit party. you can have that argument forever because then you have to say whether conservatives labour into either of those camps, but the question i was putting is the one you have just put to me question i was putting is the one you havejust put to me now, why are those on the remain side so divided? are they willing to collaborate to a degree, particularly change uk, that

is bubbled out of british politics in the last few months, made up of disaffected labour and conservative mps, advocating another referendum and remain. and whilst they were not absolutely saying, let us do it and let us do it now, they were not ruling it out either. that slightly trickier thing for the more longer established parties on the remain side of the argument, liberal democrats, snp, the welsh nationalist, they are more embedded ina long nationalist, they are more embedded in a long standing parties with platforms that extend beyond the issue of the european union. and therefore the likelihood of them being able to get together is much, much harder, i think, given that they will all have their eyes on a future beyond brexit. however this entire question of britain's relation needs resolved. quite frankly, this evening, look at the entire brexit question and you wonder if it'll ever be resolved

because there is no clear path towards this issue ever shifting itself from the top table british politics. you are looking ahead to a future beyond brexit. sometimes hard to imagine that that does exist. maybe it does. we will have to see. and you will hear chris along with other contributors on our podcast. we are in a beautiful square in brussels. we have a couple of guests to talk about the european elections. camino mortera—martinez, senior research fellow at the centre for european reform. focuses on migration, security and criminal law. valentina pop, reports for the wall streetjournal. brexit remains an issue with prime

minister theresa may having announced she will step down, the entire question of who will succeed her as preoccupying entire question of who will succeed her as preoccu pying some entire question of who will succeed her as preoccupying some of the eu leaders. but i think the main issue tomorrow when they gather here in brussels, eu leaders it will be less about her successor, and who should be top dogs, who should be in the topjobs here in the european union after the election. leaving brexit to one side, there are so many strands to these parliamentary elections, what did you react to last night as the most significant moments? everybody is talking about how turn up has gone up. that is very important in brussels or the european parliament. but at the same time, the headline should be, populists are not as popular as we thought they were going to be. at the end of the date the populist wave was less than was thought. the

biggest party in france, the biggest party in hungary, the list goes on. but in france you must remember that marine le pen already one of the 2015 elections with more votes than la st 2015 elections with more votes than last night. in hungary, that remains a big problem with respect to the european union. but in germany and other places, we should not forget that one of the biggest eurosceptic parties as the brexit party in the uk which is supposedly going to leave the european parliament in nine months. we will come back to in the next few minutes. those of you watching, if you have questions for oui’ watching, if you have questions for our guests, send them our way.

the two biggest parties have retained their seats but the big story was northern ireland's third seat, for the first time in a0 years that has gone to a new centre ground party, which you can designate neither unionist nor nationalist. it isa neither unionist nor nationalist. it is a party which attracts votes across the community. the alliance party. a huge result for naomi long. why does this matter for northern ireland? here at the political landscape has been dominated for so

long by unionist and nationalist parties, that big community divide. so very striking result. this is outside source live from the brussels. one of the newest parties was one of the biggest winners, that uk's brexit party, only been around for a few week, it came top, there was a huge defeat for the conservatives, they were down to fifth place.

if you have been following this european campaign it is notjust about monitoring the polarisation of european politics but also the fragmentation. for a long time that european parliament has been dominated by two blocks, a centre left bloc and a centre—right bloc. they had a working majority. they do not have a majority anymore. this is how it went. both of them lost over a0 seats each, in cases to the greens, in some cases to liberals, in other cases to nationalist. each nation tells a different story. we will look in germany now. angela merkel christian democrats and her rival social democrats suffered in the elections two years ago and they continue to suffer in this european election. greens took the headlines, they moved into

second. angela merkel‘s party and the sister party were still first but it was their worst result in an election, as was the case for the social democrat party, languishing in third place. 60% of germans voted. perhaps this is one of the first times we have seen climate change being a key issue in deciding a major election swing in europe. maybe that is a sign of things to come. the fact the two main blocs in european parliament do not have a majority means they have to form alliances, that liberal bloc and the green block are obvious choices. the green bloc has plenty of leverage. we are thankful that the trust that the voters have put into the green party all over europe. ours is now a big task and a big responsibility to put our demands into practice when it comes to climate protection, but

also when it comes to making sure that the european union becomes a social union. those two centrist blocks are going to want to talk to you because they made that matter they may need you to have a functioning majority. what do you wa nt functioning majority. what do you want in return for voting with them on occasions? for as it is very clear. we are the greens and we want to put green policies into place. we wa nt to to put green policies into place. we want to vote for policies on climate protection. we want to make sure we create a social unit with social protection for everyone, social rights for everyone. also, we want to make sure that the rule of law and liberty is protected everywhere in the european union, also for example in hungary. we are going to vote for those policies. the greens find themselves in quite a strong position, don't they? they do. yesterday when asked would they

be kingmakers, the answer was they would be queen makers because they have a woman in charge. not that many people suspected them to be as high as they were yesterday. for me, the green wave is one of the most important highlights from yesterday's not only did they score very well and unexpectedly so, also the other party leaders had a very green discourse. almost catering, someone green discourse. almost catering, someone said, the greens have one tonight, the centre—right one —— lost so many seats. this is not perhaps just about seats in parliament, but the influence over the entire discussion around climate

change. last night it felt that something was shifting that everyone noticed? definitely. it is also opportunistic from several other parties because they see what is happening in the streets with the student protests, with the climate reality. so they are trying to cater to that vote. but i am not sure how much this will translate into policies. in france for instance with one policy that emmanuel macron tried to push through, which was environmentally friendly, triggered the entire yellow vest movement. while the european parliament has power it cannot initiate legislation. the greater power lies with the european council which represents the heads of state, and the commission. in reality the

parliament cannot force those heads of state to do anything stop that is correct. but at the same time it is right to say that the big deal of the greens from last night's elections is that they were able to have the discourse with other leaders. it will be interesting to see whether the greens with the numberof meps see whether the greens with the number of meps is able to have a green commissioner in the european commissioner, and they are able to ride the green wave which is not only happening in europe but in the states and elsewhere. their impact will be much higher thanjust a handful of meps in brussels. explain to our viewers who do not follow the ins and outs of brussels. the parliament can influence who has key positions in the commission which in turn influences policy. explain the relationship between that. eu law

says that the result of the european elections need to be taken into account when appointing the president of the european commission. not only that, but that tra nslates commission. not only that, but that translates into whatever composition of the parliament, as we have seen it is a very mixed composition right now, not only that, the parliament needs to hold hearings and can dismiss or strike down commissioner candidates. and the entire european commission, it did so once. they do hold some sway over the eu executive. therefore also over the council where all the leaders gather. many of the policy is that those leaders agree need to be approved, needs to have the final approval of the parliament. thank you for explaining that. we will be back in the coming one and a half

hours. if you have questions about brussels, and the election results, send them our way. back in a couple of minutes. on sunday we had reports of 27 tornadoes across parts of the united states, tied in with a weather system which continues to push northwards and eastwards. again we are likely to see severe storms over the coming hours, this time across the coming hours, this time across the upper great lakes. illinois and michigan seeing the threat of tornadoes. that threat then eases from these storms as we go on to tuesday. but there will be further pick thunderstorms breaking out in that more usual place, tornado alley, oklahoma, may be parts of kansas, northern texas seeing storms on tuesday. the south—east of the united states meanwhile stays hot and sunny. southern china, a lot of

cloud, torrential downpours. this low pressure is going nowhere fast. while we see further heavy rain across southern china over the coming day or so, we could easily see 50—100 mil metres of rain, perhaps more than that over the mountains, bringing the threat of flash flooding and may be landslides. over the last week, this monsoon has not made much progress, it has stayed to the south of sri lanka. it continues to bring heavy rain. we could see the arrival of the south—west monsoon, wednesday, perhaps thursday, and we could see it arrived across the south tip of india, as we get towards a friday or at the weekend. the monsoon brings the majority of rain across this pa rt the majority of rain across this part of asia so it is something that's eagerly anticipated.

meanwhile in australia, blustery winds affecting victoria and tasmania, feeling cool as well with the strength of the winds. heavy showers. in new zealand, heavy outbreaks of rain forecast for most of this week across the western mountains of the south island of new zealand. some areas could pick up about half a metre of rain before the end of this week. for central europe, another area of slow moving low pressure, bringing cloudy skies, heavy fund outbreaks of rain, cool weather for the time of year across italy. storms into parts of the balkans and central areas of europe. further east some warm sunshine. thunderstorms could bring a localised flooding to poland, they will push further eastward over the next few days. for us, more of the same, sunshine and showers, best of the dry weather across western

areas, most frequent showers in the east.

hello, i'm ros atkins,

this is outside source. live here in the centre of brussels, as we digest the european parliamentary election results. in the uk, one party is grabbing most of the headlines at least. the brexit party was born just a few weeks ago, but it swept to victory, getting over 30% of the vote. and it also left the ruling conservative party licking its wounds. it came in fifth with a vote below 10%. elsewhere in europe, we have seen mixed success for populists and nationalists. in france, where marine le pen's national rally came top, and austria's government has collapsed. more political drama, nothing to do with the european parliamentary elections but chancellor kurtz has lost a no—confidence motion, so the government has gone.

let's turn our attention to france next. this was very much billed by both marine le pen and emmanuel macron as a political duel between the two of them and they're very different visions of france and europe. the poll said it would be tight, and so it proved, but marine le pen and her national rally party came out on top. it is going to take 22 members of the european parliament. emmanuel macron's en marche will take 21. the greens again taking a story again, 12 seats, the republicans and the socialist once dominated french politics, not at the moment. this is what marine le pen said after the results came through. translation: emmanuel macron has no choice but to dissolve the national assembly and make it a more democratic election that finally reflects the real opinion of the country's people. we

have not heard from emmanuel macron yet but we have heard from the french prime minister. translation: i welcome these results with humility, with humility but also with great determination to continue to gather the forces of progress of our country. determination to prepare for the future of our country. i will be working to continue the project of the president and the majority. so emmanuel macron did not win this one but he still has plenty of influence over what happens here in brussels. first of all as french president he is one of the most influential voices within the european council. the council represents the leaders of the eu's member states, and then second, all of his newly elected meps will be part of the liberal bloc in the european parliament, which will have plenty of sway, and this is why. here's the breakdown of the seats within the european parliament. the liberal bloc, known as ld, marked in yellow, we think it will have over 100 seats out of the

751. if that is the case, it will be the third biggest bloc and potentially the kingmaker. earlier oni potentially the kingmaker. earlier on i spoke to the bbc‘s paris correspondence hugh schofield about this result for emmanuel macron. well, it is a knock obviously. he invested himself personally in the campaign in the last week or two because he could see the threat from the marine le pen's party growing. and he said we need to beat these people in order to show them france is leading the way in pushing back against the populists and the nationalist, and he didn't win. so, yes, it is a defeat and it will mean that in europe he cannot stride across the stage with the same confidence that he's had. and his agenda will therefore be commensurately less successful, i would say. having said all that, though, one cannot write this off simply asa though, one cannot write this off simply as a macron defeat or a humiliation. he is the man in government after two years in power and a particularly torrid last six

months, and yet he very nearly won this election. how many other people in europe, how many other parties, leaders, say that? in our modern times in western europe, we are used to sit in government is getting absolutely thrashed at european elections and yet he very nearly won this one. so he comes out of this, yes, with a kind of sober assessment of how much more work there is to be yet done, and yes, with his agenda slightly knocked off course, but i think it comes out really reenforced because his vision of france and a europe divided into these two blocks, the progressives, as he would call himself, and the national southern tests, that image, that dichotomy is very much there, and it kind of services purpose. let's talk a little about marine le pen. she won this election five years ago when her party was called the national front. she didn't manage to get all the way to the presidency. do you think we can now consider her a genuine presidential contender when that comes around in a few

yea rs ? when that comes around in a few years? well, we have got to stop talking about her and her party as some sort of lions who deserve to be cut out of the debate and ignored. —— fly ins. she has an awful lot going against, one is that she has hardly any member is a parliament, and this situation in which the populist block has such a huge percentage of the vote in these elections and it has such a tiny representation in parliament is causing huge strain and i don't think it is sustainable. she was a contender two years ago, she got through to the last two. she will get through, as things stand, next time around. i'm not sure that the politics will have changed that much though next time round, which is why macron is still quite content with this result. if it was a rerun between him and her at a presidential election tomorrow, he would still win. webb i will speak with camino and valentino injust a moment. a message from washington state saying

how do you form a bloc? to form a bloc within the european parliament you need 35 meps and they have to represent at least seven countries, have i remember that right? ok, so if you got those two things you can think about forming a block macro. not everyone can do it. it was a good night for the greens it was arguably a better night for the liberals. absolutely. they made the biggest gains last night, going up from 60 m e ps to 10a which is a big thing for the liberals, and obviously the question there is whether macron's party, lorraine stance, as it is good now, is actually going to integrate with the bigger liberal group and will support the supports of the conservatives and the socialists. as i was saying before, the real king or queen maker will be the liberal

party. but can we talk about this bloc having a coherent policy agenda? because when you look at the parties within these locks —— within these bloc plural, they are quite diverse, so do they manage to diversify? —— do they manage to coordinate? previously it was a bit hit and miss, now they have this star, emanuel macron, we will have his own ideas will stop the liberal group itself has some uncomfortable members, just like the centre—right has the party of the hungarian prime minister viktor orban, the liberals also have a party of the czech prime minister, andre babich, so there might be some frictions there in the formation of this new group with the french president's party. but if we can say broadly the green bloc obviously wants further actions on emissions, say, what is the priority for the liberal bloc? what is on the

shopping list? that is anybody's guess. they have environmentalist claims, free market, free trade but also social protection, they want to renew europe. some of them are federalists, some are not. i think they are more about national traditions than being called liberals. what a liberal is in spain for example is completely different from what a liberal is in the netherlands. or in denmark. sometime you will hear these blocs in the european parliament refer to as parties. they are not parties in the way you think of political parties, they don't have singular policies, they don't have singular policies, they are a collection of roughly like—minded parties from different countries who form a coalition or a bloc within the parliament. now, let's talk about right—wing parties across europe because they did not meet in all cases their high

expectations but where they did well, they did very well. let me give you some examples. this is the ruling law and justice party is right—wing and socially conservative, it has resisted eu effo rts conservative, it has resisted eu efforts to stop its judicial reforms in poland and it did very well. a5% of the vote, seven points clear of a pro—eu european coalition, which is a collection of different opposition parties, so evenjoining a collection of different opposition parties, so even joining forces didn't do the trick. this is very good news for law and justice because they are —— there are parliamentary elections coming down the track in poland later this year. in hungary, vitesse won more than 50% of the vote, the party of viktor orban. let's hear from 50% of the vote, the party of viktor orban. let's hearfrom the prime minister himself. translation: the election victory means that hungarians gave us three tasks. foremost, the task of stopping immigration all across europe.

they gave us the task to defend the europe of nations and to protect christian culture in europe. another person who wants a europe of nations is matteo sal vini and his legal party in italy delivered a clear victory with 3a% of the vote —— league party. look at the performance of the democratic party, down on where it was five years ago but up where it has been recently. also worth noting, look in third, the league formed a coalition government with the populist five star movement. the last italian election five star was the biggest party, it is now in third and that would be a profound concern to its supporters. here is matteo salvini, confirming he is the dominant force in italy and celebrating with his supporters. translation: the balance changes for sure, the league is

first in italy. marine le pen's party is first in france. nigel farage's party is first in the uk. orban's party is first in hungary. kitchen ski's party is first in poland. this means there is a desire for change, a desire for work, a desire for dignity. let's be clear, not all populist parties shared in the success that salvini saw. in the netherlands could build a's party was all of its seats. right—wing parties also struggled in spain and in denmark. let's speak to sylvia, a correspondent for politico, live for us from rome. thank you for joining us on outside source. were you surprised by the scale of salvini's victory? the scale was pretty big in the polls before the elections all gave him under 30%, so with a lot of commentary about him being

down in the polls compared to where he was in february and march. a lot of the media was saying c, given his aggressive campaign, and his anti—eu and anti—immigration rhetoric, he is losing lots of his votes, and it looked like the five stars, who have shifted to the centre left, so to speak, during the european campaign, where up in the polls, and instead they plummeted to below 20%, which none of the pollsters had forecasted. so it was a big surprise was not we knew he was going to be the first party in the country but definitely not up to 3a%. the country but definitely not up to 3496. i know his job title is deputy prime minister but is it reasonable to say he is now the most powerful politician in the country? absolutely reasonable, and of course he is going to figure out a way to sort of invest his popularity in potentially a general election, but of course right now he doesn't want to pull a plug on the government and

be held responsible for making the government collapse, because probably that would attract some criticism, and also it would risk him losing votes. so now the question is how he can put this popularity to use, and he talking about priorities and policies that the league believes are crucial for this government, and of course these are policies that the government partner, the populist five stars don't like, so the question as he is the leader but will he be able to pass legislation and actually prioritised the league's crucial policies? if that is the perspective of italian politics, let's talk about european politics. he will be sending all of these meps to the european parliament and he wants them to change the eu from the inside. can you give us more details

on what his aspirations are? last night at the press conference he gave right after the results were known, he said european rules have to change, they have to change on agriculture, on fisheries, on trade, on national budgets, and these are all things he has been saying throughout the campaign and that have made him very popular during the past year in government. let's think about the budget spat, because italy increased its deficit spending, but of course these are things that are very hard to modify on an eu's level and a parliament with 751 seats, salvini's party has about 30, and his bloc, you were talking about blocs before, is set to have around 70, so of course this isa to have around 70, so of course this is a minority within a parliament thatis is a minority within a parliament that is going to fight hard to form a majority that is pro—european and

reformist, as you were saying earlier, between perhaps the liberals and the greens and the european people's party and the socialists. so he is talking to his voters and telling italians that he will have the party —— the power because of this 3a% to change europe from within but this is actually far from within but this is actually far from reality because in europe he is the minority, and his bloc will be the minority, and his bloc will be the minority, and his bloc will be the minority that is going to be isolated. sylvia, thank you very much indeed. interestingly mr salvini keeps referencing a nigel farage. i spoke to him very briefly about a week ago, he mentioned him then, he mentioned him again last night. it will be interesting to see where the brexit party sits in the european parliament for the period of time between the time when the meps arrive and when brexit happens, whether that is the end of october ora whether that is the end of october or a later date. in a few minutes at outside source, we will turn to vienna because there has been more political drama, nothing to do with his european parliamentary elections. the chancellor sebastian

kurz had a good night last night. not such a good day today. he has lost a vote of no confidence and the government has gone. let's take a closer look at the european parliament election results in one area of the uk — the west midlands. there, the brexit party took more than a third of the votes and will have three meps — while labour, the conservatives, greens and liberal democrats each have one. the people of of wednesbury in the west midlands have been giving their reactions. i thought it was a whitewash for the brexit party. yeah, i think people are just so fed up of it all and theyjust want are just so fed up of it all and they just want somebody are just so fed up of it all and theyjust want somebody to say this is what's going to happen and get on with it. once and for all, this is what we've got. unfortunately it is not going to please everybody, but this is what we've got, let's stand

together and achieve the objective at the end of the day, and steer this country where it needs to go. do what the people voted for, get we out with no deal. they want we more than we want them. no leadership at all. none at all. come on nigel, get us all. none at all. come on nigel, get us out, he is the only one speaking the truth, he. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. over the last couple of weeks we have been moving around europe, we started in milan, then we went to warsaw, berlin, paris, we had turned up warsaw, berlin, paris, we had turned up here in brussels for the european election results, and let's look at austria next. last night austria's chancellor, sebastian kurz was all smiles — he'd delivered a clear victory for his people's party in the european elections. today, he lost a vote of no confidence in his government. this is the moment that the president of the parliament announced it. mr kurz shook her hand

before he left the room. earlier in the debate, this is what he said. translation: today, iwould translation: today, i would like to make the promise that i will do whatever i can to help maintain stability in austria. if today's vote goes the way i expected, then we will have a new government. no matter what they looked like we were not put obstacles in their way but support them. let's just recap a bit. mr kurz‘s conservative austrian's people's party had been in coalition with the far—right freedom party, or fpo. its leader — heinz—christian strache — was the vice chancellor under that alliance. but he had to resign two weekends back, after this secret video emerged.

it appears to show mr strache in ibiza offering public contracts to a woman he believes is a russian investor — if she buys a large stake in an austrian newspaper which then supports his party. and he in return could do some favours. after the resignation, his freedom party colleagues all resigned from the government after sebastian kurz‘s handling of the affair. and now the freedom party has voted in support of the no confidence motion — effectively ending the government that it had been part of. and if you noted that mr kurz sounded confident despite the situation, that may well be rooted in how the public voted in these european elections. this was last night. i have too be honest with you, i'm usually not lost for words but i'm almost speechless. we've been waiting a long time. we were optimistic but it's a brilliant result. there hasn't been anything

like it. some had thought those results might save his skin today. turns out they didn't. remember, we had a very immediate example of how european results can affect domestic politics last night when alexis tsipras, greece's prime minister, called early elections after his ruling party did badly in the eu elections. but mr kurz‘ party won last night's vote with a record 3a.9%. and this tweet from analyst franz—stefan gady makes a point that's been picked up by others. "my prediction: #kurz will be back in office by the end of october/november with an even larger share of the electorate. he definitely will be back.

certainly has confidence at the moment is rooted in these european election results. bethany bell is the bbc‘s correspondent in vienna. here she is on what will happen next. everything is now up to austria's head of state. he will have two in the next few days a another ca reta ker the next few days a another caretaker government. we've heard calls from the opposition, from the social democrats in particular, saying that the whole caretaker government should be technocrats, and people have speculated that it might be former presidents, people who can take an expert government who can take an expert government who can take an expert government who can hold the fort until the new elections can take place, but who don't have a political party agenda to push themselves, because that was the fear among certainly the social democrats. i should add though — mr strache, the man who set off the whole scandal,

has actually been elected as an mep. the scandal brought down the government he was part of but it hasn't ended his political career. we've looked at the elections in individual countries — to finish, let's step back and look at the eu—wide picture again. euronews' political editor summarises it like this: "in an election of 28 countries and nearly a00 million people, sunday's results have provided an unsurprisingly complex mix of stories. if there is a narrative: it's one of fragmentation and polarization. we've already talked about fragmentation in the new european parliament — the way that the centrist groupings have lost their working majority and so might have to forge new deals with the smaller groups. and that also affects who might be

appointed to the top roles within eu institutions. probably the most prominently discussed is jean—claude juncker‘s role — the eu commission president. manfred weber — the leader of the epp — was favourite to take this on. he is still very much in contention. but although the epp is still the largest party in the eu parliament, it didn't do as well as expected. the leaders of the 28 eu member states will meet on tuesday to discuss appointments. but already there are reports, like this in the guardian, of a split between france and germany over mr weber's candidacy. another rival candidate, from the liberal alde group, spoke to me last night — i asked her how she fancied her chances. well, i have put my name forward, because if you don't ask for things, you won't get it. in the worst thing that can happen is you get to know. that will hurt your vanity but you will live. camino and valentino are

still with us. let's talk about jean—claude juncker‘s very high—profile man across brussels and the eu. why is this role so crucial to the functioning of this whole enterprise? as you rightly said before, the commission is the one who has the right to initiate policy proposals, so it has the right to drive the agenda of the european union, both because it decides which laws have to be approved but also precisely because juncker laws have to be approved but also precisely becausejuncker himself decided to make the commission, which was formerly rather technocratic institution, a much more political view. remember that each country get a commission, sort ofa each country get a commission, sort of a minister, and the president is chosen by the heads of state and governments. on negotiating trade deals for instance, the commission is the one that does the negotiation for the whole of the year in mina —— the whole of the eu. we will talk about this in the next edition of outside source. stay with us. those

of you watching, if you have questions about how things work in brussels, send them my way, i have a couple of experts here. i will see you ina couple of experts here. i will see you in a few minutes. it was a bank holiday monday, i supposed mixed weather was to be expected. we had blue skies and sunshine for some of the time but also some impressive shower clouds. some of these clouds did produce some outbreaks of rain as you can see from the radar picture. quite a scattering of showers across the uk, some particularly heavy ones across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland, north—west england, wales and the midlands. as we go through this and tonight, will continue to see some of those showers drifting through. where a win lightest across scotland, it will be relatively chilly. by the first part of tuesday morning, 6 degrees high. then a bit

breezy and it won't be as chilly. we go into tomorrow. to all intents and purposes another day of sunshine and showers but the shower is perhaps focused across eastern parts of the uk into eastern england. also some showers putting back into the far north of scotland is the day wears on. in between, some spells of sunshine but with the generally coming down from the north—west, it is not going to be a particularly warm feeling day. as of ten to 17 degrees. tuesday night likely to be chilly, a touch of frost in places but as we move into wednesday, here is an exchange, a frontal system pushing in from the west, introducing some outbreaks of rain into northern ireland, wales, parts of the south—west, eventually into northern england and southern scotland. the head of that, some early sunshine but things will tend to cloud over. if you showers across the far north of scotland but here perhaps the best of the sunshine in between those showers. to the south and the south—west, we start to see

some warm and humid air wafting its way in, and as we move out of wednesday into thursday, these frontal systems still wriggle around across central and particularly northern parts of the uk. to the south of these weather fronts, we increasingly draw the air up from the south—west. it will be mild and humid air, likely to bring some pretty high temperatures as we head towards the end of the week. but fortu nes towards the end of the week. but fortunes are decidedly mixed, as we look towards next weekend. parts of the south up into the middle 20 celsius, further north and west there is likely to be some rain at times.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. we are in brussels next to the building that houses the european parliament. there are any number of stories in these election results. we will start with the uk. a party that formed only six weeks ago is the big winner in the eleciton — the uk's brexit party has swept to victory. we have got the right experience, let us make sure the country is ready on the 31st of october to leave the european union on whatever terms. it was a disastrous election for the opposition labour party and

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