scholz is shocked, macron takes a risk and maloney celebrates. let's talk about the results of the elections to the european parliament, how they will affect general european politics and support. of ukraine. bbc live from london. i am yevgenia shedlovska. the extreme right won less in the elections to the european parliament than they had been predicted just a few weeks ago. at the same time , the centrist majority of the european parliament abstained. these are the preliminary results of the pan-european vote, which took place over four days in all 27 eu countries. this is a large-scale election. on which elected 720 meps. and look at what will be the distribution of forces in the updated one.

in the european parliament, the right-wing centrists, the european people's party, the epp, here they are marked in blue, remain the largest group, they will initially have 186 mandates, i.e. ursula fondeyan, who from there can remain the president of the european commission for another 5 years, theoretically. according to her, this group will form a center in the european parliament with political forces that have, in particular, a pro-european and pro-ukrainian position. and who is it? as before, the center-left, the group of socialists and democrats, are marked bright red in... the second largest number of mandates, they may have 135 seats beforehand, plus the liberal renewal group, this may be the majority, and where in the european parliament the right-wing group of european conservatives and reformists has strengthened its position, as well as and the ultra-right group of the identity democracy, but there were no big changes, a significant strengthening of right-wing forces in the european parliament, but the results of this vote in various eu countries became a test for the authorities, primarily in france, where it won. marin party rights

le pen, her national association won twice as much as the presidential alliance, and immediately macron announced early parliamentary elections. yes, the far-right is the result of the impoverishment of the french and the reduction of the status of our country. so at the end of the day, i can't act like nothing happened. added to this situation is the frenzy that in recent years has gripped the public and... however, the challenges we face today, whether they are external threats, climate change and its consequences, or threats to our own unity, these challenges require clarity in our debates, the best for the country and respect for every frenchman, that is why , after consultations under article 12 of our

constitution, i have decided to put the choice of our parliamentary future in your hands, by voting. that is, in a few weeks , parliamentary elections will be held in france, just before the olympic games, which will be hosted by paris. but in general, macron was not obliged to dissolve the parliament, but consider several factors. there is currently no pro-presidential majority in the french parliament, so some decisions are impossible to approve second, macron is not threatened by these elections, he will remain president. and thirdly, the support of the far-right in the european parliament elections does not mean that they will gain the same amount in the national elections, but still, as the bbc correspondent in paris says, macron took a big risk and his associates understand it. dissatisfied voices came from among his fellow party members. yelle bron piwet, the speaker of the national assembly had a private meeting with macron to express his displeasure to him, but everyone here...

says that if the president has already decided something, then you don't do anything gabriel attal, the prime minister, was apparently not informed of the decision until the president's address. the publication lemont writes that, in fact, macron has been considering such a decision for several weeks. and there is nothing strange here. the results of these elections did not come as a surprise. they exactly confirmed the predictions. so he pondered such a possibility and with a handful of his advisers came up with such a plan. which consists in seizing the opposition and patriots from nenatsk and putting them in a very uncomfortable position. it is not easy for the national union party now either. of course, she is celebrating the results, but in three weeks they will have to prove to the country that she is capable of forming the next government, she does not even have a ready list of candidates yet, so they are angry with macron for outsmarting them. maybe this calculation of his will work, but it is connected with the huge. a risk, because

if his calculation was that the system does not favor the far-right, and in the national elections people will come to their senses and vote for traditional parties, then what about to all others in... it may be wrong. in this electoral system, if a party has already reached a certain level of support, the attempts of other parties to rally against it do not yield results. in the last composition of the parliament , the far-right won 80 seats, and this was a breakthrough for them. and now the biggest threat is that political paralysis will arise. if in three weeks the national association wins the elections, but cannot form a government coalition, and we will get. and in germany , the government parties were also defeated, but unlike macron, scholz did not announce elections. the opposition cdu conservative bloc is in first place , the ultra-right is in second place - an alternative for

germany, and the scholze social democrats party is in third place, followed by two other parties that are part of the green and free democrats coalition. the coalition, which was called a traffic light by the colors of the party. has actually been defeated, so what's next for germany, analyzes a bbc viewer in berlin. she, ursula fondelaien, as a representative of the german conservative party cdu, will be very pleased with the results of the elections in germany, because the cdu, the csu, the conservatives got the majority of the vote here, about 30%, and declared it a victory. they unequivocally support ursula fondelaien as the new president of the european commission. so overall it looks like a good result. but it's worth bearing in mind that the government is a ruling coalition that is hugely unpopular for many reasons, including being perceived as very contentious, very divisive and facing a lot of crises that have really affected the political mood here, and given that, the conservatives should show better result is what many people say

so it's a good result, but not a triumph. the real winners are the far-right populists , an alternative for germany, many people supported them, especially in eastern germany and mostly young people, which is interesting. because this is the first time, but the main topic is the great defeat of german chancellor olaf scholz, and i think today the main task for his party, the social democratic party of germany, is to find out why his government coalition showed such a bad result. there were already calls for new elections, there were talks about a vote of confidence in the government in the parliament. so far, the party says none of this will happen. the social democrats are now analyzing the results, but they say it is a bitter humiliation and they should carefully consider what to do next. and a few other things happened, they lost some votes among the far-right populists, as well as among the left, the new party there, and as they say, a lot of their voters just didn't vote, so obviously we're seeing a lot of frustration and a lot of introspection here in berlin, especially among the government parties. in neighboring austria

the far-right freedom first party is a political force opposed to aid to ukraine, and they are already planning to win the next national election, according to the correspondent. well, this is definitely the hope of the far-right freedom party, for them this is a historic result. it's the first time they 've won a federal election, and party leader herbert kickel, addressing a crowd of cheering supporters, said his next move was federal office. undoubtedly, there was a big push for the far right. one of the editors of a local newspaper here in austria commented on it like this: the freedom party became a so-called: melting pot for people who were anti-migrant, anti-covid-ob, anti -vaccination, for people who think putin isn't so bad, and for people who generally wanted to teach the elites. at the moment , polls show that the freedom party will take first place in the elections in the fall. italy,

giorgia maloney celebrates the victory of her right-wing party brothers of italy in the european parliament elections. the italian premier topped the party list. although not was going to become a member of the european parliament and called to simply vote for georgia. thus, the results of these elections strengthened the prime minister's position, as noted by a bbc viewer from rome. giorgia maloni is a politician who started her political career in the 90s in the neo-fascist political force, but later she created her own party, brothers of italy. and already in power, she managed to become more moderate. previously, she gravitated towards the far right. at one time, she... opposed the euro, she spoke about the ethnic replacement of italians by migrants, they advocated a naval blockade of libya to stop migrant boats. now it is firmly entrenched in the camp of the european right. it speaks more about the security of italy's borders and about the increase in the birth rate in

the country. she worked very well with ursula fondelaien, the president of the european commission, who may need her support to win a second term at the helm of the european commission. she has good ones. relations with leaders in london, washington and paris, but she can also sit at the same table with people like viktor orbán, the far-right leader hungary, so it is a kind of bridge between two worlds. and so she has become an extremely important figure, and while we are talking about the defeat in this election of the leaders of france and germany, as opposed to them, she not only presides over the third largest economy in the eu, but she won this european election, strengthened and emboldened by that a european vote that cemented her dominance in italian politics, and perhaps the strongest right-wing leader in europe at the moment. in the netherlands, the ultra-right party. freedom of geert wilders took second place. wilders is opposed to military aid to ukraine, against joining the eu and nato, and

last year his party won the parliamentary elections in ukraine, but softens his rhetoric. this is what a bbc correspondent in the hague says about it. building on what mark lowen was talking about, how george maloney grew as a politician and moved from far-right views to the political center, same with geert wilders. he earned the nickname gert milders. gert, because he refused to part of his more radical appeals, which have in the past brought him notoriety in dutch politics, and this partly explains how he rose to prominence. in the last couple of years, gertwilder has abandoned such things as the proposal for a referendum on the future of the netherlands in europe, the nexit, as it is called here. he has partially abandoned anti-islam policies, but has retained some of the anti-immigration measures he wants to introduce to strengthen borders, similar to what we have seen across europe. but on the other hand, in the picture...

in the parliamentary elections in the netherlands in november, they hope to agree on the formation of the future ruling coalition before the summer holidays, which are only a few weeks away. but the one who lost support in the elections to the european parliament is orban, his fidesz party wants to be in first place, but won less compared to the previous elections, because his former associate, peter magyar from the tisza party, challenged him. a real opposition appeared in hungary, that's how observers asked about it. well, and on... at the very end let's look at poland. in poland, the results of the elections to the european parliament were a victory for

prime minister donald tusk, but at the same time , the far-right confederation received some support. fear of russia became the main theme of tusk's campaign. because polls have shown that the key issue shaping how poles think about the future is russia's invasion of ukraine. which, of course, borders poland. in particular, several poles were killed by an accidental rocket. and which flew to them as a result of the war. he also used this problem to say that a vote for me is a vote for a united europe. a vote for the opposition, such as law and justice, which has a much more unifying policy, only serves to divide europe, which serves russian interests. and this focus on security appears to have helped tusk win over his core electorate and secure his victory. the margin was small, besides, the ultras... achieved some success. the small confederation party, which did not have a single

member of the european parliament, got six. although it is difficult to say what this means for the future in terms of domestic politics, because the far right performed well in the european parliament elections some 20 years ago, but had a poor performance in the next year's parliamentary elections. it is hard to say how important this will be for the far right in poland. well, more about what the consequences of the elections to the european parliament will be for the support of ukraine from the eu, read in the article of my colleague georgy erman on our bbc.ua page eu elections as a triumph of le pen and the successes of the far right will hurt ukraine, but still in european parliament centrists kept their positions. well, that's my goodbye, follow us on social media and see you tomorrow.

greetings friends, the second part of the verdict program is live on the tv channel, my name is serhiy rudenko, today. for the next 45 minutes, we will talk with you and think with you about what happened, what is happening in ukraine and beyond. within the borders of our state, first of all, regarding the preparation for the global peace summit initiated by president zelensky, 15-16 this important forum for ukraine is to be held in switzerland in june. well, in addition, let's talk about how the western media now interpret

the status of the head of the office of the president of ukraine andriy cermak, they call him a usurper of power, a man. which seems to be taking on powers that are not inherent to her, well, and about maksym buzhanskyi, a well-known ukrainophobe, who suddenly for some reason became the person who is invited to the military institute of kyiv state university, he gives a lecture there about what the ukraine of the future should be, well during the war, in general , any story is absolutely unacceptable and... and against the background of how real ukrainians, such as the poet serhii zhidan, go to the ranks of the armed forces of ukraine, max buzhanskyi was and remains this quilter, an anti-maidan activist, who is now trying to rebroadcast his thoughts to the audience of future soldiers. we will

talk about all this in the next 45 minutes. let me remind you that we are working live on the tv channel, as well as on our ... forms on youtube and facebook, if you are watching us now live on youtube or on facebook, please don't forget to like this video so that it can be trended on youtube and facebook, and take part in our survey, we are asking you today , do you hope that the new composition of the european parliament will support ukraine? yes, no, everything is quite simple on youtube and facebook, and if you watch us on tv, pick up your smartphone. or phone and vote if you think that the new composition of the european parliament will support ukraine 0800 211 381, not 0800 211 382. all calls to these numbers are free, vote at the end of the program, we will summarize this vote. so, let's start with the global peace summit. almost 90 countries and

organizations have already confirmed their participation in the peace summit on ukraine. which will be held in switzerland on june 15-16, this was reported by the president of switzerland, viola amhert, she says that russia was not invited to the summit, but in the future such an invitation may be about how the summit is being prepared, what are the positions regarding the future of peace in ukraine , let's see in our plot. bürgenstock is one of the most picturesque swiss mountains nearby lake lucerne. magnificent views, fresh alpine air and a very expensive hotel-resort, which has more than once become a negotiating platform for resolving conflicts. the global peace summit will be held here next weekend. this is a ukrainian initiative that was born in the fall of 2022. then, during the g20 summit

in indonesia, president zelensky presented his formula for peace. 10 points to end the war. the key one is that russia should withdraw its troops from all ukrainian territories, including crimea and donbass. actually, this is the formula for ukrainian victory. and for a year and a half, ukraine has been trying to enlist the support of the world in its implementation. the west generally recognized zelensky's plan as the only fair way to end the war, but with the countries of the so-called global south , things are much more difficult. till the end. in kyiv , it was hoped that china would join the meeting in the swiss alps, because it is almost the only country that has influence on putin. however, two weeks before the meeting, beijing refused to participate in it. arrangements for a meeting in switzerland are still far away correspond to china's requests and the general expectations of the international community, which

makes it difficult for china to participate in it. we have always insisted on the participation of both russia and ukraine in the peace summit. and also on the discussion of all peace proposals on a fair and equal basis. otherwise, it will be difficult for china to play a significant role in restoring peace. china's refusal was unfortunate news for ukraine. especially since representatives of beijing took part in a preparatory meeting in jeddah in saudi arabia last august. according to the authoritative british edition of the financial times. during his visit to beijing in may, putin personally asked chinese leader xi jinping. ignore the summit. after china's final decision, a number of other countries followed suit, including brazil, saudi arabia, and south africa. president zelenskyi was not the only one to feel the same way. disappointment, but also irritation. the united states of america has contacts with some countries where

they are encouraged to participate in the peace summit. china, unfortunately, on the contrary, today works to prevent countries from coming to the peace summit. big the difference between these two positions. as of the beginning of june , about 110 regions have confirmed their participation in the summit. western countries will be represented at the highest level, in particular, german chancellor olaf scholz and french president emmanuel macron are to come to switzerland. vice president kamala harris and biden's national security advisor jake sullivan will represent the usa. but the level of representation of the countries of the global south that decided to attend the summit will be much lower. in particular, india will be represented by the secretary of foreign affairs or deputy national security advisor. an indian writes about it. and even for the sake of such a result, ukraine had to make concessions and present only three points from zelenskyi's formula for discussion. these are food and

nuclear security, as well as the issue of prisoner exchange and the return of illegally deported ukrainian children. the agenda is as narrow as possible in order to reach at least some kind of agreement. we should not expect more - german chancellor olaf scholz said on the eve of the summit. so. there will be no peace talks, we are still far from it, as long as russia believes that it can achieve its goals on the battlefield, it is about engaging countries from around the world to make it clear to moscow that international law and the un charter continue to apply, russia must withdraw its troops from ukraine. concerns about the possible results of the summit were also intensified by the european pravda publication. it claims that it has read the previous communiqué of the meeting, which seems to say that... that its participants are based not only on the ukrainian peace formula, but also on other peace proposals, that is, in essence the so-called peace plan of china,

which is supported by moscow and which proposes to freeze the conflict along the front line, is legalized. the bloomberg publication adds to the alarm that after the summit in switzerland, the eu is apparently planning to organize another one in saudi arabia in the fall and this time invite russia to the meeting. in an interview with frankfurter alemanne citing, this was indirectly confirmed by viola amhert, the president of switzerland, the host country of the first summit. with the help of this conference, we want to create a dialogue a platform where, as a first step, we will discuss how to achieve peace in ukraine. it is clear to us that we will not sign a peace agreement based on the results of the conference. for peace, both sides must be at the negotiating table. at the moment it seems impossible. russia could participate. in a possible next conference. the idea of ​​the summit, when it was first born in the minds of ukrainian diplomats, was to agree on the terms of ending the war without russia and only then to put pressure on

the aggressor with a common position of the world. but if the meeting in switzerland will be limited to only three non -key points, and will end with ambiguous formulations, then it will not be easy to do this. withdrawal of russian troops from ukrainian territory, payment of reparations and renewal of international law, all of this was carried out within the framework of the meeting in bürgenstock, which means that it is unlikely to significantly bring ukraine closer to a just peace. well, without a doubt, the main intrigue in the build-up to this summit was whether joseph biden would come to the peace summit, no, joseph biden would not will participate in the peace summit, there will be the vice president of the united states of america, camilla harrison and... she will represent washington, the official washington at the peace summit. china is not going to this, to this conference, to this summit, despite the tour

xijin pin made in may of this year, to western europe, he visited france, spoke with emmanuel macron, but obviously, xijin pin did not accept any arguments. since he was and remains in this situation of singing'. a participant in the russian aggression against ukraine, because it did not do what depended on beijing, that is, it did not make efforts to support ukraine and zelenskyi's plan for peace, instead, beijing says that listen, we have our own peace plan, and we we will promote it, this peace plan requires two parties, ukraine and russia, and let these two parties sit down at the negotiating table, with the participation of international partners, and agree on something. zelensky's position is quite simple: wait, there is an aggressor, it is the russian federation, and there is a victim , ukraine, it is not possible in the hot stage of war

now to imprison for... the negotiations of the one who took away part of the territory of ukraine, the ukrainian state and is trying now to pass it off as a fait accompli, so that everyone agrees that this part, which is under the control of the russian federation, so that it will continue to be part of the russian federation , was a part of russia, of course, no one wants to allow this, including president zelensky, maybe you can understand it, but russia... is very outraged that not a single representative of the russian federation was invited to the geneva summit, obviously, putin calculated , what lavrov may appear there, but the ukrainian president was categorically against it, there will be no russians at this summit, but this summit begins in a few days, and the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine is satisfied that there is hysteria in moscow because of the upcoming global peace summit,

ministers from ... minister of border affairs of ukraine, dmytro kuleba, in an interview with ukrinform, expressed confidence that after the peace summit, it will be much more difficult for russia to promote its international initiatives in the world. we are pleased with the hysterical atmosphere in moscow because of the peace summit, we can see it in their actions and attempts to prevent the summit. they understand that at kona the russian myth about the division of the world into europe and america, which... support ukraine and the rest of the world, which supports russia, putin, of course, also received unpleasant emotions about the fact that he was not expected at normandy, in normandy to celebrate the eightieth anniversary of the landing of the allies, although i watched the direct speech of the kremlin grandfather, and he talked about the fact that , well, they say, the soviet union also contributed

to the victory in the second world war and... the russian federation or the rsfsr was then part of the soviet union suffered a lot and suffered a lot of losses during the second world war, while he somehow did not emphasize the fact that ukraine actually suffered heavy losses during the second world war and a lot of industry and intellectual potential, and cities and villages were burned , destroyed by german fascists. of course, putin did not say anything about this, he only said that it is very strange to me to see how those who fought against fascism, now with the nazis, accept or welcome ukrainian neo-nazis, he himself is a representative of the fascist ideologies of vladimir putin and he is trying to translate this from a healthy head from a sick head to a healthy one and calls us names. well

, of course, now we see how the representatives of western europe are trying to accumulate all the possibilities and try to create all the conditions to help ukraine, and on the eve of the peace summit, a meeting of the big seven will take place, and as french president emmanuel macron said, right on time. this meeting and gathering of the big seven, by the way, president zelenskyi should also be there, apparently there will be a meeting with joseph biden again, so emmanuel macron says that the big seven should create a special fund for ukraine for support in the amount of 50 billion dollars. let's hear what macron said. and we discussed the details of the war that

is unfolding. in ukraine, we will return to this issue during the g7 meeting, where we both hope that all g7 members will agree to a $50 billion solidarity package for ukraine. i could only advise macron: come on, let's decide quickly, let's quickly create this stabilization fund, give more weapons to the ukrainians, because it depends on what is happening now in ukraine. of europe, and this should be understood by both macron, including orban, who opposes the idea of ​​the united states of america to grant ukraine a loan that will be repaid with profits from frozen russian assets in the countries of the european union, orban is another scumbag.