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crisis, of course the economy is stagnating, but when you compare it to spain or portugal, france has done relatively well. there are economic problems. why do we see this strong ?ejection of europe 4 of the votes but will command 1/3 of the seats in european parliament. this is huge. france has 74 seats and she has between 20 four and 25. they will be able to make a lot of noise on behalf of france in the assembly. >> let's head across the channel to britain where the u.k. party came in with an astounding first as well. >> another victory for the independence party. it is interesting because britain voted thursday.

therding to european rule, results were only announced yesterday after 11:00 p.m. the apartheid -- that party followed by conservatives and the labour party. this was expected. it will be interesting to see what sort of effect it will have on the conservative party. the conservative party of david cameron is extremely divided over europe. are callingskeptics for the prime minister to repatriate more powers from europe and hold avery from the -- hold a referendum in 2017. i think we are seeing the first in a long road of discussions withen london and brussels the eventual question of whether britain will stay in the european union. partiesve anti-e.u.

making gains, doubling their stance in parliament. will they be able to find a common voice that will impact policy? what will the political landscape look like? >> that is the problem. on the far right, there have been a lot of games. as well.r left, these are two different groups. if you look at the far right as a populist, it is fragmented. ukip has openly said he does not want to enter a political nationaleith the party as anti-semitic -- because he considers them anti-semitic. if we look at greece, you will see golden dawn, a neo-nazi party, did well in greece. i believe the latest figures show they won more than 9% of the vote. he said i don't want to form an alliance with the neo-nazis

because this is bad for my image. they are fragmented. we see the results of greece. you see the radical left party with 26.5%. it is a powerful party. they don't want to leave the euro. they say greece must stay in the eurozone.. it would be a disaster to leave. on a lot of questions, including economic, they are divided. theyig test will be when try to form a political group in the european parliament. 25 this to happen, she needs from seven different countries. that is where i will see whether she manages to rally the support of six other parties from different countries. sheooks like she will -- has the support of the freedom party from the netherlands, belgium, france, hollande, also the austrian populist.

once the group is formed, how will she use this? she will be in a dominant position. will she have a blocking minority? was she managed to block legislation at the e.u. level? having said that, we cannot deny there is massive support for these parties and they will be able to make a lot of noise in the assembly. that is why tomorrow will have interesting discussions when angela merkel and francois hollande meet in brussels and look at the results of these elections. >> i would not mind being a fly in that meeting. let's turn our attention to italy and the anti-establishment party. >> the five-star movement. difficult to describe the five-star movement. it is anti-establishment. it wants to hold a referendum on europe. they got 21% of the vote. it is pretty good. the polls predicted they would get more, up to 1/4 of the vote.

the big winner is the democratic party, the central left party of italy. prime minister of this was his first electoral test. he has massively won it. the center-right in italy is fragmented. you have silvio berlusconi with his party and the new center-right party. rienzi, youer is can see them on our screen. no one knows how the other winner will behave in the european parliament. the party did not exist in the last election in 2009. will they want to form an alliance with the anti-austerity party from greece? not sure because they don't agree on the euro. what will they do? these parties have made a lot of seats, upwon a lot of

to 1/3 if you include the skeptics and conservatives from britain. the big question is how they will organize and make sure their voices heard. report, the your traditional parties still command a majority. if you put all the pro-e.u. forces, the conservatives from the european people's party, the socialist coming democrats, the pro-e.u. parties still have a strong majority. becauseld be dangerous i think some lessons must be learned from these elections. >> voters are saying they have had enough. asthey may say business usual, but this is not business as usual. this is a strong and powerful message. a substantial number of europeans, at least those that bother to come out and vote,

only 43% of europeans to take part in the elections, exactly the same figures as five years ago. there is a strong message behind this vote. >> it will be interesting to see if they get this message in terms of who will be president of the e.u. commission. >> yes. we discussed this last week. the first time big political groups put forward candidates, the idea was the party that would come first in the election would automatically win the presidency of the european commission. the center-right european people's party remains the parliament,uropean so it would be logical its candidate, former prime minister of luxembourg, would become the next head of the commission. but will the heads of state and government agree with this? we will see tomorrow. they will discuss it. will angela merkel be pleased with him or will she try to

appoint someone else? i have heard the name of christine lagarde, the imf chief, has been floated. it is not a foregone conclusion he will be the next president of the commission. but he has claimed victory. he says if you do not respect this new rule, that will be another blow to democracy. >> thank you for that analysis. to of the world news. in the belgian capital, they laid down flowers, but candles, and held a minute of silence. around 2000 people gathered around the museum in brussels to pay their respects to the four people killed in a shooting on saturday. the crowd made up of jews and non-jews taking part as extra police patrolled the streets of brussels. the investigation has been sent to the belgian federal terrorism prosecutor.

he is poised to become ukraine's next president. the billionaire and former politician has claimed a decisive victory. official results are expected later today. current estimates give the oligarch 54% of the vote, which would rule out a second round. the former prime minister trailing with a distant 13%. poroshenko is taking on a difficult mission to stop the ongoing sechrist -- separatist insurgency in the east and steering the nation closer to the west. >> stopping the war and bringing peace to the whole ukraine and stability on the eastern part of ukraine, that would be impossible without participation of russian representatives. we consider negotiation with russia. i am optimistic this meeting will bring results. arguments from russia

that ukraine does not have a president, ukraine don't have a , is notte government trip. >> the presidential election is expected to sweep the former army chief into office. he has been widely regarded as egypt's de facto leader since he toppled mohamed morsi last july. his sole competitor is a leftist politician who finished third in the 2012 elections. voting will be held over the nest today's -- the next two days. we spoke with the correspondent for the "financial times turcotte he had more on the vote. >> you see good turnout at this polling station. voting will be over two days. a sizable number of people will come out to vote to send the message to the world and egyptians that they want stability and security. they are also here to thank

general assisi who they see as a savior. he overthrew the muslim government they had grown to despise. he is believed to be fending off a terrorist threat. this is a message constantly reinforced in the private and state owned media. >> you are watching "france 24." time for an update of our headlines. skeptic parties make major gains in the ee you -- e.u. preminger elections --e.u. elections. pope francis praise at the jewish holy site of the western wall on his final trip to the middle east. egyptians vote to choose a new president. the former general credited with last -- ousting the last president is tipped to win. it is time for sports update.

we start with the first-round results of the french open in paris. open, rogerench federer got off to a winning start as he played his sixth match on clay in three years. raonic also enjoyed an easy ride. plenty for the local fans to beat as tsonga roger-vasselin. the top seed in the women's draw serena williams may not have been happy with her game but won. kerber alsod through with a minimum of fuss. tomlvone out against janovic.

a surprise for the former world number 35 of belarus. spain had delayed naming their arld cup squad giving madrid chance. a 19-players picked squad for a game against bolivia next week. the world cup first phase werts for the first match, want all players in the best possible condition to play in a very important game against the netherlands on june 13. tos is the reason not produce a definitive list of 22 players because we could be making a mistake. instead, we will make a list. >> he picked up an injury in

lisbon and is racing to be fit for the world cup. he was loaned to barcelona last season and was not in their list of the world cup squad. won the monaco grand prix for the second straight year after holding off hamilton. he accused the german during qualifying. he got his second win of the season. hamilton came in second. his struggles continued and he retired five laps in. the defending champion won in austria and enjoyed another good day. the leader missed a breaking point on lap eight as he took second place. lopez took third.

the frenchman took full advantage of being awarded pole position as he secured his third win of the season. lopez was not about to make the same mistake twice. lap 13 set him on his way to victory. there were two crashes. lopez won his third victory of the season. muller was one of the victims of the collision on lap one. the dutchman has won the second where the race started on saturday. in the first stage, he did not manage to get into the race during the final sprint.

zealander took second place. he was the overall winner thanks to his third-place finish on the first lap. what a memorable week it has been for maury mcelroy -- rory mcilroy. ended third after imploding on the back nine. mcilroy dominated the final round to finish off 14 under. he began the day seven shots adrift but took his first title of the season. it has been a difficult week in some ways, but a great weekend others. i played really good golf

throughout the four days. it seemed like today it was meant to be. the guys ahead of me were making mistakes. i take it vantage of that. was an the back nine, i couple behind. he made a couple of mistakes and i was able to birdie the last two. it seemed like it was sort of meant to be. >> adam scott has retained his place at the top of the world rankings after winning the u.s. pga event in fort worth, texas. scott needed to finish in the top 13 to remain the world's top-ranked player. he finished at nine under par with the same score. into the playoffs, after they traded birdies, they both fired birdies at the second. the tie-breaker broken on the third extra hole thanks to this pretty.