and pro e.u. forces between nationalists and progressives is that really what this vote boils down to. again we have a lot of anti e.u. parties that are now doing quite well again some of them are more driven by national factors but across you we have seen skeptical voices but i think even the parties have realized of being within the e.u. can be quite helpful as long as you can. make that you do your work for you and so they may all agree on being and to you but then they're not actually a cohesive political force such rather they have very specific national interests and i would be very surprised if they can manage to. both you know have those national interests represented and yet be a cohesive from that even of all right we've seen some divisions as you said between those populist parties in different european countries we see in the parties also stumping for votes making their last pushes and we've seen young voters also coming out in force do you think we're going to see a big turnout because this

how do you feel about the e.u. force if the rules are decided over our heads and just imposed on us simply britain wants to leave the e.u. would you like germany to leave to go to an absolutely and we should go back to the dutch mark so. what's the most common preconception about the e.u. that you hear most for you know that every country does its own thing we don't really have an e.u. . that's going to be i'm horrified by developments such as breck's it and what's happening in hungary you know marco i mean if it's not good that every country does its own thing on its own right now i have my doubts about it of its life or if people are fed up with the e.u. . the most often heard objections on germany is the use paymaster. the e.u. is too weak. the e.u. is too interfering. is a bureaucratic monster. ok it isn't if you ok we're going to see if there's any truth to these ideas that go on further. by the idea. well with an electric scooter already approved in something new countries and soon to be allowed in traffic in germa

be leveraging that strong result to make a play for the role of the leader of the european anti e.u. forces can you take that role and will we feel more confrontations with other over the budget austerity rules and not just from italy. you are not a chance because he doesn't have serious allies i mean these are trying to ally with the bo galleon strongman but you know that's not the center of european politics madame le pen is it is and has flying and of course she won the popular vote in france but by less than she won it in the last utopian elections and there were there were for the nigel for rise in the u.k. which of course would be fine except niger for. unlike your salvini is to get out of the european union so it's very difficult to ally with suddenly to take over european politics but merely on their way to exit the scene i think is going to be sorely disappointed to present himself as a a major european figure that doesn't mean of course that he doesn't hold the initiative in the tally in politics. right no he's certainly does. so right now what will be the european business classe

the chips are going to fall in the european parliament you said that at some point now the pro e.u. forces will have to realise they're going to have to band together can they they can but they will not necessarily do it the same way as the traditional coalition between the socialists on the one side and the conservatives on the other side which have basically run this parliament for the past 40 years now and that means when the greens and the liberals have to be tied into a package they will have their own demands and that will not just be a continuation of the old rules they will want to shave the work of the parliament just as the traditional leaders parties have done so in the past how will they want to do so how will this look different well for example they may object to monthly becoming necessarily the candidate of the parliament for the commission president simply because. if that was the case then for the next elections it seems that the p.p. would have a structural 1st choice of that position and they will not accept that so that could be one symbolic way in which they contest th

the battle for europe pro and anti e.u. forces compete for control of the european parliament as final polls close in the elections this as greece's prime minister dissolves his government and calls for snap election. i'm arianna and you're with al-jazeera also coming up on the program iran and iraq present a united front over an escalating crisis with the united states and why with just over 5 weeks to go until algeria's election there are no candidates. or polls have just closed in italy the last you country to vote in elections that will decide the balance of power across the continent it's europe's most important election in decades where a rising populace a valid to grab supply. from the traditional parties $751.00 seats in the european parliament to up for grabs and the makeup of that chamber will shape the future of the e.u. well so let's just look then at the results the early projections and how what they indicate essentially about a potential make up of the european parliament a center right european peoples party is 178

partners but there is still common ground all right and you suggest very briefly do do these pro e.u. forcesin brussels have a strong figure to lead them. well there are a couple of experienced figures like for example has been there for the liberals for a long time and others as well but you know it's it's not a question of consensus because they could have had that climate consensus before but they didn't so it really needs new impulses into policy making in order to get that change done alright josefa max thank you both very much now the voter backlash against established parties was devastating in the u.k. the conservatives of prime minister truth they may sunk to its worst electoral result since 1832 while the labor party also bled supports and perhaps the greatest irony of the election the breaks of party of nigel farage who spearheaded the campaign to leave the e.u. was the biggest winner of the night greg the tears will fill 29 seats in the european parliament that they alternately don't want to be part of so a battering at the polls for britain's conservatives our correspondent alex

i'm joined here in the studio by derek scally who writes for the irish times and derek says pro e.u. forces have dodged a populist bullish with one last chance to deliver on the issues too big for individual member states above all he says climate change and also with us is show me show deal of freedoms journalist who report seeing french german and english and he cautions to not overstate the significance of the far right way to rake in from it's interesting stuff. and a very warm welcome to say the political activist current taylor who argues that even if there has been no major shift to the right in germany there is no guarantee that we are not heading towards the same developments as in france austria or hungary thank you all for being here today on a special edition of quadriga but to begin with you if i might's your oppose voted without a little bit of time now to digest the outcome what for you is the big story for me the big story is that the european vote is really. where a lot more interested in this election than in the previous ones as shown by this. voter turnout. i believe tha

i think we are concerned of the far right in france and italy, anti-e.u. forces. it is not a uniform picture. where the far right did well in the national election have fallen away to something like 6%. in holland it has fallen away. in germany no advance by the far right. very much an election where national concerns dominate. there is an overarching european story here. the president is very fragmented and difficult to do business with. paul: the greens turned in a good result but look at the turnout, 51%, it is the highest in 20 years. >> citizens are agitated about things, could be the climate or immigration. it is striking. we are used to elections being a .ow end some constituencies in the u.k. went under 10%. it is anxiety and also they want change. they don't want the same old center left and center they are willing to shop for new kinds of parties. u.k. let's focus on the y's will the brexit part performance have an impact on the next leader? have a major impact. makes boris johnson more attractive because he canceled out nigel farage but also means we wi

news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes the battle for europe road and the e.u. forces compete for control of the european parliament as final polls close in the elections iran and iraq present a united front over an escalating crisis with the united states. donald trump digs into some sushi with the japanese prime minister but it looks like a trade deal isn't on the menu. i'm done with in doha with all you sports lewis hamilton who wins in monaco and dedicates the victory to mickey lauder. what polls have just closed in italy the last country to vote in elections that will decide the balance of power across the continent it's europe's most important election in decades where rising populists a vow to grab support from the traditional parties 751 seats in the european parliament up for grabs and the makeup of that chamber will shape the future of the e.u. so here is a quick snapshot of voting estimates as they stand right now the center right european peoples party has 177 seats followed by the progressive alliance of socialists and democrats with 147 seats the alliance

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e.u. stabilization force for now france will remain the big player here in the region. well the presidents of france and italy have begun formal commemorations to mark five hundred years since the death of the basin's genius leonardo da vinci the heads of state laid wreaths at the french shot where he spent his final years on site of the bonds between the nations the mona lisa now on display in the louvre in paris helped establish his reputation as one of the greatest painters of all time but they are not a division she applied his immense capabilities to a staggering range of endeavors in arts and sciences. and she embodied the ideals of europe's renaissance the rebirth of learning and knowledge that marks europe's transition from the middle ages into majority. is that you know that even she was unquestionably born in italy these from florence but beyond that she led a career at the service of several powerful men this career and his life and here in france and today he's undisputedly a universal figure and beauty must always bring together as many people as possible .

e.u. commission set up a task force to deal with this threat but critics say its efforts may be too little too late d.w. teri schultz has this report whoever you are wherever you are you can get involved and european union institutions have poured enormous resources in to get out the vote campaign but have they invested enough in stay out of the vote effort in ways to prevent malicious meddling it's not like there was no warning 5 years ago the kremlin's intern. research agency in st petersburg was revealed estimated to spend more than a $1000000.00 a month pumping out anti western spin 3 years ago u.s. elections were the target of that russian troll farm yet the european commission waited until just 6 months before the european parliament elections to launch its action plan against this information we should have been doing much more kalinski spent 3 years in the european commission's struck on task force a communications unit created in 2015 to counter russian efforts to smear the e.u. now with an independent think tank kalinski says brussels is way behind expecting that we will solve th

e.u. court ruling could finally force employers to to define what's worked and what isn't. and former volkswagen workers in brazil have a beef with their one time employer it goes back to the country's military dictatorship to keep the details. welcome to the business of stephen beardsley good to have you with us german pharmaceuticals and chemicals giant buyer has lost yet another lawsuit related to the weed killer round up which is made by recently acquired company months to a jury awarded a retired american couple $2000000000.00 from buyer's coffers and while any payout is likely to be far less than that it's another bad side for a company facing plenty of litigation. and alberta pilly odds say round up caused their cancer so they sued even though a lot of people believed they wouldn't stand a chance against by and court. we've been finding cancer for. 9 years now holly than me and it was caused by a round of. our lives for ever. we can't do the things at least to be able to do and we really resent monsanto for that. their lawyer told the jury and turned all documents pr

e.u. as a force that must continue we've also seen poll surveys of europeans in the run up to the elections in which a vast majority of voters in pretty much every member state said we need the e.u. the e.u. is very important for our daily lives even voters in poland and hungary which have a lot of issues of course with with brussels and its leadership but nonetheless citizens saying we believe in the e.u. and as we've heard several times we haven't seen that concrete number yet but turn out apparently has been high in member states all across europe that is also an affirmation of democracy that's point number one point number 2 interesting how we talked about reaching out to other parties because no matter what final composition we wind up with in the european parliament for sure these big mainstream blocs these big tent party blocks that we've had the european people's party the social democratic bloc they will not be as strong as they used to be together they used to essentially be in a position to pretty much steer european policy that's going to change. these parties the people's party

e.u. parliament but with no majority it will be forced to seek support to former pro e.u. coalition the center right and center left parties have scored badly they have both lost. they have both lost votes but we see a 3rd party emerging which is the liberals at the moment so the liberal party if one includes the votes from across is likely to become the king made. in the next european parliament. the european project was created after world war 2 to ensure the rivalries between countries would never again result in conflict while these elections show that politically europe is more fragmented than ever pro e.u. party still retain a majority suggesting that although some voters may be questioning the european union most still believe in it natasha butler al-jazeera paris. well there was a surprise breakthrough coming for the greens who now stand to become the 4th biggest block in the new european parliament the greatest success for the environmentalists was in germany where the greens came 2nd with 20 percent of the vote they took over a 1000000 votes in the country's 2 bi

e.u. parliament but with no majority it'll be forced to seek support to form a pro e.u. coalition there is no ability there recent no stable maturity without the e.p. and that's why the e.p.a. is ready for compromise ready for talks to each other but the have to work together that is our main. the european project was created after world war 2 to ensure that rivalries between countries would never again result in conflict while these elections show that politically europe is more fragmented than ever pro e.u. parties. still retain a majority suggesting that although some voters may be questioning the european union most still believe in it natasha butler al-jazeera paris. let's go now to our guests joining me here in the studio is nina shake she is an author and political commentator and she's worked on a number of european political campaigns and elections tony travers for fessor at the school of public policy at the london school of economics and joining us from berlin thorsten benner is the co-founder and director of the global public policy institute welcome to you a

e.u. of course we still have conservative forces and the lobbyists don't want the parliament to be us ambitious as it should. 2 i feel with the youth now with. pride for future and although the climate strikes that we have seen among the youth are wrong not only in europe but also around the world that is actually putting a lot of pressure on the political parties during this election and i believe it will help the progressive parties to be stronger in and have a better election so that will certainly help above this spot is also expected to make gains in this election some estimates say as many and as much as 35 percent how might that affect the efforts against climate change. that is extremely negative we see. that they are connected to movements like trump and the tea party movement and climate it's not on there again the contrary but i believe that with. the candidate for the president of the commission trounced him amongst he said that he wants to have this alliance among progressive groups and i think if we do that and if we also use this last days same front of the election to really cre

e.u. commission set up a task force to deal with this threat a task force critics say its efforts may be too little too late teri schultz has this report. whoever you are wherever you are you can get involved european union institutions have poured enormous resources in to get out the vote campaign but have they invested enough in stay out of the vote efforts in ways to prevent malicious meddling it's not like there was no warning 5 years ago the kremlin's internet research agency in st petersburg was revealed estimated to spend more than a $1000000.00 a month pumping out anti western spin 3 years ago u.s. elections were the target of that russian troll farm yet the european commission waited until just 6 months before the european parliament elections to launch its action plan against this information we should have been doing much more kalinski spent 3 years in the european commission's struck on task force a communications unit created in 2015 to counter russian efforts to smear the e.u. now with an independent think tank kalinski says brussels is way behind expecting that we will solve t

e.u. here's a closer look at a growing force in european politics. they see the come not to break europe but to remake it divided by language. united by populism. once it depresses me these days it still can be. a common enemy. they are europe's far right leaders and together they are appending decades of e.u. rules and norms laying siege from within. the man hoping to lead. secularists it's a he's deputy prime minister macho salvini his hard line at a leaf last month a face to help transform his friend's party and to government material and now he wants to do the same across the continent. binding together ideological bedfellows promising to tear up the rules. of our objective is to finally be a force for government and changing your name to bring your blood new hope a dream. for. his closest ally is marine le pen. the head of france's far right political dynasty she led him to campaign with her firebrand father nationalism runs and hard blood but now she's gone her own way. the french fry be rough for a touch on the elites the e.u. and immigration