people, by the way, that 's what it's called, they took third place, there is another ukrainian celebrity in association with them , they also took 80 seats 820. ok, we're interested that the european people's partyforms a coalition with the progressive alliance of social democrats with a party called... restore europe or restore europe, it's interestingly called in english, this coalition will have 403 mandates out of 720, previously there were 750 meps , when great britain was still a member of the european union, then when it left 705, now there are 720, because, well, there are many now... you need to take into account the size of the population, and it depends on the size of the population, which countries, how many candidates will there be, say, from germany 96, from france 80, 91 germany 86, france, 71 - italy, well and so on, it is important for us that 403 deputies, it may be a little more, a little less, they will take a pro-ukrainian position , it remained. it is a fact, despite the fact that many deputies were elected from the right-wing party and from the far-right, let's say, if there were 5% of them in the previous european parliament, now 15% of the far-right forces, but they are

got the same thing as what you had last time, which is the european people's party, the centre right main chunk. then the next biggest chunk is syour lefties, your soft centre lefties. and then in third position you've got renew, which is effectively your liberal democrats. and then after which you've got your , after which you've got your, your harder right's, and then after that you've got your greens. so actually too not dissimilar to what we often see in uk politics, but in the uk it looks like it's going just noting before. >> yes. plus one more section of the european union. ursula von der leyen will be the singular name on the ballot papers of european parliamentarians as they confirm the next european commission president when the session starts. but i wonder , do session starts. but i wonder, do these right wing parties actually need to gain a majority in these institutions to influence these institutions ? influence these institutions? we've heard von der lie—in talking about third country deportation schemes. we've heard the eu become much more restrictionist when it comes to issues like migration. clearly this is a

people have marched against marine le pen�*s far—right national rally party. there were protests in towns and cities across the country after the party�*s success in european electionse to counter the far—right in the election. in paris, riot police scuffled with protesters. seven people were arrested. —— nine people. to south africa now, and cyril ramaphosa has spoken of a new era of hope for the country, after being re—elected president as leader of a national unity government. his african national congress party was forced to reach a power—sharing agreement after it lost its outright majority in last month�*s elections. the anc�*s main partner is its former long—time opponent, the democratic alliance. mr ramphosa said the south african people expected the parties involved to work together to tackle poverty, unemployment and inequality. it is with pleasure that i accept. it will once again be a privilege and a pleasure to serve this great nation in the position of president. i accept this as a big responsibility, and i wish to thank all leaders for your congratulatory messages delivered here at this podium. your messages are a clear clarion call for working togeth

european peoples party. that is ursula von der leyen�*s grouping. position as the largest party in brussels. the centre—right and christian democrats saw major wins in spain, poland and greece. they also made significant gains in hungary. winning 30% of the vote in hungary, the far right gave victor aubin his worst result in 20 years. the centre—left social democrats alliance held as the second—largest party in spain, but there were setbacks with losses for pedro sanchez�*s ruling party. germany, one of the big stories of the night, 0laf scholz, his spd party was relegated to third after the md, party was relegated to third after the afd, performing well in eastern states in germany, head of regional elections in september. let's look at what this picture translates into. a pretty bad night for liberals, the new grouping, but especially so the greens, outside the election party room, there were tears, particularly when the results came in from the german vote. you can see from the hemi cycle that the centre, broadly speaking, is holding. nicola schmi

people have marched against marine le pen's far—right national rally party in france. there were protests in townsnd cities across the country after the pa rty�*s success in european electionsalliance to counter the far—right in the election. in paris, riot police scuffled with protesters. seven people were arrested. sweden and iran have carried out a prisoner exchange, with iran freeing two swedes — the diplomatjohan floderus, who was detained on charges of spying, and dual—national saeed azizi. the swap, which was mediated by 0man, also saw a former iranian official released. hamid nouri, who was convicted for his role in a mass execution of political prisoners in 1988 and sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes. swedish prime minister ulf kristersson said the two prisoners had been used as bargaining power. translation: iran has made them both awns in a translation: iran has made them both pawns in a cynical— translation: iran has made them both pawns in a cynical game _ translation: iran has made them both pawns in a cynical game with _ translation: iran has made them both pawns in a cynical game with the - translation: iran has made them both pawns in a cynical g

centre—right european people's party, to the right of them the european conservatives and reformists, and then on the hard right, the identity and democracy group, in which marine le pen�*sll sit. so, let me show you the first projection issued in the last half an hour. you will see there the big gainers are definitely the hard right. it is only an early projection, this, but the losers on this chart very much the losers on this chart very much the greens and the liberals, which include emmanuel macron�*s renaissance party. neck, when you look at that chart, what do you see and what are the implications of it? i what do you see and what are the implications of it?— what do you see and what are the implications of it? i see the centre holdinu. implications of it? i see the centre holding- the _ implications of it? i see the centre holding. the supermajority - implications of it? i see the centre holding. the supermajority which i holding. the supermajority which supports the policies of the european commission is largely intact, has only lost a handful of seats overall compared to 2019, so we can see the centre is holding, but it is also possible to ignore the right flank