so this parliament can do as this parliament thinks fit. now, there might be somebody who will say he is trying to signal what parliament should do. no, i'm not trying to signal the part should do x or y. bercow is appearing at the august brookings institution and give an honest answer to question. i admit that i'm not adding to or subtracting the network has a -- as a matter of fact. if you ask me if i'm unashamedly pro-parliament. yes, i am a passionate about parliamentary democracy. i believe passionately parliament must do what parliament thinks is right. you are absolutely right, you know your history. edmund burke at one time a member of parliament for bristol famously said in his bristol speech, as your member of parliament, i owe you not merely my industry, the old-fashioned word for hard work, my judgment, and i betray instead of serving if i sacrifice my judgment to your opinion. mps once they are elected have a responsibility, not just a right but a duty to do what they think is right in terms of voice and vote. thank you. >> tha

parliament. catherine is the director of the diplomacy project at harvard university kennedy school and the executive director of the project on europe and transatlantic relations and a long-term expert of transatlantic relations. glad to have you here all the way from boston. less than not least, richard young. he is a senior fellow for the democracy program at carnegie based on carnegie europe -- the carnegie europe center in brussels. he is an expert on european foreign policy and politics. i promise i will not ask him all the questions about brexit today. we will jump straight into the election results and discuss the implications. i want to turn first to antoine. what were the key results? is anything we should pay particular attention to? anything you found surprising about the results? and how do you think the results will impact the position of the european element -- european parliament? >> usually, the first question is what is the european parliament? i am happy we have jumped to the s

parliament is gridlocked.r do the right thing, go back to the country with a people's vote? can i say to the honourable lady, i have answered the question about a second referendum earlier, and my view hasn't changed in the few minutes since i answered that question. by thursday, mps were trying to find out when they'll get a fourth meaningful vote on the prime minister's deal, or even get to see the withdrawal agreement bill to put it into law. is the government going to bring back the withdrawal agreement bill next week? we need that certainty because you will have seen the research from the incorporated society of musicians, the ism, which shows that the uncertainty over brexit is continuing to cause real damage to a very important part of the music industry, which is a very important part of ourgdp. they have concerns about future work, mobility and visas, transportation of instruments and equipment and health and social security. 63 respondents cited difficulty in securing future work in the eu 27 eea cou

no—one can decide anything without the european parliament so we have a strong voice in parliament andand biodiversity protection and we will use that voice. in france, marine le pen's far—right national rally finished ahead of president macron's en marche party. le pen lost out to macron in a bitter presidential contest in 2017. now she's calling for the head of state to dissolve the parliament and call new elections, a proposal that was immediately rejected by the government. let's have a listen to her translation: i see in this a victory of the people who have taken power back tonight with fierceness and dignity. we welcome these results with joy and the name of national rally has never been more fitting. whether you voted with heart or reason, be assured a vote for national rally is a vote for france and for the we said at the beginning of the programme that these elections would have a profound effect, not just on elections would have a profound effect, notjust on the eu but on the political landscape of all 28 voting countries. in greece, the governing party is projected to have

>> the new parliament will be starting, the first plein air a president'sn the parliament is elected. articlety of lisbon, 117 says that the parliament elects the president of the commission. and upon presentation of the candidate by the council, taking into account the european elections. that is a new process, it was already applied last time. so in the next weeks, it actually begins today, for begin yesterday, we have a very intense negotiations between the heads of parties and groups in parliament, for assessing the results of the election. it is more difficult for me than before, than in the past, and even the council is having a dinner, 6:00 p.m. come early for brussels, but they are having a dinner where they will also ponder the results. we are not yet sure whether the -- of the parliament and the council will coincide, so that will be the interesting moment when we see if they agree on what happened, i predict they will not agree immediately. but there will be weeks of negotiations. if all goes well in the same, in july, the parliament will elect the president of the commissi

parliament. that's the way it's going to be so what we might be seeing the 1st interesting political test in the mix couple of months could be an epic struggle so to speak between european parliament representing citizens and you can counsel representing national governments and there will see who wins in terms of institutional balance certainly was a slick slick and shiny production there i think we were concerned there might be breaking out into song and dance at some point like the year vision song contest and that is an accusation isn't it of the european union in general that is that is too distant from the average voter and you see this michel as well as an effort to reach out to voters say we are here standing in front of you after this vote thank you for voting and we are going to represent your interests well this is been the. problem that the european parliament has had it all and it's actually trying to fix itself by taking the liberty of saying hang on a minute these are the top candi

anything without the european parliament so we have a strong voice as parliament and we also have aa keller coming off the back of us about how well the greens did in germany and it was largely at the expense of chancellor angela merkel‘s centre—right christian democrats. they had their worst ever performance in the european elections. so, a difficult note for them. let's go over to france. —— difficult night. in france, marine le pen's far—right national rally finished ahead of president macron's en marche party. le pen lost out to macron in a bitter presidential contest in 2017. now she's calling for the head of state to dissolve the parliament and call new elections, a proposal that was immediately rejected by the government. translation: i see in the sea victory of the people who have taken power back tonight with fierceness and dignity. —— i see in this. the national rally‘s name has never been more fitting. whether you voted with your heart or your reason, be assured that a vote for the national rally is over france and the vote of the people. let's go to greece. we said at th

they are not representative of the parliament this parliament. to be a union between right wing conservatives. liberals this is true but that's very much the same for example in our country in russia. very very similar portraits of the parliament and very different from the parliament seen other countries in the west you could at least agree with me that mr pruitt be has been quite critical of zelinsky 1st moves as president 1st and foremost his decision to disband the parliament and call for new elections he's been he's a rhetoric.

the parliament commission the institutions do seem very to.stint is not just a matter of the channel and they are seen as bureaucratic and distant so i think that whatever happens in the future of britain's relationship with the the more that people in the u.k. can come to understand what the e.u. does for them and the good things that it can do as well as all the things that people find very hard to understand because they're behind closed doors the better it's just even people who are in favor of the member who is a big euro skeptic so you want to try and make make sure that people have a kind of objective understanding of what the institution is doing what it does for them a long way from brussels nina following on to tony's point about it being distant isn't that an issue of language because of course we have to go to the parliament any european institution everything is translated it's hard to relate to someone that doesn't speak in your language you know translations of only go so far so do you think the issue of the e.u. feeling this te

right leaning groups inside the european parliament will fare. for the country i mean a lot of these parties have to put it mildly controversial views especially when it comes to immigration and integration here in the parliament how destructive could they be because as well as the controversial views many of them effectively want to change the e.u. from within and some would say destroy the e.u. from within can they. at the moment at the present time they will not be able these the euro skeptic groups will not be able. to say it to destroy the the u.s. some say however the bigger the group becomes. the bigger the potential for disruption within the parliament within the policymaking activity of the european parliament and its europe sometimes is i guess hard to love as an institution because it's very complicated even europeans don't know much about it and certainly people around the world will have heard of the european union but will not know how detailed all new institutions are if you seen in you know crunching the data and seeing who's turn

now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello, and welcome to the week in parliament.s theresa may names the day. i am today announcing that i will resign as leader of the conservative and unionist party on friday the 7th ofjune, so that a successor can be chosen. she leaves with an admission of failure on brexit and advice to the next prime minister. it will be for my successor to seek a way forward that honours the result of the referendum. to succeed, he or she will have to find consensus in parliament where i have not. also on the programme, a money—saving idea for the palace of westminster‘s future. there is a big difference between the costs of keeping it as a working environment, a working parliament or perhaps reserving asa building for future generations as a museum to celebrate democracy. i have done my best. i have done everything i can. theresa may's confirmation that her days in downing street are numbered, came at the end of a week of feverish speculation about her future. a week when a senior cabinet minister resigned on the eve of key elections, a week

parliament has many powers ranging from adopting and amending the e.u. laws to overseeing the 145000000000 annual budget. it's the only organ within the e.u. there's directly elected by e.u. citizens that makes it the representation of the people 510000000 to be exact. well of british voters cast their ballots in the elections earlier this week despite the united kingdom's intention to leave the course bragg's that has dominated the election campaign there our correspondent vessel is standing by in london hi barbara good to see you i heard somebody very aptly described this vote there earlier as the u.k. being forced to go to a wedding it didn't want to we're seeing results now trickling in from this vote we don't have any firm numbers yet but what do you expect to see. well we see 1st trends we see cities like leeds for instance being lost to the labor party in favor of the brics a party of niger for irish and so that is probably going to be the trend of this evening as per usual results are trickling in slowly and birches going to take several hours ba

and that was the week in parliament.westminster over the weekend, they'll be back in the first week ofjune. and so will our daily coverage of their debates on bbc parliament. thank you for watching. and from me, bye for now. hello. for some, it's been a sunny start to the bank holiday weekend. we saw a high of 25 celsius in london on saturday afternoon. this was herne bay, in kent, around about the same time. for others, though, a very different story. cloudy, outbreaks of rain across parts of northern ireland, northern england and scotland, and many of us will see some rain through the rest of the bank holiday weekend. it will be turning cooler, as well, this is thanks to a front through the rest of the bank holiday weekend. it is certainly scotland who will see the lion share of the rain through the early hours of sunday morning and likely to keep it here through much of the day. rain initially across northern ireland on monday morning will work its way eastwards a cross monday morning will work its way eastwards acros

become a big hitter in the european parliament. and our family yes. we achieved this because many many people took to the streets for climate protection because many many young people were ready to fight for climate protection in schools universities and sports halls. these they argue these results of the votes of those people who are active on the net and those who are active in companies and small communities also in chambers of trade who said go and vote this is our election that is change europe together and not. yellow vests protest is in brussels on sunday they say the e.u. is undemocratic. everyone wants to change. the fight over which way it will be played out intolerant and on the streets. for some analysis of this i'm joined by all of political scientists and senior adviser with rasmussen global in berlin welcome. so your voters have essentially given the established political parties a thumbs down house is gone down in brussels i think maybe these elections will go doll in history as the 1st truly european elections so they're really a refl

the process has already failed, we do it like a national parliament we decide among us and thirteen parliamentll be accessible. that's unlikely to happen for the moment. >> do you think the heads of state are going? they will take into effect >> if i have to take into account the election, the result is we don't know therefore, they would say, okay, nobody has won we'll take our own parliament. >> what's the european commission need for the next five years >> i think we need somebody who can put these parties together you'll have different coalitions, different issues and we never know what the next crisis will bring and, therefore, we need somebody that can pull people together maybe also some of those who right now are still skeptic towards the european party. >> they say given the fact that the european parties failed in the election would you agree with that? >> let's put it this way the centrists have not lost, right? they would also have to show that all the things which they propose at the european parliament, they also support at home because we have the party saying we would like this

so it would decide what is relevant, parliament or the government? p.m. may: this is -- well, one of the issues we are trying to s sufficientere i capability for parliament to look at these issues. and the -- the question on whether there is change in the european union, the government making obviously a statement as to whether or not we believe that is an enhancement or not, parliament then having the opportunity to give an opinion on that, i think that is important, but again that balance between government and parliament, right, that will be one of the issues debated when we come to the withdrawal agreement. hatmy understanding is t only commits the government to make statements on new bills, but it does not say it has to make a statement on whether it will move workers' rights or intentions, so it is wishy-washy. p.m. may: i think that the -- the intent is that the government should be or would be making clear to parliament whether it in its view, any decisions taken in the european union related to workers' righ ts, were an enhancement, or the intera

the greens look likely to take $69.00 seats in the new parliament and the liberal all day group will be taking 102 seats that. despite some heavy losses there the center right european people's party is still the biggest group with $167.00 seats and if we look at the right wing populist blocks you're on the right of our graphic we see them at 47 and 73 seats putting them at 120 seats together those go back to brussels now we're going to get some live reaction from did abused her standing by for us there terry let's talk 1st about this turnout is the the biggest turnout in quarter of a century what was driving that it was likely a combination of people who very much love the e.u. and see it through and then people who very much hate the e.u. and want to see it destroyed if you think about the impact that the breck's it situation has had on the vote of course you had a breck's it party formed simply to get the u.k. out of the european union so there were people who very much want to send to brussels members of the european parliament who want to make trouble here and that's probably wh

an irritant, certainly, in this new parliament.gs that aren't surprising at all and it's very much the status quo. for the moment, thank you very much and thanks for being with us on the briefing. we are outside the european parliament in brussels, there is another in strasbourg, don't forget, but this is where the action was last night as the results were coming in and we will analyse them through the programme. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: austria seems to have bucked the european trend, its governing centre—right party won most votes and seen off the far—right. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletic events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7:00am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot, as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juve ntus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. th

be a facing a shrinking center of the european parliament the center of those parties who believe in the future of europe wants to thank c. europe wants to have an officious approach for the future of europe that is will be a face in a shrinking center that trend gave german mainstream parties their worst ever e.u. election results. while boosting the europeans are right. in france naveen lappin again beat the french president's party. hungary's viktor orban spelled it out for icing good the migration issue by itself and the reaction of the people only below reorganize the political spectrum with the european union called the traditional party families will not play the same role in the future as they have done in the recent years socialists and democrats party list candidate france timmerman called for humility as his party lost 35 seats and stressed the need for cooperation among the so-called progressive so i will repeat my proposition to work with other progressive parties in this parliament to try and build a program that addresses the aspirations the dreams and also sometimes t

here's adam fleming from the parliament in brussels.des itself on being the only directed elected eu institution, although i imagine the prime ministers, presidents, and chancellors might have something to say about that. each member state sends a group of meps that is roughly correlated to its population size. so the uk has 73, the same as italy. the european parliament has the power to approve most new pieces of european legislation, the eu's annual and long—term budget, and the top team at the european commission, including its president, a power that the european parliament will exercise later this year. in terms of how it is organised, the national political parties form pan european political blocs with other parties that share their worldviews. so it is organised around the centre—right, the centre—left, the liberals, the greens, and the eurosceptics. and there is one other big thing — the european parliament has to give its consent to the final brexit deal. adam fleming in brussels. one of the possible candidates to succeed ther

it is going to take 22 members of the european parliament.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

now on bbc news, it's time for a look back at the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. a brexit showdown — could june be the end of may? the withdrawal agreement bill will have a second reading during the week beginning monday 3rd june 2019. tory activists say she shouldn't hang around that long. they've lost confidence in the prime minister and wish her to resign before the european elections. and accentuating the positive — how mps can avoid brexit—related stress. your mind is here, your body is there but quite often your mind is drawn back to the past and it ruminates and cogitates the negative things that happened to you. all that to come, and more. but first, after all the debates, the meaningful votes, the defeats, the attempted coups and the collapsed cross—party talks, the end is nigh. theresa may met senior conservatives on thursday and agreed that she would set out the timetable for the election of her successor after another brexit vote. whatever happens. this vote will be on the withdrawal agreement bill to put he

and that was the week in parliament.ak from westminster over the weekend, they'll be back in the first week ofjune. and so will our daily coverage of their debates on bbc parliament. thank you for watching. and from me, bye for now. hello. there is an atlantic weather system affecting us today and many of us have seen a bit of rain. a few more showers to come for the bank holiday and a bit more cloud around as well and we have had this weekend and temperatures have come down a bit as a result. earlier, plenty of cloud on the satellite pictures and this zone here has got the showers which have been moving south. brighter skies have followed on behind, for many of us, a fine end to the day, the last of the showers clearing away from the south—east and clearly still very wet for some of us in the north of scotland. this area of rain overnight will sink south across the rest of scotland, some further outbreaks of rain developing in northern ireland, it will feel cooler and fresher, certainly compared with last night. a fine

the only way you can get over parliament blocking a no—deal exit is to change parliament, and that would. that would be catastrophic. good morning, good morning. he sees it differently, saying we should leave by the deadline regardless. other senior tories yet to say if they willjoin the race feel the same. i'm just getting on with myjob today, thanks. one who is standing is keeping any big ideas to himself — for now. brexit is clearly going to be one of the big issues that has to be addressed properly and every candidate has to come forward with a credible plan, so i will have much more to say on that in the coming days. thank you very much. which way to turn on brexit is the question all ten people who now want to be prime minister will have to answer, sooner or later. whatever you think about no deal, it's pretty obvious the eu may choose no deal on our behalf. so my view is we have to do everything we can to be ready for that point, so that we can take the option, if required. this crowded field of candidates have to first convince tory mps they have a credible plan for brexit, but i

—— of the european parliament —— of the european parliament.rliament. well, yes, it's of a national vote and it's much of a compromise, a melting pot of politics. 28 countries represented, so politics. 28 countries represented, so whatever the figures look like nationally, of course by the time you get to the european parliament it is diluted, 751 meps. so you can't necessarily translate the impact nationally, as i say, the greens have done well in many places, in power in the european parliament. it's a melting pot of parties who will have to work together. no—one's a clear winner in the european parliament. it is interesting, reflecting on the greens. i was talking to a member of the greens earlier who was talking about a new wave. early on in the evening there was a sense that there was something happening for the greens. we then heard from a liberal group leader saying this is a new dawn for europe, europe's back in favour. and the green message was that's not necessarily the case at all. we realise now we can have an influence in europe an

how might that influence the role of the european parliament mr mark the european parliament is a lwa parliament is always seen as the beaker of the three compared with the commission and the council. it strengthens the parliament's and the council. it strengthens the pa rliament‘s hands and the council. it strengthens the parliament's hands in that they are the ones representing the people, look at as, you have always said we do not get enough turnout, so we do not have legitimacy to be with the grown—ups at the table. the high turnout will be one more argument that the parliament can actually have a say in things it does not at the moment. we are sitting amongst a few people enjoying a drink on what has become quite a chilly spring evening in brussels. we are digesting all the different dimensions of these results in the european parliamentary elections. if you want to send us any questions on any part of that story, details are on the screen throughout. inafew screen throughout. in a few minutes we will turn away from the brexit dimension of this story and return to france and germ

parliament has to do it.e the next prime minister of this country? is he the only one who can deliver the brexit you want? ben: i have not got a view on boris johnson. he has been out of the main light as it were four months. i have not heard much about him. he voted in favor of the withdrawal agreement the third time it was presented, which makes the question about the integrity of his resolve to deliver a proper brexit. so i cannot complement on boris johnson. i do not think his appointment to be leader of the tory party will make any difference to the fight the tories are facing. francine: you do not think a pre-brexit conservative prime minister would do away with the brexit you believe in. i think tories are incapable of delivering the brexit that should have been delivered to the people. they have got such a big schism double middle of their party that i think it is difficult for anyone to resolve. are you expecting -- there is a lot of -- they are saying a hard brexit or if you review the term, a no de

election that promises to bring about heavy losses for the current ruling coalition in the european parliament populist party stand to take up the slack as hungary's prime minister make the obama calling the vote a chance to stand up to brussels we'll bring you all the latest on the decisive day for the ease of use over 500000000 citizens also coming up. on its glittering evening to wrap up the cannes film festival of the big names go home empty handed newcomers make history a korean film takes a palme d'or as well as senegalese debutant is awarded 2nd prize becoming the 1st black woman to win big at cannes. i'm going to get champions bar in munich also inter-mountain ball and the german cup beating lights a 3 nil and a final which brought them and also the story to a pickle. player . welcome to the program. millions of voters across europe are going to the polls to elect representatives to the european parliament it's the final day of voting with $21.00 countries taking part today including some of the biggest germany france italy spain and poland results are expected this even a citizens acr

parliament get rid of the e.u. court of justice marine le pen doesn't like the european commission she wants to shut it down. wants to shut down europe's borders and its budget so lots of disparities they are hard to see how they all suddenly come together we will come back to the subject said dr so the next few hours about your picture soften nicely melinda claim for now thank you i got a value thank you as well for that. of course is on the ground across from member states of promise to be pivotal in this election let's start with a paris and bro chief political editor i became a cook is at the headquarters of. the u. party in. what's going on there. yes well he of course says no business but the bubbly is already on ice the conservative c.d.u. has already kind of factors into a slight setback at the polls but in months they'd be back as the top candidates hoping to become the next commission president that could potentially be reason to celebrate but the real to see it come when you think of the potential impact

if a parliament was if the coffin thinks the extracts and the e.u. will probably be the strongest parliamentary 0 and thus we will have as a stylist and then on to represent this senator with. the center which designs this collaboration with other parties and european parliament this is the task ahead of us or we promise to beijing next but the european people's party and the c.d.u. c.s.u. from germany are going to guarantee the stability for the next 5 years thank you have had them for you thank you very much. so you just heard from a man from. german that i mean he leads the european peoples party as they have sent to rights group inc and the european parliament he's likely he's one of the lead candidates to be the next to european commission with the european commission president with me here in the studio is going to create a chief political correspondent what did you make of what you just focus 2 things the 1st thing is that he opened with essentially what i was saying right before he started to speak saying european democracy is alive and well

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this vote is that true well they still command more than 2 thirds of the seats in the european parliament so they have the obligation to do this they have they have the opportunity to do so the nationalist vote is strong but it is not so strong that it can block the work of the european parliament ok we have our correspondent our brussels bureau chief max health money who has also been following this vote very closely for us and he joins us from there max what is your take on this how big of a shakeup has this actually been for the european union. well it's nothing that wasn't anticipated before what we have and that is really the crucial difference for the 1st time and we've seen that in other countries we have a situation where the 2 centrist parties so the biggest groups here the social democrats and the conservative party aren't able to form a majority so they will need another group coming in to form a majority in the european parliament that's something you see in many different countries so it's not necessarily per se a problem but it shows you a trend even if right now the right w

parliament has to ratify an agreement that they made with us to leave with a deal and so far parliament has not been willing to do that although parliament has also not been willing to accept no deal but the extension and decisions at the end of that where we could get to that without a deal ratified and with having left the european union i hope we don't come to that position . it would not simply be a decision of the government as to what happens, because obviously at that point , there would be a request for further extension, that would be in the hands of the european union as well. >> you referred to the talks of the opposition. if they can't reach agreement as you just said, you're going to put a number of options to the house, will that be a decision for the customs union? >> what we would do is discuss with the opposition because we want this to be a process with which we have discussed with the official opposition and which they are willing to support. we discuss with them the oppositions that would be put for the house. we would discuss the option. >> since there are going for

become a big hitter in the european parliament. and our family ah. we achieved this because 90 many people took to the streets for climate protection because many many young people were ready to fight for climate protection in schools universities in sports halls. please they are here these results are the votes of those people who are active on the net and those who are active in companies and small communities also in chambers of trade who said go and vote this is our election that is change europe together and that. yellow vests protestors in brussels on sunday they say the e.u. is undemocratic. everyone wants to change europe. the fight over which way will be played out in parliament and on the streets. let's go right to proselyte our bureau chief max hoffman is standing by for us there he's been covering the vote for us max you could say it's been a pretty underwhelming result for the established parties in this vote how has that gone down in brussels. for the established parties and surprisingly that didn't go down too well for others like the

as to the influence of the european parliament or what they have in parliament works mostly based on a kind of a grand coalition between the parties of the center and. although the people fighting the social democrats won't have a majority the liberals and the greens still have a comfortable majority so i would predict that if you look at the european parliament alone the influence of the right thing parties voting to be as big as the hype is still during the last years we have seen the far right parties have entered the government and several member states so they could have some influence over the council and this of course could shift the dynamics in the way i was in the european parliament because until now we have seen that the right thing parties if not been very constructive in the parliament not been interested in a very active involvement and parliamentary politics and if they gain in power in the council and see the possibility to really shape european policy this of course could change the attitude in the parliament too but they have yet to and with the development in aust

in parliament an interesting woman. you have been doing your research has shown that the far right is very provocative and very loud in parliament but in actual practice it's just a load of hot air are we more worried than we should be if the musicians we do need to be worried we can see that far right parties even when they aren't part of votes and don't win votes they still have an effect on politics. also. ringback ahead of european elections a number of right wing populist parties have joined forces in the european alliance of people and nations current polls show that they can make up over 25 percent of any peace why are more and more europeans voting for the far right. but it's got something to do with an ongoing deep politicization of them that people haven't given any thought to what political values matter to them perhaps they're more interested in how they personally can get ahead how financially secure they are and how much they have in comparison to others. we know that a sense of inequality is widespread an

policy making then what his deputies could do in the european parliament well interesting lee enoughthe populace have identified a new opponent we could say at the greens the rise of the in my mentalist party. is one of the big story that emerged from the vote let's hear what both the populist a.f.d. from germany and the greens themselves here have to say. they are our main competitors and we take them very seriously you have to but in the end the policies will provide and we'll see the new emperor has no clothes it's not good for you and he for me that there's no man might climate change but you want he that might climate change either i say they're adults. and we know that the result is with being a guiding force we've moved into the center of the political debate. i was assistant issues of course we know that we are. raising hopes have to be fulfilled. all right max let's come back to you now the a.f.p. we can't play this they're saying the greens are their number one opponent that's really a sea change how have the greens managed to become such a political force. you know in the

are set to make big wins while projections show the established centrist bloc losing its grip on parliament. now the surprise of the night if you want to call it that overall votes it was the highest in twenty years at over fifty percent. let's break down some of the numbers them so far in italy mattel's survey in these far right party the league is projected to win thirty three percent of the vote while in france in the pan's national rally is set to overtake the party of president manual mccrone with as much as twenty three percent of the vote austria that is just seeing the center right people's party is expected to snatch a sizeable vote and in neighboring germany the ruling coalition will be dealt a significant blow despite getting twenty eight percent of the vote so far so this is how it's all expected to shape the european parliament for the next five years well actually that's the question how is it going to we're looking at a fragmented parliament with established movements losing ground to smaller parties despite the gains made by the euro skeptic and right leaning parties pro e.u

i have voted consistently in parliament for us to leave the european union. -- had everyone in parliament voted the same way we would no longer be a member of the european union. that you that to mean are not going to complicate -- contemplate leaving the european union. prime minister may: i'm making a very simple point, which is -- i know, i'm answering your question the way which i choose to answer it. the point is very simple. i stand by the references i've made in the past, but i actually happen to think that we have a good deal. made thatst reference, i was talking in the abstract. we are no longer talking in the abstract. we're talking against the background of a negotiated deal, i believe iswhich a good deal for the united kingdom. it remains the government's position that we will continue to work for the deal. >> is the house of commons trying to prove the agreement and declines to approve leaving without a deal, your choice would be remain in the european union is definitely? prime minister may: no, i do not believe we should be remaining in the european union indefinitely. that

watching news live from berlin up next a special program face the voters members of the european parliament answer questions put to them directly by you the voter stick around for the. shifting powers of the old order is history the world is religion izing itself and the media's role is keep the topic in focus at the global media forum twenty nine today one out of two people is online who are we following whom do we trust the basic shape the future at the touch of a global media for twenty nineteen. hello welcome to this special to fate shy face the vitus any peace to you i'm catherine nicholson. at france twenty four and i'm max hoffman brussels bureau chief of the thank you for joining us here at the heart of europe at the european parliament in brussels where there are just a couple of weeks to go down before the e.u. elections and we are handing over control to you devices so it's a valid fronts and people and doesn't just a radio station aren't buying radio you have to announce across the e.u. to the young europeans you have i think the best sign after all it is about their future or t

the european parliament is not like national parliaments. discipline is not tied. deputies come from different backgrounds. you usually need to reach across party lines in order to get a majority. with a substantial popular -- populist population, you have to reach out further to get a majority. that means you have to make more compromises and sometimes you will have the debates that the parliament needs. the debates about what is the right way. all the pro-eu parties have to stick together. >> they can cause trouble. another narrative we saw is the centrist parties are saying their support eroded and it was a difficult day for them, not least in germany. >> as the results came in at cdu headquarters, the scale of the knights losses became clear. a blow for the chancellor, but not a reason to step down. likes >> angela merkel is our elected chancellor. we have to think things through. have no plans for a change in leadership, because that is the stat -- not decided by one party. >> it was obvious things were not going the cdu's way before polls closed. once the vot