A rightward shift in European politics

Citizens of the EU used their votes in last week’s elections to maintain centre-right control of the European Parliament, while shifting the overall makeup of the legislature a little further to the right.

Brussels correspondent Jack Power joins Hugh to explore how the EU parliament has just changed, whether the new right will be able to form a voting bloc, and what the new Parliament means for EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s hope’s of a second term.

And Berlin correspondent Derek Scally looks at the success of formerly fringe parties like the far-right AfD in Germany’s European election. Could the taboo of far-right involvement in German national governance be nearing an end?

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