What European election results mean for the rest of the EU

A populist surge fails to materialise as Greens and liberals make gains

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(Image credit: Patrick Hertzog/AFP/Getty Images)

While the new Brexit Party looks set to be the biggest single national party in the new European Parliament, across the rest of the continent the much-anticipated populist surge failed to materialise.

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