of the european parliament. to hear more, let s go to christian fraser, whojoins us live from brussels. this is the second biggest election in the after india? it does put it into some perspective. we will all be focusing on america in november, 240 million voters there. we are in the european parliament, above the hemicycle where the politicians normally sit. you can see behind me a huge screen where we will start to get the first exit polls. i told you that has been a shift to the right. we are starting to see that some of the first exit polls. let s concentrate on some that reflect that trend. germany, the cdu gaining six seats in these exit polls. but the hard right, the afd, finishing second with 17 seats. the spd of 0laf scholz finishing third on a record low i4%. the greens at nearly cut in half in germany. tears in the room next door, where the greens are having an election party of sorts. in the netherlands, gate of elders party had no seat in 2019, they gained seven
it reads. our correspondentjoe inwood has the latest from the island of symi. i ve been here for three orfour days now following the attempt to find michael mosley and you hear that statement from clare bailey mosley, and it is very sad, it is a very heartfelt statement for a man who so many people clearly loved and held in great affection. he was a very well known broadcaster, a doctor, a medical expert, but he was also a husband and father. a friend to many people and that is what came through in there. as you say, it was the news that we had been expecting from this morning and certainly, the longer it went on, the longer the search went on, the more unlikely it was that he would be found alive and well. it is incredibly hot here, incredibly difficult conditions, those hills behind me, those aren t the hills he was found on but but they are very similar geologically, they are the same sort of height, it is very rough terrain, very difficult, very exposed. it was right in t
good evening. we start with the european elections. it s still early with exit polls coming in from around europe, but we ve had our first projection of what the next european parliament will look like, and in many countries, far right parties have made big gains. exit polls show a historic win for marine le pen s national rally in france and is on course to trounce president macron s party. far right parties have also made substantial gains in austria and germany. exit polls say 27 countries voting, most of them since thursday, 373 million people were eligible to vote. that is considerably more than the 244 million who will be taking part in the united states in november. so, this is a very big deal, not only because it will set the direction for this parliament at a critical time in europe, with war in ukraine, the economy stuttering, migration a major concern for many, but because what happens in this election so often has a bearing on the direction of domestic politics in