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
Embers of the House Of Commons. My governments priority is to ensure the best possible deal as the country leads the european union. Members. It was a slimmed down queens beach, and not much of the tory manifesto was there. We will ask what the prospects for this government. As it run out of ideas already, or money will it be power oi already, or money will it be power or paralysis that prevails . Also tonight following theresa mays response to the Grenfell Tower disaster, we hear an opinion on sentimentality. And we will be chatting with the start of the Royal Opera Houses new production of othello. Hello. It was an awkward queens beach for so many reasons. It was fregley too hot, and it clashed with ascot, that the cream had to get to art was, and more than anything, it was awkward for theresa may, who did not have a deal with the dup and had tojump on much of what she campaigned on. The dup and had tojump on much of what she campaigned on. Queen. But this is the brexit parliament. T
Shark in majorca sends out of the sea. Good morning. Its monday 26th june. Im joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. A deal between the conservatives and the Democratic Unionist Party to support theresa mays Minority Government in parliament is expected to be announced very shortly. The Prime Minister is meeting senior dup figures inside Downing Street now, to finalise the details for a so called Confidence And Supply arrangement under which the dups ten mps will vote with the 317 conservatives to form a majority in the House Of Commons. We will bring you the latest on those talks. Lets go to chris mason in Downing Street. What are you expecting . Well, they arrived, the dup, around 15 or 20 minutes ago, greeted by the Prime Minister on the steps of Downing Street. Lots of beaming smiles on the expectation is that we should get details pretty soon, that we should get details pretty 0011, once that we should get details pretty soon, once that meeting breaks up, as do the exact na