What’s happening in the EU parliamentary election? The biggest winners and losers in Europe


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Open this photo in gallery: French President Emmanuel Macron gestures after voting for the European Parliament election, in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France, on June 9.Hannah McKay/Reuters Far-right parties made big gains during the European Parliament’s election, rattling the traditional powers and making French President Emmanuel Macron call snap legislative elections. Millions of Europeans voted for candidates to serve five-year terms in a new European Parliament, the legislative branch of the 27-member trade bloc, in a vote that took place from June 6 to 9. Provisional results from the voting that ended Sunday showed the Christian Democrats would have 186 seats, up...