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It wasn't a landslide. They got 31% of the vote (only 4% more than Farage got last time despite the Tories collapsing), total pro-brexit vote was under 35%. The pro-remain vote was over 40%. This was a pretty good win for remain. The main frustration is that if Change UK hadn't run against the Lib Dems, there are FOUR brexit party seats that would have gone Lib Dem. The main takeaway from this election is that it is very important to not split the vote - a remain alliance, even if it was only Green+Lib Dem would have come first easily. But as a remainer I'll take this result, now to cancel brexit.

Anyway, since the EU election is incredibly important, here's how it went across the continent:

GUE-NGL (Left/Far-left, eurosceptic): 38 (-14)
S&D (Socialists&Social Democrats): 150 (-41)
Greens/EFA (Greens&Regionalists): 70 (+20)
ALDE (Liberals, eurofederalists): 107 (+40)
EPP (Centre-right): 179 (-43)
ECR (Conservatives, nationalists, eurosceptic): 58 (-12)
EFDD (Populists, eurosceptic): 56 (+8)
ENF (Nationalists, far-right): 58 (+21)

So all in all big gains for the liberals (Here liberal=centre, generally speaking), gains for the greens, and limited gains for the various right wing eurosceptic groups. Bad news for the establishment as the commission has been run by an EPP/S&D coalition since its formation and they lost their majority. Europe didn't really go left or right but fragmented in all directions, which may ultimately be good for democracy.
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