Increased support for populists in European elections

The European elections have seen Nigel Farage's Brexit Party win a third of the vote in the UK, a success repeated by La Lega in Italy, while in France Marine Le Pen's party narrowly beat President Macron's bloc for top spot.

Also in the programme: In Britain the ruling Conservative party tumbles to an unprecedented fifth place, while the main opposition Labour party also ceded support to the anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats and Greens. What does all this mean for future Brexit negotiations and those candidates vying to be the next Conservative leader and future British prime minister?

(Photo: Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini speaks during a press conference in La Lega headquarters in Milan following the results of the European parliamentary elections, on 27 May 2019. Credit: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images)