Pro-EU parties have won more votes in the European Parliament elections, but the split vote between has resulted in Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party taking the most seats.
The majority of MEPs have made clear that Theresa May’s plans to give EU citizens in the UK a “settled status” after Brexit falls “far short of what citizens are entitled to”.
Explaining how the European Parliament and Commission combine to represent the interests of 28 member states.
A former UKIP MEP has been jailed for fraudulently claiming nearly £500,000 in expenses from the European Parliament.
The EU Parliament elections are just a few days away, but the overwhelming focus of election coverage in UK newspapers has not been about European issues and policy debates, but on Nigel Farage’s UKIP and the question of a UK referendum on EU membership.