Europe's longtime political center appeared to shrink Sunday as exit polls and early results from the hardest-fought European Parliament elections in decades showed both the anti-immigrant far right and the pro-environment Greens gaining ground. And Hungary said Prime Minister Viktor Orban's fiercely anti-immigration Fidesz party had won 13 of the country's 21 seats in the EU Parliament, one more than it had in 2014. The EU and its Parliament set trade policy on the continent, regulate agriculture, oversee antitrust enforcement and set monetary policy for 19 of the 28 nations sharing the euro currency. With the elections over, European leaders will begin the task of selecting candidates for the top jobs in the EU's headquarters in Brussels. Current European lawmakers' terms end July 1, and the new parliament will be seated the following day.

Source: Fox News May 26, 2019 23:26 UTC