BERLIN — Green parties in Germany, France, Britain and elsewhere were celebrating big gains in elections for the bloc’s 751-seat European Parliament amid growing voter concerns over climate change, expressed in large-scale student protests over recent months. Overall, the French green party EELV received almost 13.5% of the vote, coming third. Green parties also polled strongly in Austria, Sweden, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark. In Britain, the Greens — a largely insignificant force nationally — took 11 seats in the European Parliament vote. ——For more news from The Associated Press on the European Parliament elections go to https://www.apnews.com/EuropeanParliament

Source: National Post May 27, 2019 10:30 UTC