EU elections: voters boost Greens and far right to leave centrist groups diminished

By Daniel Boffey in Brussels and Philip Oltermann in Berlin

Radical alternatives such as Greens and far right benefit from record voter turnout

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Supporters of the French far-right National Rally party react after it was projected to win in France.

The 40-year grip of the two main centrist political groups on the levers of power in Brussels looked set to be broken as voters in the European elections turned out in record numbers to bolster radical alternatives including the Greens and the far right.

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