European political analysts' assessment of the European Union elections, in a nutshell:
- mainstream parties looked set to keep a majority in the EU parliament
- but far-right parties are on course to boost presence
There has been much hand wringing over high-profile gains by far-right parties, none more so than Macron:
As I post EUR/USD has hit lows circa 1.0768 in super-thin trade (How thin? It's a few chaps (and ladies) in NZ and a gathering of robots check this out)
Graphic via AFP:
