Brian Lairn on WNYC, and here we are, quarter to 12, and for our last 15 minutes today,

we're going to end with a call-in for anyone in or with ties to any country in Europe.

Why? Well, this past weekend striking results

in the European parliamentary elections is why. While Europe's centrist groups did ultimately

maintain their majorities, some of the 27 countries voted for far-right parties, making inroads

in France and Germany in particular. So now we're going to

open up the phones and invite you to help us report this story if you are in or from or have

ties to any country in Europe, especially France and Germany, but anywhere else too, and help the

rest of us understand the implications of what just

happened this weekend. If you have ties to any of those 27 countries, what just happened here?

212-433 WNYC, 212, 433-9692. You can also text that number. There were so many issues on the table, of course,

but the U.S. press is reporting that this election was a referendum on centrism in a way,

and that it came down to issues of immigration, taxes, in some cases, and climate change.

So if you voted or if you know someone who did, if you are in or

from or have any ties to, any European countries, help us report this story. You'll be the

explainer to the rest of our audience. What brought people out to the polls? What do you think

determine these outcomes anywhere in the EU?

212-433 WNYC, help us out, people with ties to Europe.

212-433-9692.

The far-right alternative for Germany Party, or AFD, for example, made some surprising gains during this election.

If you haven't heard this yet, preliminary results show that it came in behind the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union, but ahead of Chancellor Olaf Schultz's Social Democrats.

The group has been officially labeled a suspected extremist group by the German authorities,

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