EU elections: centrist groups expected to lose grip on power

Supporters of the French far-right National Rally party react after it was projected to win in France.Photograph: Chesnot/Getty ImagesThe 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.A populist Eurosceptic surge failed to emerge on Sunday but they were on track to be returned to the European pa