EU elections turnout rises as political landscape fragments

People wait in line to cast their vote as a higher than usual voter turnout is registered in Bucharest, Romania. Photograph: Andreea Alexandru/APMore EU citizens have voted in European parliament elections than at any time in the past quarter century, the assembly has said, estimating overall turnout in the EU27 member states at 51% compared to 42.6% in 2014. Voters turned out in significantly larger numbers than in the previous poll in almost all member states, including Germany, Poland, Spain,