Conservative parties across Europe are cheering their victory, following four days of voting for the E.U. Parliament that resulted in heavy losses for the left.Yeah, Marty... just not to the electorate.
Leftist lawmakers like Martin Schulz, president of the parliament's Socialist group, say they are bitterly disappointed with the results.
Schulz says the vote marks a sad period for socialists in Europe. But he says the themes of the left - social values, more market regulation and fighting climate change - are as relevant as ever.
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FROM THE COMMENTS:
"These changes had been brewing for some time, and yet the US goes and elects Peter Pan as President."*