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“There is no doubt that many populist, Euroskeptic and even nationalistic parties are entering the European Parliament,” said German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier after all the votes in last Sunday’s, May 25, election for the European Union’s Parliament had been counted.

Just toward the anniversary of the Gezi protests, a message popped into my mailbox. It wrote “Food not Bombs.” To my astonishment, they were already going to have their 14th event. Food not bombs-Istanbul is a movement started by a group of like-minded youngsters who cannot stand the thought of wasting food when there are starving people.

The European People's Party and the Party of European Socialists will have to find a common language due to the makeup of the new European Parliament, according to Ivaylo Kalfin.

Organic farming, sustainable development of the mountain area and its attractiveness, and support for the small farmers were the main topics discussed on the meeting that Prince Charles had on Saturday with MEP Daciana Sarbu, recently elected for another term as a member of the European Parliament.

Key decisions on the future of Democratic Left (DIMAR) have been put off until the party’s central committee meets next Saturday, although by then two lawmakers may have left the center-left grouping.

The process of counting the votes for European Parliament candidates was due to be completed over the weekend, with the 21 MEPs that will represent Greece and their parties appearing to have been decided from Friday.

Two Molotov cocktails were thrown at the offices of Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) in Patissia, central Athens, on Friday night.

The attack cause minor damage to the party’s offices.

Nobody was hurt.

Ultranationalist LAOS surprised experts by gaining 2.7 percent of the vote in the European Parliament elections.

Legislators of Democratic Left (DIMAR), a former coalition partner which suffered a battering in last week’s European Parliament elections, met on Friday to discuss strategy and rejected an offer by party leader Fotis Kouvelis to resign from his post.

To Potami, the new centrist party that gained 6.6 percent in the European Parliament elections on Sunday, announced on Friday that it will hold its first party congress at a campsite in Thrace, northeastern Greece.

The party’s 6,800 members have been invited to book to attend the event, which will take place on the last weekend of June.

The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has announced the names of Bulgaria's 17 newly-elected MEPs.

On its website, CEC reveals that expected reshuffles were officially made in a few parties' European elections lists.