Could the taboo of far-right involvement in German national governance be nearing an end?

Listen | 35:40
Germany
Black is the CDU colour, turquoise the AfD. The map shows where which party finished first in the European elections.

Citizens of the EU used their votes in last week’s elections to maintain centre-right control of the European Parliament, while shifting the overall makeup of the legislature a little further to the right.

Brussels correspondent Jack Power joins Hugh to explore how the EU parliament has just changed, whether the new right will be able to form a voting bloc, and what the new Parliament means for EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s hope’s of a second term.

And Berlin correspondent Derek Scally looks at the success of formerly fringe parties like the far-right AfD in Germany’s European election. Could the taboo of far-right involvement in German national governance be nearing an end?