Far-right parties in France and Germany have made striking gains in the European parliament elections, exit polls showed, as data trickled in before official results later on Sunday. The success of the far right in the EU’s two largest member states comes ahead of expected gains for the hard-right Brothers of Italy party of the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni. Although the centre-right alliance has taken a decisive lead in Germany, exit polls indicate the far-right Alternative für Deutschland has made significant gains, while the governing Greens and Social Democrats has slumped. In France, exit polls suggest Marine Le Pen’s...