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This Thursday, July 26, 2007, file photo shows a general view of the Houses of Parliament on the river Thames in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

AP Explains: What lies ahead for UK after May’s resignation

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

In this picture taken Tuesday, May 21, 2019, Valentina Radu works on an automated sewing machine in Luncavita, Romania. Radu also worked in Italy, but when her husband lost his job there, they struggled to pay the rent and decided to come home where they used European Union funds to buy a small farm and she further opened a tailor's shop. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

No election fever in Romanian village thriving with EU funds

By LAURENTIU COLINTINEANU - Associated Press

In this Monday, Dec. 4, 2017 file photo, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, right, walks behind British Prime Minister Theresa May prior to addressing a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels. As May announced her departure with a Brexit plan nowhere near success, European Union leaders offered kind words. But it was quite another matter during the years of negotiations with the bloc that often produced exasperation, miscommunication and even some ridicule of her. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

May’s relationship with EU was often rocky

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, June 9, 2017 file photo Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May listens as the declaration at her constituency is made for in the general election in Maidenhead, England. Theresa May says she'll quit as UK Conservative leader on June 7, sparking contest for Britain's next prime minister. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Theresa May: A prime minister defined and defeated by Brexit

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Ballot boxes are transported around Inishbofin island, Ireland, Thursday, May 23, 2019 in preparation for voting in the European Parliament elections. Some 400 million Europeans from 28 countries head to the polls from Thursday to Sunday to choose their representatives at the European Parliament for the next five years. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)

Voting in Ireland kicks off Day 2 of EU elections

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British Prime Minister Theresa May walks away after making a speech in the street outside 10 Downing Street in London, England, Friday, May 24, 2019. Theresa May says she'll quit as UK Conservative leader on June 7, sparking contest for Britain's next prime minister. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

The Latest: PM May resigns, won’t lead Britain out of EU

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives to make a statement outside at 10 Downing Street in London, Friday May 24, 2019. Theresa May says she'll quit as UK Conservative leader on June 7, sparking contest for Britain's next prime minister. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP)

Timeline of Brexit and events leading to May’s departure

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In this photo taken on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, restaurateur Michael Recktenwald talks to The Associated Press about his legal action against the EU to protect climate in his restaurant on the car-free environmental island of Langeoog in the North Sea, Germany. Concerns about climate change have prompted mass protests across Europe for the past year and are expected to draw tens of thousands onto the streets again Friday, May 24. For the first time, the issue is predicted to have a significant impact on this week’s elections for the European Parliament. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Climate change is hot topic in the European Parliament vote

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement outside at 10 Downing Street in London, Friday May 24, 2019. Theresa May says she'll quit as UK Conservative leader on June 7, sparking contest for Britain's next prime minister. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

Theresa May to quit as British prime minister

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018 file photo, British Conservative Party Member of Parliament Boris Johnson speaks at a fringe event during the Conservative Party annual conference at the International Convention Centre, in Birmingham, England. Prime Minister Theresa May’s announcement that she will leave 10 Downing Street has set off a fierce competition to succeed her as Conservative Party leader _ and as the next prime minister. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, File)

The race is on: Contenders vie to become next British PM

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar casts his vote at Scoil Thomais, Castleknock as people across the Republic of Ireland go to the polls to vote in the European and local elections along with the referendum on Ireland's divorce laws, in Dublin, Friday May 24, 2019. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)

The Latest: Polls open in Czech Republic, centrists seek win

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European Union leaders pose for a group photo at an EU summit in Sibiu, Romania, Thursday, May 9, 2019. European Union leaders on Thursday start to set out a course for increased political cooperation in the wake of the impending departure of the United Kingdom from the bloc. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

EU elections primer: How they work, what could happen

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

In this image made available by UK Parliament, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May dug in Wednesday against a growing push by both rivals and former allies to remove her from office as her attempts to lead Britain out of the European Union appeared to be headed for a dead end. (Mark Duffy/UK Parliament via AP)

Theresa May hunkers down as premiership enters its end stage

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

The Latest: British govt delays vote on Brexit bill

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Theresa May won’t leave, but can’t stay

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

EU high court rejects compensation bid on Greek bond losses

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Dutch prime minister, populist leader clash in Europe debate

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday May 18, 2019 file photo, from left, Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch Party for Freedom, Italy's Matteo Salvini, Jorg Meuthen, leader of the Alternative For Germany party, and Marine Le Pen, attend a rally ahead of the May 23-26 European Parliamentary elections, in Milan, Italy. The European Parliament elections have never been so hotly anticipated or contested, with many predicting that this year’s ballot will mark a coming-of-age moment for the euroskeptic far-right movement. The elections start Thursday May 23, 2019 and run through Sunday May 26 and are taking place in all of the European Union’s 28 nations. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Big question for EU vote: How well will the far-right do?

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 9, 2011 file photo, EU flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. Disinformation has evolved beyond the playbook used by Russian trolls in the U.S. election. As the European Union gears up for a crucial election, it is domestic groups rather than foreign powers that are taking to social media to push false information and extremist messages, experts say. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, File)

Fake news changes shape as EU heads into elections

By KELVIN CHAN and LORNE COOK and ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Anti Brexit campaigners hold banners near Parliament in London, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May was under pressure Wednesday to scrap a planned vote on her tattered Brexit blueprint — and to call an end to her embattled premiership — after her attempt at compromise got the thumbs-down from both her own Conservative Party and opposition lawmakers. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

The Latest: Brexit: Senior Cabinet official quits UK govt

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