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Having emerged as the second strongest party the Greens are among the winners of the elections in Bavaria. They gained almost nine percentage points, securing 17.5 percent of the vote - their first double-digit result in Bavaria. They were particularly successful in Munich, where they came first after securing more than 30 percent of the vote. Europe's commentators take a closer look at their success.

The Social Democrats suffered losses in many municipalities in Belgium's local elections. In the Francophone south of the country and in Brussels the Greens in particular made gains, while the nationalists of the N-VA remain strong in Flanders. For commentators from both halves of the country the results are no reason to celebrate.

The CSU and SPD have suffered major losses in Bavaria's state elections. The CSU won just 37.2 percent of the vote - losing more than ten percentage points. The SPD suffered similar losses, coming in fifth with just 9.7 percent. The Green Party came second of all the parties, seeing its share of the vote increase dramatically to 17.5 percent. Europe's commentators take stock of the results.