EU and US officials are concerned about the impact on transatlantic trade talks of a surge in support for anti-establishment parties in European elections, raising the prospect of delays as they adapt to a new political reality.
With pro-trade centre-right and centre-left parties still controlling a majority of the seats in the European Parliament, officials in Brussels insist they have the support needed to see an EU-US pact ratified.
But following the European elections, EU and US officials are braced for a bumpy ride as the new parliament is sworn in and the horse-trading over the composition of a new European Commission steps up.
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