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00:00Post-nation Germany thrashed Scotland 5-1 in the opening match of the 2024 Euros.
00:11Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffles his cabinet after a lacklustre
00:16showing in Sunday's EU elections.
00:24Germany has opened the European Championship with a confidence-boosting 5-1 win over Scotland
00:29in Munich.
00:31Goals from Florian Wurz and Jamal Musiala had Germany firmly in control after less than
00:3620 minutes.
00:38The first half ended badly for Scotland when defender Ryan Porteous was sent off and Kai
00:43Havertz converted the resulting penalty kick.
00:46Substitute Niklas Fulkrug scored Germany's fourth goal and Emre Can netted in stoppage
00:51time as the hosts recorded the largest margin of victory in a European Championship opener.
00:57The
01:16day's other match Hungary v Switzerland ended in a nil-nil draw.
01:25Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has reshuffled his cabinet after his centre-right
01:30New Democracy party performed worse than expected in Sunday's EU elections.
01:36The New Democracy party easily came first in the June 9 vote, gaining more than 28 percent,
01:42almost twice the opposition Syriza party's 14.9 percent.
01:47But that expanded lead was seen as a lacklustre showing for the governing party, which slid
01:52nearly five percent compared to the 2019 elections.
01:57Turnout was low with a record 59 percent of registered voters abstaining from the polls.
02:04Despite a dip in inflation, polls show the top concern for most Greeks is the cost of
02:08living since the pandemic and Russia's war on Ukraine contributed to rising prices.
02:15The first meeting of the new cabinet will take place on Saturday.
02:23Like many English coastal communities, Skegness is a seaside resort where the economy continues
02:29to struggle.
02:33Immigration remains a key issue, but many are now turning to the Labour party for answers,
02:39while others shift further right.
02:44Nigel Farage's Reform party is gaining traction among former Conservative voters.
02:52Instead of letting other people come to live on us.
02:55And so you'll be voting for Reform?
02:56Yes, I definitely will.
02:58I think that Reform will take a lot of votes off the Tories, which will probably result
03:03in a Labour victory.
03:05And how will you be voting?
03:07Conservative.
03:08In terms of Nigel Farage, does he appeal to you at all?
03:10Mr Farage? I think he's a bit of a... I don't know.
03:14I think he's a clown.
03:15A clown? I think he's just... Oh, yes, a bit of bravado with him.
03:19I'd beat my chest and stuff like that.
03:22Skegness is a typical eastern coastal community and it mirrors a trend across England's coastline.
03:28Once 77% Tory at the last election, it's now leaning Labour.
03:33Right-wingers here are handing the seat to Labour by splitting the vote between the Conservatives
03:39and Nigel Farage's Reform party.
03:41The most recent poll shows Labour at 45%, the Tories at 22% and Reform at 13%.
03:48So is this likely to push the Conservative party further right beyond the general election?
03:56The future could rest on the success of a now likely Labour government.
04:00When economies don't do very well, it becomes really tempting to make lump sum blame
04:05or to find a scapegoat.
04:07Dr Veronica Lamarche is a social psychologist at the University of Essex
04:11who's studied British right-wing populism.
04:14I think Nigel Farage can present a really simplistic picture of what the future of Britain could look like.
04:20Fundamental to Reform's ideology, people coming into the UK
04:24and blaming them for all the troubles that we see in the country at the moment.
04:29A vote for the Reform party could give Labour an enormous majority in early July.
04:35How the Conservative party reacts is something Nigel Farage...
04:39Never say die.
04:41...is already second-guessing.
04:43Luke Hanrahan, Euronews, Skegness.