Greens seek to leverage EU wins to push climate action

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Chairwoman of Germany's Christian Democratic Union party CDU speaks during Manfred Weber's, candidate of the European People's Party (EPP) for the next European Commission President, final campaign event ahead of the EU election in Munich, Germany, May 24, 2019. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Surfing an international wave of climate activism to their strongest showing yet in European Union elections, Europe's Greens on Sunday readied to press their demands on climate and trade in Brussels.

An ebb in support for mainstream parties furthermore raised hopes among Europe's ecology parties that they could even use their still relatively small presence in the EU assembly to act as kingmakers in an increasingly fragmented EU legislature.