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FILE - Popular YouTuber and TikToker with millions of online followers Fidias Panayiotou holds his cell phone after his proclamation as the winner of one of six seats allotted to Cyprus in the European Parliament in Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

Cypriot social media star Fidias will keep his European Parliament job after winning Cyprus seat

By Menelaos Hadjicostis - Associated Press

Alvise Perez, leader of "The Party Is Over" ("Se acabó la fiesta") poses for a photo in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, June 13, 2024. One is a wildly popular, seemingly happy-go-lucky YouTuber with no political experience from Cyprus. The other is a brash, fringe figure of Spain's far right who rails against unauthorized immigrants. They are now new members of the European Parliament thanks to their savvy use of the potential of video-based social media. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)

2 political outliers claim seats in European Parliament by leveraging social media’s viral power

By MEnelaos Hadjicostis and Joseph Wilson - Associated Press