Far-right parties made significant gains in the European Parliament elections as centrist and center-left parties in France and Germany suffered stunning defeats on Sunday, according to exit polls. But the center-right European People’s Party picked up five seats, which was good news for party member and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who’s seeking a second term, according to Reuters. “We are the anchor of stability,” von der Leyen boasted to cheering supporters at the EPP’s election night event in Brussels. The environmentalist Greens were expected to lose 20 seats and fa…