UKIP leader Nigel Farage and other members of his UK Independence Party (UKIP) turned their backs as the European anthem was played during the inaugural sitting of the new European Parliament in Strasbourg today.

During the sitting, socialist leader Martin Schulz was re-elected parliament president.

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