Original sentence: Hague steered the Conservatives to a successful result at the European parliamentary elections in June 1999, where the Conservatives gained 36 MEPs ahead of Labour's 29;
Edited sentence: Hague steered the Conservatives to a successful result at the European parliamentary elections in June 1999, where the Conservatives gained 36 MEPs ahead of Labour's 29; his opposition to the single European currency (the Euro) was later vindicated by Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown's adoption and subsequent approval of the policy