Theresa May lost Britain’s elections on Thursday but her opponent Jeremy Corbyn didn’t win. That’s a recipe for chaos. Because what it means is that no single party won an outright majority. May had a majority in parliament. But she wanted an even greater majority. So she took a big risk and called a snap election three years early. She was expected to win at least 50 seats. She ended up losing 12. The humiliating defeat means she no longer has the momentum to negotiate a strong exit from the E.U. It also means she no longer even has a majority to push other parts of her agenda. So what happened? The U.K. saw its largest turnout in 25 years, over 1.5M people registered to vote just in the month leading up to the election. The biggest chunk of those were young people. After Brexit, many doubted younger voters would come out this time around. But the apathy turned into action for the 2017 general election. Jeremy Corbyn saw a significant increase for Labour (the biggest since 1997 when Tony Blair won). Key districts flipped or gained significant ground. Wales, university towns like Sheffield and Manchester, and areas with pro-Europe voters, like London. The U.K. moved back towards a distinctly two-party system. So what’s next? May is still the Prime Minister, but her position has become precarious. In order to create a majority, she’s trying to form a government with the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland, an extremely socially conservative party that favors Brexit, but wants to maintain free trade agreements with Europe. The disarray in Britain gives the E.U. new leverage over Brexit. The Brexit negotiation table has turned. After Macron’s win in France, the E.U. looks less under threat as it did six months ago. Ten days before negotiations are set to start, the conversation has changed. May’s “Hard Brexit” is now likely to be a lot softer.