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Looking at 3 very recent polls covering voting intention at the European elections, the current best way to strategically optimise the pro-Remain vote is to vote LibDems or Greens in England, SNP in Scotland, and Plaid Cymru in Wales. Change UK are a fading force at this point. 
NOTE 1: I actually like the intention behind Change UK *a lot*. And maybe they can regroup and become a force in the future (I certainly hope so - we need more parties that shake things up in a positive way). But for *these* European elections, they look out of the picture.
NOTE 2: It's too simplistic to say "vote LibDems because they're ahead". On those sorts of figures, both they and the Greens stand a chance of getting an MEP each in several regions. Neither likely to get *2* MEPs in one region, so beyond a certain point it's wasted boosting one.
NOTE 3: No other pro-Remain party is close to getting even one MEP in Scotland, but if you really can't vote for the SNP for some reason then the Scottish Greens are next best placed. But there's very little chance they'll pick up an MEP.
NOTE 4: Plaid Cymru are on twice the votes of any other pro-Remain party in Wales, and even then their 1 MEP isn't a nailed-on certainty this time around. So a vote for any other pro-Remain party will be wasted.
Here are the original polls...
In parting: the 3 polls have quite different figures for some of the parties. Presumably down to methodology and response base. But all 3 show identical "direction of travel" for every main party involved in the upcoming elections, so I believe the trends are absolutely sound.
