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Croatians show lack of interest in first EU elections Croatia’s opposition right-wing coalition has won most seats in the country’s first ever vote for the European Parliament. Out of a possible twelve they… 15/04/2013
Croatians vote in first European Parliament elections Polls have opened in Croatia’s first European Parliament elections. 12 candidates must be chosen to represent the country when it officially becomes a member… 14/04/2013
Brussels unveils plans to halt sliding Euro election turnout Turnout in European elections has been on the slide in every successive vote since the EU parliament was first directly-elected in 1979. Now the latest… 12/03/2013
Voting rights in local and European elections In this edition of U-talk we have a question from Ivan in Prague: “I am Slovak, but currently I live and work in the Czech Republic. I would like to vote in… 21/09/2012
Can I vote if I move abroad? While the right for foreigners to vote is being debated in several European countries, EU citizens already have certain rights within the continent. For… 11/05/2012
European Parliament electoral reform Alessandro, an Italian living in Brussels asks Andrew Duff, MEP from the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe: “Do you think having… 09/12/2011
European cross-border MEPs in 2014 The European Parliament has proposed the creation of 25 new seats for crossborder representatives. This is intended to increase voters’ interest in the… 21/04/2011
Pirate Parties debate strategyIt is a busy weekend for Pirate Parties. In Germany they have been meeting to plan for North Rhine Westphalia’s regional elections while at a two-day… 15/04/2012
Schulz elected president of EU parliamentGerman social democrat leader Martin Schulz has been appointed the new president of the European parliament. He replaces Jerzy Buzek. The clear favourite… 17/01/2012
EU parliament elects Schulz presidentGermany’s Martin Schulz has been elected as the new president of the European Parliament. Widely tipped to win, the leader of the centre-left socialist… 17/01/2012
Unity is target of Danish EU presidencyDenmark says it is determined to bring unity to the European Union as it takes over the bloc’s rotating presidency. In her New Year address, Prime Minister… 02/01/2012
Monday 31st AugustEuropean shares finished the day one percent lower after Chinese equities slumped during the previous session and commodities fell on concerns that investors… 31/08/2009
A new look for the new parliamentAlmost half of the European Parliament chamber is made up of fresh faces. Among them, the youngest member. Born on May 13th, 1984 Denmark’s Emilie Turunen has… 14/07/2009
Buzek easily wins European Parliament presidencyThe European parliament has a new president, the former Polish prime minister Jerzy Buzek. The centre-right politican has been an MEP since 2004, shortly… 14/07/2009
Tough term ahead for EU ParliamentThe European Parliament gets down to business later today as the 736-member assembly begins a new five-year term. The mood of MEPs is being described as… 14/07/2009
British conservatives create new euro groupBritish Conservative leader David Cameron’s efforts to create a new anti-federalist group within the European Parliament appear to have born fruit. His… 22/06/2009
New faces, big changes?Their seats secure, 736 members are getting ready to start a new legislative period in the European Parliament. Among the new faces are veteran politicians… 19/06/2009
New MEPs prepare for actionThe MEPs have been arriving for registration in Brussels, the re-elected and newly-elected — a new procedure for many. Their inaugural full assembly… 16/06/2009
Europe divided over BarrosoEurope’s citizens have made their choice; the next European Parliament is in place. But who will lead the Commission? Jose Manuel Barroso appears likely to… 12/06/2009
Another boost for Barroso from Czech RepublicJose Manuel Barroso’s campaign to keep his job is gathering momuntum with the Czech prime minister becoming the latest to throw his weight behind the … 12/06/2009
How to boost the European voteQuestion: “Hello, I’m from Germany and I would love to know what the European parliament could have done to better motivate people to vote in the… 10/06/2009
Far-right Romanian MEP grounded by travel banFar-right Romanian politician George Becali may have have enjoyed success in the European elections but legal problems are preventing him taking up his seat —… 10/06/2009
Barroso declares his hand in Commission raceEU Commission President José Manuel Barroso has been meeting the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt ahead of his country’s EU presidency, beginning in… 10/06/2009
Barroso gets a German ringing endorsementThe outgoing EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has confirmed he wants another five years in the job. He is expected to be challenged by the Left… 09/06/2009
Socialists oppose BarrosoEurope’s socialists are determined that Barroso’s re-election won’t be a mere formality. They’re expected to field their own candidate for the the… 09/06/2009
British racist MEP abandons press conferenceThe leader of the UK’s far-Right British National Party has been forced to abandon a news conference in London, after being attacked by anti-fascist… 09/06/2009
Brown battles on: but for how long?The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown appears to have snuffed out the mini-mutiny within his own Labour party ranks. An upbeat Brown today held the first… 09/06/2009
Celebrity winners and losers at the European electionsElections like the European elections are usually the domain of big parties, their candidates normally characterised by formal suits and demeanour. But the… 09/06/2009
Barroso seeks another five-year termThe election maybe over, but all eyes are now on who’ll become the EU’s next Commission President. The current incumbent has confirmed his intention to run… 09/06/2009
Brown battles on as new cabinet meetsThe British Prime Minister Gordon Brown appears to have survived calls for him to quit, quelling for the moment a mutiny within his Labour party. Ahead of a… 09/06/2009
British government lives to fight another dayBritain’s Labour government is refusing to quit despite its worst electoral score for almost a century. With just 15 percent of the national vote in the… 09/06/2009
BNP hopes for extra funding from EuropeThe British National Party is hoping for a four million euro windfall over ten years if it can patch together enough support to form a far-right grouping in… 09/06/2009
Far-right makes hay with fear factorGains for the far-right were scattered across the continent without any unified trend emerging. In the Netherlands Geert Wilders’s Freedom Party came second… 08/06/2009
Barroso hopeful result will keep him in officeThe President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso is hoping he win win approval for a second term at the EU’s policy-making body following the… 08/06/2009
Greens break out of minority ghettoThe European Green parties are celebrating gains which have given the ecology block more than 50 seats in the European parliament so far. The resurgent… 08/06/2009
Portuguese Socialists fail to escape swing to the rightAt the finishing post of the Portuguese EU elections, the governing Socialists have fallen behind the opposition conservative Social Democrats. The… 08/06/2009
EU elections put Lisbon Treaty on holdThe unfolding story of the Euro elections leaves the Lisbon Treaty with an uncertain future. The Czech Republic’s right-wing Civic Democrats took a net… 08/06/2009
German EU vote points to black September for leftIn Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives remain the nation’s strongest party despite registering losses in European polls on Sunday, boosting her… 08/06/2009
Electors prick Berlusconi bubblePartial results and projections are now giving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi between 35% and 35.5% of the vote in the elections for the European… 08/06/2009
Night of a thousand cuts for French leftNicolas Sarkozy and his ruling Conservative party in France, the UMP, have triumphed by stealing the left’s clothes and calling for a “new kind” of… 08/06/2009
Dismal night for Brown and LabourNot a good night for Britain’s Gordon Brown. Support for the prime minister’s ruling Labour party has fallen to 15%, its lowest level in a century. The… 08/06/2009
Spanish Socialists wounded in EuroelectionReversing nine years of national election defeats Spain’s Conservative party has beaten the ruling Socialist party in the European Parliamentary elections… 08/06/2009
Turnout hits new lowIt was a quiet day at the office for staff at some polling stations across the EU. From an early stage it became clear that predictions of a low turnout would… 08/06/2009
Europe leans to the rightThe centre-right has come out on top in Europe after EU elections marked by a record low turnout and harsh lessons for ruling parties in some… 08/06/2009
Dismal night for UK’s Brown and LabourIt was not a good night for Britain’s Gordon Brown. Support for the Prime Minister’s ruling Labour party has fallen to its lowest level in a century. The… 08/06/2009
Centre-right successes in EU pollThe centre right has come out on top in Europe after EU elections marked by a record low turnout and harsh lessons for ruling parties in some countries… 08/06/2009
“Extraordinary” win for France’s centre-rightIn France, President Nicolas Sarkozy’s centre-right UMP have triumphed at the European polls, handing the opposition Socialists a stinging defeat. Initial… 08/06/2009
Historically low turnout for EU electionsIt was a quiet day at the office for staff at some polling stations across the EU. From an early stage it became clear that predictions of a low turnout would… 08/06/2009
Far-right makes big gains in EU pollsIt seems the historic low turnout for the European elections has been to the benefit of the bloc’s far-right parties. In the Netherlands, the anti-Islamic… 08/06/2009
Lacklustre victory for scandal-hit BerlusconiScandal hit premier, Silvio Berlusoni has scored a qualified success in Italy’s European ballot – his “People of Freedom” party leads the poll but looks like… 08/06/2009
Spain’s centre-right reaps the benefit of Socialist disillusionSpain’s voters delivered the governing Socialists a blow by turning to the Conservative opposition. Mariano Rajoy’s People’s Party secured more than 42 per… 08/06/2009
Apathetic turnout gives centre-right victoryVoter turnout across Europe hit a record low and the centre-right swept the board in a welcome surprise result for German, Fench, Polish and Italian… 08/06/2009
Portugal’s Socialists dealt severe blow by the centre-rightThe Socialist Party led by Portugal’s Prime Minister Jose Socrates looks to have been dealt a severe blow by the centre-right. The partial results put the… 08/06/2009
Facists crow over two seat winAs voting continues in the UK, the Conservatives are in the lead, followed by UKIP with the Labour party trailing in third place. To general dismay amongst… 07/06/2009
Anti-Lisbon advances in IrelandIreland’s ruling centre-left party Fianna Fail looks set to loose one seat in the elections for the European Parliament to the anti-Lisbon Treaty group… 07/06/2009
Baltics : centre-right gains in LithuaniaThe ruling conservatives have won 26% of the vote in the elections for the European Parliament, according to an exit poll. This gives them 4 seats in the… 07/06/2009
First projections for new EU ParliamentEarly projections show the centre right as an overall winner in the European Parliament elections, set to gain 263-273 seats out of the parliament’s 736… 07/06/2009
Berlusconi holds his ownEarly exit polls show that Berlusconi has won between 39% and 43% of the vote in the elections for the European Parliament against between 27% and 31% for the… 07/06/2009
Sarkozy wins against the tideWhilst other national governments reel from a drubbing in the polls, Nicolas Sarkozy and his ruling Conservative party, (the UMP – Union for a Popular… 07/06/2009
Northern lights dimmed by rise of the far-rightScandanavian nations, for so long held up as examples of tolerant and successful left-leaning societies had mixed fortunes in the European elections… 07/06/2009
Spanish voters shift to the rightthe Spanish conservative party has narrowly beaten the ruling socialist party in the European Parliament elections, according to exit polls. In terms of… 07/06/2009
Dutch animal-lovers and Swedish Pirates win parliament seatsDutch animal-lovers turned out to vote for the Dutch Animals Protection party in the European Parliament elections. The party won 3.5% of the Dutch vote… 07/06/2009
Benelux: extreme right advances in The NetherlandsThe extreme right party the PVV (The People’s Freedom Party), led by Geert Wilders, has polled 17% in The Netherlands coming second in the European Parliament… 07/06/2009
EU election: low turnout confirmed in FranceAs expected, turnout for the European vote has been low in France, with only an estimated one third of the electorate going to the polls. The French are… 07/06/2009
Centre right and protest parties winCentre right parties are doing well in the EU elections, voters in France, Italy, Spain and Germany handing good results to centre right parties in those… 07/06/2009
Germany votes centre rightThe Christian Democrats and the Bavarian Christian Democrats are celebrating having jointly won 38% of the vote to elect a new European Parliament maintaining… 07/06/2009
EU’s two newest members vote with little enthusiasmBulgaria’s European election was overshadowed by allegations of vote-buying, at 20 euros a pop reported state radio. It was estimated parties gave away 6… 07/06/2009
Centre right wins in AustriaThe People’s Party (centre right) have polled 30.1% of the vote in the Austrian elections for the European Parliament. This is 3% down from the last… 07/06/2009
Germany votes centre rightThe Christian Democrats and the Bavarian Christian Democrats are celebrating having jointly won 38% of the vote to elect a new European Parliament. The… 07/06/2009
Regional vote in Belgium set to change political sceneAs Belgium, too, goes to the polls to elect a new European parliament, it also faces regional elections which analysts believe could change the country’s… 07/06/2009
Turnout key to German resultThe European election in Germany mobilises the EU’s biggest electorate returning the biggest number of MEPs to the European parliament, and as such is a… 07/06/2009
EU election: final day of votingIt’s the final day of voting in Europe, where citizens are being called to elect their representatives in the new European parliament. Voting started… 07/06/2009
Slow start in Italy’s European pollThe second day of Italy’s two-day European ballot and candidates will be hoping for a better turnout. Official figures show that fewer than 17 percent of… 07/06/2009
Europe decides in parliamentary pollEuropean Parliamentary elections culminate today as the final 19 of the European Union’s 27 countries go to the polls. By tonight the political make-up of the… 07/06/2009
Bulgaria keeps one eye on domestic poll in EU voteBulgarians are viewing today’s European elections as a dress rehearsal for the country’s own parliamentary poll next month. Campaigning among the main parties… 07/06/2009
Germans to vote in euro pollMillions of German voters are casting their ballots to elect 99 out of 785 European MEPs – the largest contingent in Brussels. The Social Democrats wrapped… 06/06/2009
Cowen party routed in Irish polls.The long-dominant party of Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has been routed by voters casting their ballots in local and European elections and two… 06/06/2009
Photos put Berlusconi’s private life on the agendaIn Italy, it seemed some dressed a little hurriedly in their enthusiasm to cast their ballots. Here too polling is taking place over two days, and people are… 06/06/2009
EU election: low turnout expected in Czech RepublicTurnout for the European elections is also expected to be low in the Czech Republic, where voting was spread over two days in a bid to draw people to the… 06/06/2009
Second EU ballot expected to draw fewer voters in MaltaVoting for the EU parliament has been taking place on the small island of Malta, where it coincided with local elections. However, turnout is expected to… 06/06/2009
Latvia: pro Russia parties make gainsExit poll results in Latvia are indicating an historic shift in the politics of the Baltic state. Two pro-Russian parties have appeared to have made big… 06/06/2009
EU vote: record low turnout predicted in SlovakiaTurnout is expected to hit record lows in Slovakia as the country votes in the European elections. Thirteen seats out of more than 700 in the European… 06/06/2009
Irish PM in poll troubleIreland’s governing party is heading towards its worst electoral perfomance on record according to exit polls. The distrastrous showing in council and… 06/06/2009
Turnout in Cyprus falls below 2004 levelsIn Cyprus voting in the European election was said to be running at a much slower rate than in the previous ballot in 2004, suggesting a lower turnout. By… 06/06/2009
Low turnout expected in Czech Republic EU voteVoting for the EU elections has been taking place early in the Czech Republic, spread over two days in the hope of drawing people to the polls as turnout here… 06/06/2009
Exit poll points to Irish government lossesAs counting continues in Ireland an exit poll is predicting heavy losses for the government in local elections and big gains for the main opposition parties… 06/06/2009
Voting underway in several EU statesThe European election juggernaut gathers momentum today with voters in several more states casting their ballots. People in Britain and the Netherlands… 06/06/2009
Immigration big issue in EU election in ItalyImmigration and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s private life are dominating the European elections in Italy. Here, as in many member states, the vote… 06/06/2009
High Irish turn out for EU pollVoting is over in Ireland and pollsters have reported a steady stream of voters, indicating a good turn out. In the last European parliamentary… 06/06/2009
Beleaguered Brown faces his longest weekendBritain’s Gordon Brown is clinging on to his premiership after a wave of top level resignations, but the next 48 hours could tell a different story. The… 06/06/2009
Czech acrimony in voteOne day was not enough for the Czech Republic to choose its 22 representatives in the European Parliament. Voting continues this Saturday. The country… 05/06/2009
EU election: voting underway in Czech RepublicVoting is underway in the Czech Republic where the ballot is taking place over two half-days to give people a chance to vote. Czechs will elect 22 MEPs… 05/06/2009
Dutch right unnervingNetherlands far-right politician Geert Wilders, wielding an anti-immigration, anti-Islam and anti-EU bouquet, packs a punch that is making Europe’s mainstream… 05/06/2009
Brown reshuffles cabinet as pressure growsBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced a cabinet resuffle to shore up his position, making it clear he has no intention of quiting without a fight… 05/06/2009
French campaign insultingEuropean campaigning in France takes a bitter twist. Francois Bayrou, whose centrist party is battling for third place against the European ecologists, has… 05/06/2009
Irish voter backlashIrish Prime Minister Brian Cowen looks set to bear the brunt of public anger in the European and local elections underway in Ireland. Many accuse the ruling… 05/06/2009
Migration solidarityThe question: “Which role do you think the EU should have in managing and assisting the migrants and refugees, especially coming from the Mediterranean… 05/06/2009
The coming of age of the European ParliamentThe European parliament has had to travel a long hard road to become an integral part of the European Union’s decision-making. Now it packs a punch in most… 05/06/2009
Pressure on Brown to quit intensifiesThe British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s fight to shore up his government looks increasingly desperate, as yet more ministers jump ship. With poor… 05/06/2009
EU polls kicks off in Czech RepublicThe EU elections continue to sweep across Europe today with voting currently underway in presidency holder the Czech Republic. Voters are electing 22 MEPs to… 05/06/2009
