Belgium Belgium to shut down all seven of its nuclear reactors by 2025 Progressively phasing out nuclear power has been enshrined in Belgian law since 2003. 23/12/2021
Netherlands Dutch parties agree coalition deal to end record nine-month impasse The negotiations lasted 271 days — a new record for the Netherlands. But it's nothing compared to neighbours Belgium who took 541 days following an election in 2010. 14/12/2021
Netherlands Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte set to reveal plans for new government An agreement should be finalised and shared with the four coalition parties on Tuesday. 13/12/2021
Bulgaria Bulgaria 'moves closer' to forming coalition to end political crisis The co-leader of We Continue the Change, Kiril Petkov, has said he was ready to assume the post of prime minister. 06/12/2021
Iceland Iceland's coalition agrees to govern for four more years September's election saw the ruling left-right coalition increase their absolute majority in Iceland's parliament. 29/11/2021
Romania Romanian MPs approve coalition that will see rotating prime ministers Under the coalition agreement, Romania will rotate its prime minister every 18 months before the next parliamentary elections. 25/11/2021
Germany Parties to reveal coalition deal they hope will propel them into power The centre-left Social Democrats have been negotiating with the Green party and the pro-business Free Democrats since narrowly winning a national election in September. 24/11/2021
Romania Romania could have rotating prime ministers if new coalition approved The Liberals and Social Democrats may agree to rotate the role of prime minister between the two parties until the next elections in 2024. 22/11/2021
Czech Republic Czech president asks head of centre-right coalition to form government Milos Zeman’s announcement came a day after two coalitions that garnered a majority of votes in October's election signed a power-sharing deal. 09/11/2021
Czech Republic Centre-right parties sign coalition deal to form new Czech government The agreement to form an 18-member government was signed by two party alliances in Prague on Monday. 08/11/2021
Czech Republic Czech Republic edges closer to new coalition government While parties have agreed on a coalition, the forming of a government has been complicated by the ill-health of President Miloš Zeman. 03/11/2021
Germany German Greens vote to support formal coalition talks in party congress Germany's Greens voted in a party congress to support formal coalition talks with the Social Democrats and Liberals. 17/10/2021
Norway Norway unveils new centre-left goverment amid suspected terror attack Two of the new ministers in Norway's government are survivors of the 2011 far-right massacre on Utøya island. 14/10/2021
Romania Former PM Dacian Cioloș tasked with forming new Romanian government Romania's former prime minister Dacian Cioloș has been appointed to try and form a new government. 11/10/2021
Norway Norwegian parties agree to form a centre-left minority government Norway's Labour and Centre parties say they have agreed to form a minority coalition government after weeks of talks following September's election. 08/10/2021
Germany Talks over Germany's 'traffic light coalition' begin on Thursday Germany's Greens and Liberals say they want to hold negotiations on a new governing coalition under the leadership of Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats which narrowly won the country's election. 06/10/2021
Germany 'Political speed dating' as coalition talks intensify in Germany Social Democrat leader Olaf Scholz has said he wants to form a new government before Christmas. 04/10/2021
state of the union Europe’s week: Sarkozy guilty, German election and Polish 'pushbacks' These were the key stories occupying minds in Brussels this last week. 01/10/2021
Netherlands Dutch political leaders meet to resolve stalled coalition talks The last general election six months ago failed to produce a governing coalition in the Netherlands. 29/09/2021
Norway Norway's Labour party holds coalition talks in bid to form government The leaders of the Labour, Centre and Socialist Left parties have met in Oslo for coalition talks for the first time since this month's election. 23/09/2021
Romania Romania's government faces confidence vote after party quits coalition Ministers from the second-largest party in the ruling coalition resigned on Monday following the dismissal of Romania's Justice Minister last week. 07/09/2021
Romania Romania's government in crisis after dismissal of justice minister A junior party in Romania's ruling coalition has called on Prime Minister Florin Cîțu to resign after he dismissed the justice minister on Wednesday. 02/09/2021
Israel Netanyahu misses deadline, political future in question Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has missed a midnight deadline for putting together a new coalition government. 04/05/2021
Bulgaria Boyko Borissov says he will not be Bulgaria's next prime minister Borissov's centre-right GERB party won the most seats in last week's election but fell well short of a majority. 14/04/2021
Spain Madrid set for early elections after regional government collapses Spain's political landscape has been shaken after the regional government in Madrid split and called an early election. 10/03/2021
Belgium Why did it take so long to form Belgium's new 'Vivaldi' coalition? The alliance of parties from four distinct political backgrounds, nicknamed after the famous composer's "Four Seasons", follows 653 days of temporary arrangements. 07/10/2020
