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Paris Olympics are over and Macron now has to name a new PM

The Paris Summer Games truce ended the moment the Olympic flag was handed over at the Stade de France on Sunday. Now, Macron and his party are in a rush to establish a majority to nominate the country’s new PM.

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France:Will the left-wing coalition finally agree on a Prime Minister?

The left-wing alliance New Popular Front (NFP), which had promised to reach an agreement "before the end of last week", is now displaying its deep divisions and inability to find a compromise.

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Belgian king asks Flemish party leader to look for coalition partners

Bart De Wever, the president of the nationalist New Flemish Alliance, has been chosen to sound out which parties could form a coalition government.

World News

Croatia's conservatives embrace far-right party in new government

The ruling HDZ party took a major decision on Wednesday to form a coalition with a far-right nationalist party, signalling a shift towards the right as the European elections approach next month.

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Green News

Launch of energy efficiency coalition seeks to fill investment gap

Implementation of EU laws to slash energy use and increase efficiency in the bloc’s building stock will require a great amount of financing, according to EU officials.

Netherlands

Talks to form far-right Dutch government collapse

Potential coalition partners with Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom are wary of his more extreme anti-Islam plans.

Netherlands

Dutch election winner Geert Wilders scraps mosque ban proposal

Far-right Dutch election winner Geert Wilders made a key concession to potential coalition partners on Monday, announcing that he's withdrawing legislation that he proposed in 2018 that calls for a ban on mosques and the Quran.

World News

Netherlands' ruling party rules out coalition pact with far-right

Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom (PVV) won 37 seats in the 150-seat lower house on Thursday.

Spain

Spain's socialist HQ attacked for second night in Madrid

Protests turned ugly as thousands gathered to display their discontent at prime minister Pedro Sanchez's amnesty talks with Catalan nationalist parties.

Spain

Spain's Socialists and hard-left Sumar party reach coalition agreement

The deal reached between Spain's Socialists and hard-left Sumar parties is not enough to guarantee outgoing prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, another term in office.

Slovakia

Slovakia's ex-PM Fico poised to return to government

As part of the coalition deal, Smer will get to appoint the prime minister and six other ministers, opening the way for Fico to serve as Slovakia's head of government for the fourth time.

Luxembourg

Luxembourg to form new coalition government after Sunday's election

The choice of a coalition partner will fall upon the conservative party's CSV, who won 21 seats in the country's parliament.

Slovakia

Pro-Russian party wins Slovakia's election, but not outright

Populist former prime minister Robert Fico and his leftist, pro-Russian Smer party have won early parliamentary elections in Slovakia.

Poland

Poland is one month away from an election that could shake things up

One month before Poland’s parliamentary election on 15 October, Euronews looks at how the race might shake up the country’s politics through two new risky coalitions.

Denmark

Denmark set for first left-right government coalition in 40 years

The Social Democratic leader ditched talks with traditional left-wing allies, arguing that a broad government across the political divide was needed at a time of international uncertainty.

Sweden

Five things we learned about the new right-wing Sweden government deal

Despite being out of the formal coalition government, it's clear the far-right Sweden Democrats wield a great deal of power behind the scenes.

Slovakia

Slovakian government loses majority after junior party quits coalition

The dispute centres on populist Finance Minister Igor Matovič and an anti-inflation bill he has proposed.

Estonia

Estonian PM gets mandate from parliament to form new government

MPs voted 52-26 in favour at an extraordinary sitting of Estonia's parliament Riigikogu on Friday afternoon.

Italy

Italy faces political crisis as president rejects Draghi's resignation

President Mattarella has told the prime minister to go back to parliament after Mario Draghi offered to quit, arguing his national unity coalition "no longer exists".

Ireland

Ireland's coalition government survives vote of confidence in the Dáil

Opposition lawmakers have accused the centrist government of "running out of ideas" to solve the cost of living crisis.