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Moldova

Moldova's Sandu: 'We have all tools' to reform after election win

Moldova's president speaks to Euronews three days after she won a huge mandate in Moldova's parliamentary election.

World News

Algerian opposition urges election boycott over protest repression

The Algerian pro-democracy group Hirak is calling for voters to boycott legislative elections over a crackdown on opposition protests.

World News

Euroviews. Democratic challenges have accelerated during COVID pandemic | View

Pierre Peytier, from the European Network of Election Monitoring Organisations, on how the COVID pandemic has affected democracy.

Bulgaria

Bulgaria to hold fresh elections in July after coalition talks fail

Last month's elections had resulted in a political deadlock after three parties failed to form a new government.

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Bulgaria

New Bulgarian elections likely as opposition fails to form government

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov's centre-right party won the most seats in this month's election but fell well short of a majority.

Bulgaria

Bulgaria's parliamentary election matters for Europeans. Here's why

The election is being seen as a referendum on the rule of Bulgaria's right-wing populist prime minister, Boyko Borissov.,

Armenia

Armenia's parliament votes to lift martial law ahead of June elections

The lifting of martial law, imposed at the start of the conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh last September, follows an agreement between PM Nikol Pashinyan's alliance and the opposition.

Netherlands

Dutch election: Is online sexism holding women back from becoming MPs?

A recent study found 10% of all tweets at women on Dutch electoral lists contained hateful comments or sexist threats.

Kosovo

Kosovo to hold unprecedented early election after court ruling

The country's constitutional court ruled that fresh elections were needed after invaliding the current government installed in June. The lawmaker who cast the deciding vote in its favour to rule the country is now in prison.

Israel

Israel on cusp of fourth national election in two years

Israelis face a fourth outing to the ballot box in two years after the ruling parties failed to reach a compromise to stave off an automatic dissolution of parliament and fresh elections.

My Europe Series

How a far-right party came from nowhere to shock in Romania's election

The unexpected emergence of AUR — an acronym for GOLD in Romanian — ultimately overshadowed an election that failed to inspire voters.

Israel

Israel moves towards fourth election in two years with Knesset vote

Dogged by in-fighting, Israel's fragile coalition government is gearing up for a fourth election in two years after three previous polls produced inconclusive results.

Georgia

Thousands rally outside Georgia's parliament in protest at election

The ruling Georgian Dream party, led by the nation's richest man, narrowly won the October 31 parliamentary vote that opposition parties say was rigged.

Georgia

Georgia set for more protests amid claims of vote-rigging in election

The ruling Georgian Dream party won with around 48% of the vote, but the opposition movement has cried foul.

Lithuania

Lithuania votes: Centre-right opposition edges towards win

Voters went to the polls on Sunday in the Baltic country, where the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the economy are dominant themes.

France

French Senate elections: Right and centre parties maintain majority

The right and centre said they were "consolidated" in a Senate majority while the Greens said they had enough seats to form a political group.

Montenegro

Montenegro's ruling party could lose power for first time in 30 years

Montenegro's pro-Western president could struggle to put together a government after close, bitterly-contested election.

Republic of North Macedonia

North Macedonia: Parliament begins debate on new government

Zoran Zaev's Social Democrats won the majority of seats in July's election.

Germany

XXL Bundestag: Opposition slams plan to halt growing German parliament

Opposition MPs slammed plans put forward by Merkel's governing coalition as "unambitious and feeble," adding they "won't prevent the Bundestag growing.”

Croatia

Croatia's parliament approves new government after June election

Top of the agenda for incumbent Andrej Plenković's new government is the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic on Croatia's economy, particularly its hard-hit tourism industry.