Spain Political deadlock and the rising right: Lessons from Spain's election Stalemate in Spanish election as Socialists win with no majority and right wing Vox doubles seats 10/11/2019
Portugal 5 key points from Portugal election results Socialist Antonio Costa wins another term. But what else did we learn from Portugal's parliamentary election? 07/10/2019
Portugal Socialist Costa wins Portugal election — but must stay in coalition Across the EU, radical new parties and far-right populists are reshaping the political landscape. But that’s not the case in Portugal. 06/10/2019
France Counter-G7 summit: Why are people fighting for 'alternative' method? A counter-G7 summit that looks for an "alternative" world order is taking place a week before the G7 meeting in Biarritz. 22/08/2019
brussels bureau Ursula von der Leyen makes rounds through political groups European Commission President candidate Ursula von der Leyen is meeting with several political groups in Brussels to try and gain their support before MEPs vote on her position in Strasbourg next week. Her most anticipated meeting comes with the Greens on Tuesday afternoon. 10/07/2019
Spain Spain's Socialists won't form government if investiture votes fail Spanish Socialists will give up trying to install their leader Pedro Sanchez as prime minister if he fails to win two investiture votes this month, a spokesman for the Spanish Socialist party said on Tuesday. 09/07/2019
Portugal SOS: last call for the European socialist party Gathered in Brussels, the European socialist leaders endorsed the candidacy of Frans Timmermans as president of the European Commission. Will they be able to calm the anger that seems to prevail in Europe? 08/12/2018
View Rajoy out, Sanchez in — what next for Spain? l View Euronews speaks to Spanish politics expert Paul Kennedy about what the changes mean for the Catalonia dispute, what policies Sanchez is likely to pursue and how long he will last in power. 03/06/2018
Spain How would Sánchez have handled the Catalan crisis if he was prime minister? Pedro Sánchez says the PSOE has "only one goal, which is to open dialogue and try to reach a political solution." 09/10/2017
Spain Spain's Socialists elect hard-liner Pedro Sanchez as their new leader Spain’s bitterly divided Socialist party has chosen a new leader. 21/05/2017
France Defeated French Socialists and Republicans urge votes for Macron As the losing mainstream candidates lick their wounds after the first-round of the French presidential race, their shocked parties have had to agree on what to do… 25/04/2017
France French vote: The mainstream losers The presidential election was a huge defeat for France’s mainstream parties. 24/04/2017
France Socialist Hamon a campaign of hemorrhaging support Hamon a campaign of disappointment 23/04/2017
France Socialist Benoit Hamon appeals to the left France's Socialist presidential candidate Benoit Hamon vows to fight on after Manuel Valls said he would not vote for him 30/03/2017
France France election: Valls back Macron France’s former Prime Minister Manuel Valls will vote for Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election 29/03/2017
France The struggle for the soul of the French Left hots up Two giant rallies in Paris have pitted the far-left against the centre-left, which is currently in government. 19/03/2017
France French Greens embrace Socialists and start joint presidential campaign French electors have no environmental presidential candidate to vote for for the first time since the 1960s, with the Greens' man now campaigning alongside the Socialists. 27/02/2017
France Benoit Hamon wins the fight for the soul of French Socialism More than 1.3 million voters took part in the run-off vote organised by the French Socialist Party to pick their candidate for the country's upcoming presidential election. 29/01/2017
France Who is Benoit Hamon? It’s easy to say it now with hindsight but Benoit Hamon’s swift rise to the top shouldn’t really be much of a surprise. 29/01/2017
France Fighting for the soul of Socialism in France A run-off vote pits pro-business ex-premier Manuel Valls against hard-left lawmaker Benoit Hamon to be the party's presidential candidate. Analysts say it could fracture the party and potentially hand 29/01/2017
France France: socialists choose presidential candidate in run-off French voters are choosing the socialist candidate for this year’s presidential election in a run-off vote which pits former prime minister Manuel Valls against hard-left hopeful Benoit… 29/01/2017
France Hamon and Valls clash over the economy in TV debate France’s remaining two candidates for the Socialist party’s presidential nomination have clashed over the credibility of their manifestos on prime time… 26/01/2017
France Crowded field jostles for position as mud flies in French presidential race With the Socialist candidate finally chosen this weekend, can either Manuel Valls or Benoit Hamon make a difference in the packed French presidential election race? 25/01/2017
France France politics: Benoit Hamon ahead of Manual Valls in first round socialist presidential primary Results from France’s first round socialist presidential primary show Benoit Hamon in front of the country’s former Prime Minister Manual Valls. 22/01/2017
France France politics: Benoit Hamon ahead of Manual Valls in first round socialist presidential primary Results from France’s first round socialist presidential primary show Benoit Hamon in front of the country’s former Prime Minister Manual Valls. 22/01/2017
France French left-wing presidential hopefuls take part in first TV debate Seven candidates have taken part in the first French left-wing TV debate ahead of a primary to choose a candidate for this year's presidential race 13/01/2017
