Portugal Portugal heads to the polls in hotly contested local elections Sunday's municipal elections in Portugal could be decisive in expanding the presence of the far-right Chega party beyond Lisbon. In the country's two biggest cities, it is a tight race between the centre-left and centre-right. 12/10/2025
Europe News Far-right Chega becomes Portugal's main opposition party in parliament Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, whose centre-right coalition won the 18 May election, has ruled out making a deal with Chega. He will instead move to form a new minority government. 29/05/2025
Europe News Portugal's government falls after failed confidence vote All the opposition parties, with the exception of the Liberal Initiative, voted against the motion of confidence in the government. PM Montenegro even offered to suspend the session if the socialists presented specific questions, but PS leader Pedro Nuno Santos didn't back down. 11/03/2025
Europe News Why does Portugal face its third snap election in three years? Prime Minister Luís Montenegro is engulfed in a political scandal over his family's business activities. He is expected to lose a confidence vote on Tuesday, paving the way for yet another national vote. 11/03/2025
Europe News Macron meets with Socialists as French president seeks new PM Macron is set to choose a new prime minister after the government lost a no-confidence vote this week. 06/12/2024
Europe News French President Macron holds talks to name future prime minister French President Emmanuel Macron will hold meetings with key leaders of the country's main political parties on Friday and Monday to "keep moving towards the broadest and most stable majority possible," according to the Elysée Palace. 23/08/2024
Europe News Left-wing NFP claims it can lead France as minority government The New Popular Front won the most seats in France's snap legislative elections but fell far short of an absolute majority. 09/07/2024
Europe News Who’s who in France’s left-wing coalition? While the far-right and centrist camps have clear frontmen leading the charge, multiple faces make up France’s left-wing coalition. 05/07/2024
Europe News ‘I am ashamed’: French left-wing voters concerned by far-right gains Protesters gathered with the left-wing coalition at Place de la République in Paris after the results of the first round of France’s legislative election showed strong gains for the far-right. 01/07/2024
Europe News What is the next move of European socialists? The socialist group at the European Parliament will elect its new president on Tuesday and vice-presidents on Wednesday. The group came in second at the European election, after the centre-right European People's Party (EPP). 25/06/2024
Europe News EU socialists to reject von der Leyen if far right shapes priorities Giacomo Filibeck tells Euronews that von der Leyen's 'ambiguity' on the far right is 'not acceptable.' 12/06/2024
Europe News French socialist candidate vows to fight rise of far right During a major campaign meeting in Paris, MEP Raphaël Glucksmann rallied a surprising alliance of young voters and the older left-wing generation to push back against the rising far right in Europe. 31/05/2024
Europe News Spanish PM's party embraces TikTok memes as it seeks youth support The Spanish socialist party PSOE has been keen on gaining youth vote in the launch of their European elections bid. 24/05/2024
Europe News Absent far right dominates conversation in last EU election debate Five hopefuls pitched their ideas for the future of the European Union in the last showdown before over 370 million voters head to the polls across the 27 member states on June 6-9. 23/05/2024
Europe News Serbian parliamentary minnow pushes for 'Russian law' equivalent The proposed anti-foreign NGO law could bring more attention to the left-wing nationalist Movement of Socialists party, which currently has just two MPs in the 250-seat National Assembly. 21/05/2024
France French Socialist candidate launches EU elections campaign The vast left-wing policy programme aims to create a more "sovereign" and "ecological" European Union. 16/05/2024