Greek PM calls snap vote after drubbing for ruling Syriza
By Renee Maltezou and Michele Kambas ATHENS, May 26 (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called snap national elections after suffering a heavy defeat...
European elections
Pro-Europe vote fragments but limits nationalist gains in EU election
By Alastair Macdonald and Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS, May 26 (Reuters) – Parties committed to strengthening the European Union held on to two-thirds of seats in the EU parliament,...
EU Vote: the domestic fall-out across Europe
European Parliament elections not only determine the make-up of the next EU assembly and help decide who ends up running top European institutions but can also play back into...
Cyprus’ MEPs pledge to work for national problem
Chief Returning Officer Kypros Kyprianou announced the six newly-elected representatives of Cyprus at the European Parliament. They are: Loukas Fourlas and Lefteris Christoforou of ruling...
Le Pen beats Macron in France as nationalists gain in EU vote
Marine Le Pen’s far-right party edged just ahead of the centrist alliance of President Emmanuel Macron in exit polls as French voters led what pollsters...
Quick look: European elections highlights (Updated)
Following are early predictions of the results of the election to the European Parliament based on exit polls. Over 400 million people can vote in...
Is democracy still such a good idea?
By Gwynne Dyer They don’t hold world elections, but this is the week when around a third of the planet’s voters get the election results...
Europeans vote in bigger numbers to set EU course
Europeans turned out to vote on Sunday in bigger numbers than before in an election pollsters predict will further dent traditional pro-EU parties and bolster...
Euro-election winners Disy and Akel concerned over support for Elam (Update 8)
Ruling Disy, as predicted, came out on top in Sunday’s European elections, with opposition Akel trailing some two percentage points behind at 27 per cent...
Turnout only 29 per cent overall by 3pm, election service says
Turnout at Sunday’s Euro elections stood at only 29 per cent by 3pm on Sunday with three hours left to cast a vote, the election...
