Elections in Europe

Pro-Kurdish party rallies behind main opposition candidate in Turkish election

April 28, 2023 4:41 pm CET

Peoples’ Democratic Party calls on supporters to back Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu against Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Finnish far right in talks to join coalition government

April 27, 2023 3:11 pm CET

Negotiations set to begin in early May will include the anti-immigration Finns Party.

Erdoğan cancels public rallies after health scare

April 26, 2023 9:19 am CET

Turkey’s president was briefly stricken by a ‘serious stomach cold’ during TV interview.

Turkey’s jailed electoral kingmaker predicts Erdoğan’s demise

April 26, 2023 4:01 am CET

Millions of Kurdish votes will prove decisive in the May 14 election, Selahattin Demirtaş tells POLITICO.

Cyprus president predicts revival of reunification talks after Turkish election

April 22, 2023 4:00 am CET

Nikos Christodoulides hopes that Ankara’s rapprochement with the West after February’s earthquakes endures.

Erdoğan’s rival hits a nerve with viral election video

April 20, 2023 7:45 pm CET

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s plea for pluralism and tolerance in Turkey is a bid to strike a contrast with the president.

Scotland’s Humza Yousaf wanted a fresh start. Then came another SNP arrest

April 18, 2023 8:09 pm CET

Deepening police probe into the Scottish National Party’s finances means Nicola Sturgeon era looms large for her successor.

2023’s most important election: Turkey

April 17, 2023 4:00 am CET

The election on May 14 is a pivotal moment for security in Europe and the Middle East.

Bulgaria: No light at the end of the tunnel

April 13, 2023 4:02 am CET

Putting together a governing coalition will be a daunting task.

6 months of misery: How the Scottish National Party fell off a cliff

April 6, 2023 8:52 pm CET

Wednesday’s arrest of former party chief executive Peter Murrell was a new low for the SNP.

Corruption probe looms over Europe’s conservatives as election season begins

April 6, 2023 4:00 am CET

Socialists see rival EPP’s trouble as payback for Qatargate attacks.

It’s premature to start worrying about a President Le Pen

April 6, 2023 4:00 am CET

The far-right politician’s past ties with Putin’s Russia — including favorable loans to her perennially cash-strapped party — remain a potential liability.

The politics of poo: How sewage-strewn beaches became Britain’s new election battleground

April 4, 2023 11:41 pm CET

Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives are under fire over the rancid state of Britain’s waterways.

Highs and lows: Keir Starmer survives 3 years as UK Labour leader

April 4, 2023 1:10 pm CET

After three years as opposition leader Starmer has established a commanding lead in the polls.

Sanna Marin loses Finland election. Now what?

April 3, 2023 1:23 pm CET

Center-right leader faces tricky path to build governing coalition.

Facebook’s top EU lobbyist wins Finnish parliament seat

April 3, 2023 12:07 pm CET

Aura Salla says she wants to push Finland to take a ‘more proactive’ role in European politics.

Turkey is the headache NATO needs

April 3, 2023 4:01 am CET

Despite disagreements, Ankara and the West are locked in a marriage of mutual convenience.

Bulgaria faces coalition talks after close election

April 2, 2023 11:31 pm CET

Boyko Borissov’s GERB party finishes just ahead of pro-Western coalition.

Finnish PM Sanna Marin set for defeat in national vote

April 2, 2023 10:49 pm CET

Center-right National Coalition Party leader Petteri Orpo expected to get first shot at forming a government.

Metsola’s charm offensive jolts EU election campaign to life

April 1, 2023 4:02 am CET

European Parliament chief Roberta Metsola revels in her mission to bring Brussels to the people, fueling rumors about her own ambitions.

UK Tory MPs accused of plotting ‘chicken runs’ to safer seats

March 31, 2023 4:01 am CET

At least half a dozen Conservative MPs mostly unaffected by boundary changes said to be considering moves to more heavily Tory-voting constituencies.

Republic of Radev: Bulgaria’s impasse empowers its elusive president

March 31, 2023 4:00 am CET

Pro-Russian operative, or anti-corruption crusader? Who is the president benefiting from Bulgaria’s democratic gridlock?

Corbyn row looms large as Labour’s Starmer launches local elections campaign

March 30, 2023 5:06 pm CET

The Labour leader insists his top team ‘stand full square behind’ the decision to bar Corbyn as an election candidate.

Greece to hold national election on May 21

March 28, 2023 12:06 pm CET

Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ center-right government has a narrow lead in opinion polls.

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