Centre-right lead EU candidate calls for broad coalition
The centre-right German candidate to head the next European Union’s executive called for a broad alliance of pro-EU forces among socialists, liberals and greens after a continent-wide vote on Sunday.
Health minister Hancock says general election before Brexit bad for UK and party: The Times
A general election before Brexit would be bad for the UK and catastrophic for the ruling Conservative party, British health minister Matt Hancock told the Times newspaper on Monday.
Nigel Farage says Brexit Party on course for big EU election win
Britain’s Brexit Party is on course for a big win in the country’s European Parliament elections, leader Nigel Farage said on Sunday ahead of the release of official results.
Liberal coalition Progressive Slovakia/Together wins EU vote in Slovakia
Liberal, pro-European coalition Progressive Slovakia/Together won the EU election in Slovakia with 20.1 % of the vote, followed by the ruling leftist Smer party at 15.7 %, official results showed on Sunday.
Qatar says invited to emergency Arab summits in Mecca by Saudi King
Qatar has been invited by Saudi Arabia to attend two emergency Arab summits being convened in the Saudi city of Mecca on May 30, Qatar’s foreign ministry said on Sunday, after previously saying it had not been.
Farage’s Brexit Party in the lead in UK’s EU election, first partial results showed
Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party was set to win a European election in the United Kingdom, riding a wave of anger at the failure of Prime Minister Theresa May to implement the decision to split from the European Union, first partial results showed.
Spain’s Socialists win EU and local election
Spain’s Socialists won EU elections on Sunday and were also on track to win local elections, in a boost to acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez, who already won a national election last month.
Hungary’s Fidesz wins 52% of votes; Orban sees shift in Europe
Hungary’s ruling right-wing Fidesz party won 52.14% of votes in the European parliamentary election on Sunday on a hardline anti-immigration platform, scoring a big victory over a divided opposition.
Highlight: Europe votes for EU parliament
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 28 countries, seven of which held ballots between Thursday and Saturday, with the remainder voting on Sun…
Italy’s ruling League tops EU vote as 5-Star loses ground: exit polls
The far-right League emerged as Italy’s largest party in Sunday’s European parliamentary election, overtaking its coalition partner the 5-Star Movement, which lost a third of its voters in a year, exit polls said.
