Center-right narrowly leads in EU vote: estimate
The center-right European Peoples’ Party would get 173 seats in the new European Parliament, followed by the Socialists with 147, and liberals getting 102 seats, a parliament official said on Sunday evening, presenting a first aggregated estimate.
Factbox: 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 the national politics of the bloc’s 28 member states.
Macron’s 2nd place in EU election ‘disappointing’ but no policy change: Elysee
French President Emmanuel Macron’s second place in the European elections behind Marine Le Pen’s far-right party is a disappointment but will not prompt a change in the government’s reform drive, an Elysee official said on Sunday.
Gunmen raid Burkina Faso church, kill four
Gunmen burst into a church in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday and shot dead four people, a security source said – at least the fourth attack on Christians in the past month.
Houthi leader says drone attacks a response to spurned Yemen peace moves
A leader of Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Sunday it had resumed drone strikes deep inside Saudi Arabia this month in response to what he called the Saudi-led coalition’s spurning of “peace initiatives” by his group.
Syrian government steps up air strikes in northwest, seizes small town
Syrian government forces pounded positions in the northwest of the country on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, in the heaviest day of air strikes since launching a major campaign against the rebel-held territory nearly four weeks a…
Exit polls show France’s far-right on top in EU vote in France
Marine Le Pen’s far-right Rassemblement National party won the most votes in the European Parliament election in France, two exit polls showed on Sunday, in an upset to the domestic and European ambitions of President Emmanuel Macron.
EU vote turnout estimate at around 50%
The European Parliament’s first turnout estimate for bloc-wide elections came at between 49 and 52 percent on Sunday evening, compared to a final reading of 42.61 percent in the last European elections in 2014.
Hungary’s Fidesz seen winning 56% of votes; Orban sees shift in Europe
Hungary’s ruling right-wing Fidesz party could win 56 percent of votes in the European parliamentary election, state television reported on Sunday, citing a survey by pro-government pollster Nezopont.
Austrian EU vote helps Kurz in fight to keep job, projection suggests
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz got a boost in his fight to keep his job on Sunday with a projection showing his conservative party coming a clear first in the European Parliament election despite a scandal involving the far right.
