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Mainstream groups hold on to majority in European parliament but governments weakened in France and Germany

Millions of voters are heading to the polls for the European Union’s election super Sunday

27-member bloc will have to adjust to new reality as rightwing groups expected to have real influence for first time

Far-right parties are expected to do well and could gain a stronger foothold in the European Parliament.

Polls predict huge gains for the far right in the European elections. But it is too fragmented to truly capitalise on them, says Cas Mudde of the University of Georgia

Polls show that Europe is facing a potential shift to the right in elections set for June 6-9, when millions of EU citizens will vote to elect new members of the European Parliament, a body crucial for shaping the bloc’s policies. With far-right parties likely to win greater influence, the…

Even her toughest opponents admit she’s played it cleverly. Yet the long-term aims of Italy’s prime minister remain unclear, writes Jon Henley

He's been seen campaigning on empty beer crates in pubs and playing table tennis. Talking Europe catches up with the lead candidate of the Party of The European Socialists (PES) and asks him what he has learned in this EU election campaign, away from the buttoned-up confines of the Berlaymont…

Marion Maréchal’s Reconquête received nine times more donations than Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, analysis reveals

German Green MEP warns that EU plan to tackle climate crisis will be put at risk by agreement with hard right parties

French far right leader suggests alliance of ID and ECR groups, including Italian PM’s Brothers of Italy