Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Ursula von der Leyen

Irish, Czechs hold EU vote after Dutch far-right gains

Irish and Czech voters on Friday pick up the baton in the EU's marathon elections after a strong showing – but no knock-out blow – from the Dutch far-right on opening day.

Radio France Internationale

Ursula von der Leyen: Europe’s top bureaucrat is on shaky ground as EU elections begin

Ursula von der Leyen: Europe’s top bureaucrat is on shaky ground as EU elections begin

Almost 400 million European citizens are due to vote for representatives from their country to the European Parliament between June 6 and 9. The results of the elections will have an influence on who becomes the next president of the European Commission, one of the most powerful jobs in European…

The Conversation

Ryanair forced to cancel 100 flights as it demands action over France air traffic control strikes

Ryanair forced to cancel 100 flights as it demands action over France air traffic control strikes

The low-cost airline says customers are ‘sick and tired of suffering unnecessary cancellations’

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

inkl

‘The battleground is Palestine’: Israel’s war looms over European elections

EU insiders and voters say many will be backing parties that are supportive of Gaza.

Dutch voters launch four-day EU election marathon

Dutch voters have kicked off a four-day election marathon across the 27 nations of the European Union – providing an early litmus test of how far to the right the next EU parliament might shift.

Radio France Internationale

Netherlands Leads EU Elections With Right-Wing Surge

EU parliamentary elections underway with expected gains for hard right parties. Impact on global issues like climate, defense, migration, and relations wit...

The EU is braced for a rise in the hard right. What matters is how the centre responds

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

The Guardian - UK

inkl

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Defence, migration and the Green Deal: Key issues at stake in the EU elections

Defence, migration and the Green Deal: Key issues at stake in the EU elections

EU voters head to the polls on June 6-9 to elect the next European Parliament with the 27-member bloc facing a daunting set of challenges, including deep divisions over migration management, a backlash against climate change policies, and an overhaul of Europe’s defence industries spurred by the ongoing war in…

EU Elections: Rightward Shift And Coalition Dilemmas

EU Elections: Rightward Shift And Coalition Dilemmas

EU elections see rise of far-right parties, shaping future coalitions and policy directions.

European elections: How will the vote work and what’s at stake?

European elections: How will the vote work and what’s at stake?

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

European parliamentary elections: What a right-wing surge could mean for the EU

European parliamentary elections: What a right-wing surge could mean for the EU

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…

Why is Ursula von der Leyen out wooing voters who can’t vote for her?

Why is Ursula von der Leyen out wooing voters who can’t vote for her?

Commission chief is not running in MEP elections but is doing all she can to boost increasingly shaky bid for second term

The Guardian - UK

Giorgia Meloni has emerged as a kingmaker for the EU – but will she turn to centre right or far right?

Giorgia Meloni has emerged as a kingmaker for the EU – but will she turn to centre right or far right?

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

The Guardian - UK

EU Readies For Elections With Far-right Set To Surge

EU Readies For Elections With Far-right Set To Surge

EU voters go to the polls in a week's time, with far-right, nationalist parties expected to do well in the bloc's next parliament in a time of social and geopolitical uncertainty.

International Business Times

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Radio France Internationale

EU readies for key elections with far right forecast to surge

EU voters go to the polls in a week's time, with far-right, nationalist parties expected to do well in the bloc's next parliament in a time of social and geopolitical uncertainty.

EU Socialists' lead candidate Nicolas Schmit warns against 'arrangement' with far right

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…

The Guardian - UK

Greens ‘will not back von der Leyen’ for re-election if she does deal with far right

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

The Guardian - UK

Le Pen invites Meloni to form ‘super-group’ in European parliament

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

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

EU’s far-right parties expel Germany’s AfD from their group

ID group of populist parties cuts off Alternative für Deutschland after its candidate’s comments that SS were ‘not all criminals’

The Guardian - UK

Von der Leyen quizzed on whether she would work with far-right in EU election debate – as it happened

Frontrunner to be European Commission president was questioned over alliances with Meloni and others in face-off with rival candidates

International Business Times

Meloni, Le Pen Flirt With Combining EU Far-right Forces

Europe's far-right figureheads Marine Le Pen and Giorgia Meloni are hinting they could join forces following this summer's EU elections, after Le Pen's French party announced a break with its radical German ally AfD. The overtures presage a possible reconfiguration of nationalist parties' alliances after voters decide the next European…

EU's $47bn trade surplus over U.S. is a new record high—expect it to get bigger

The EU may not want to break out the champagne just yet, as impecunious European consumers cutting back imports are partly responsible.

The Guardian - UK

Disappearing ink, fake polls and voter fraud: EU fears as Russian propaganda ads target Euro elections

Researcher uncovers vast Facebook campaign and accuses Meta of ‘lack of willingness’ to counter it

Lebanon’s economic crisis endures, as does the EU’s ‘fear’ of refugees

Analysts question whether EU grants to Lebanon have anything to do with getting its economy out of the hole it is in.

Slovakia PM Robert Fico in critical condition after being shot

Slovak prime minister taken to hospital as President Zuzana Caputova condemns ‘brutal and ruthless’ attack.

1 … 44 45 46 47

People

193,335 stories

Emmanuel Macron

Ursula von der Leyen

Nikos Christodoulides

Maximilian Krah

Zuzana Caputova

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

inkl

Organisations

The European Union

European Commission

the European Commission

the European Parliament

European Parliament

inkl

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

380,739 stories

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.

Download on the AppStore

Get it on Google Play