Elections

Bad candidates, incompetence and a fierce fightback by rivals denied the National Rally its election dream.

Secret ballot poses extra challenge as European Commission president seeks a second term.

Hundreds of the party’s brand-new MPs are finding their feet in the British parliament following its landslide election victory.

Baltic defense ministers are calling for increased defense spending — and are using lots of golf terms to do it.

Days into taking office, the new British prime minister is taking a message to Washington.

Majority Whip Dick Durbin says “it remains to be seen” if Biden should still be the party’s presidential nominee.

Petr Fiala expressed support for von der Leyen and said she understands “the problems of Central Europe.”

POLITICO looks at the policies with the best chance of making it through France’s new hung parliament.

France’s far-right chief faces corruption investigation.

Hungary’s Péter Magyar wants to present a contrast with Budapest’s Russia-friendly prime minister.

Vice President Kamala Harris is now running ahead of Trump, 42 percent to 41 percent, the survey found.

New U.K. prime minister heads to NATO with a message of support on Ukraine.

Biden delivered a forceful message in a private call with his National Finance Committee, which includes hundreds of top Democratic donors and bundlers.

The new Labour prime minister is gearing up for a fight with populists over net zero policy. He believes he can win.

Funds may flow to battleground House and Senate candidates even as turmoil at the top of ticket threatens to drag them down.

POLITICO analyzes the vote that redrew French politics, in which the left beat Marine Le Pen’s far right.

“We do not harbor any special hopes” for improving ties with France, Moscow said.

Tories blamed the social media platform for the deletion.

The call by Ukrainian campaigners is an early test of the new Labour government’s promises to Kyiv.

The president is a lonely, tragic figure whose strange personality has inflicted chaos and carnage on French politics.

Other Democrats also expressed concerns with the president’s prospects during a private Sunday call.

The winning left-wing alliance has many options for Prime Minister. None of them will make everyone happy.

A budding rivalry could tear apart the French far right’s “winning ticket.”