Euroskeptics
As it happened: Ursula von der Leyen’s secret ballot triumph
Will Meloni’s rage torpedo von der Leyen’s 2nd term?
Nigel Farage storms the UK parliament. Cue the Jaws music.
The UK’s Brexit dream is dead
Italy’s 5Star Movement asks to join Left group in European Parliament
How French financial chaos could end Meloni’s market honeymoon
What Nigel Farage learned from the American right
The U.K. Brexit champion hopes to emulate his friend Donald Trump’s destruction of the center right.
Right-wing ECR group becomes EU Parliament’s third-largest force
Meloni’s ECR edges out Macron’s Renew, as groups battle to grow.
Brexit godfather slams ‘joke’ Farage
Euroskeptic Bill Cash is leaving Westminster after 40 years. In a POLITICO interview, he swipes at Reform leader Farage — and says parliament’s role in Brexit shouldn’t be overlooked.
Le Pen says she won’t seek Macron’s resignation if far right wins snap election
“I’m respectful of institutions; I do not call for institutional chaos,” Le Pen tells Le Figaro.
France’s farmers helped the far right win. Now they’re regretting it.
The National Rally’s success in the European election cost farmer unions’ centrist allies their seats in the European Parliament.
An American’s guide to the 2024 European election
The EU is complicated, so let’s break it down for our cousins across the Atlantic.
Nigel Farage comeback is Sunak’s worst nightmare
The Conservatives could be facing a wipeout as the popular Brexiteer returns to U.K. politics.
What the EU election is actually about in each country
Voters will be thinking about domestic issues – and not Ursula von der Leyen – when they go to the polls.
Gen Z ready to take the reins in Europe
Hailing from across the political spectrum, young people are gunning for votes in the European election.
UK election: Europe is hoping Labour ushers in a Brexit reset
EU member countries are keen to expand cooperation with London — and believe a Keir Starmer-led government might just be up for it.
Europe’s far right is splintering
On the eve of the EU election, France’s National Rally party sees it as too risky to team up with Alternative for Germany.
One part of Britain is opening borders to the EU. Tory MPs are furious.
A new deal would open Gibraltar’s border with Spain, gateway to the EU’s entire Schengen area.
EU will demand Labour’s Brexit plan involves European Court
Brussels’ red line presents a choice for Keir Starmer, who has said Britain should not be a “rule-taker.”
EU accuses Eurovision bosses of handing gift to ‘enemies of Europe’ with flag ban
“I will seek explanations and clarifications,” vows European Commission VP Margaritis Schinas.
Von der Leyen opens the door to Europe’s hard right
In POLITICO election debate, Commission president gambles on an offer for Giorgia Meloni’s allies.
EU’s Russiagate hits German far right
AfD lawmaker under pressure to say whether he received payment from pro-Russian network.
Slovak president election: Pro-EU diplomat and coalition stalwart set for runoff
Diplomat Ivan Korčok and parliament speaker Peter Pellegrini move on to runoff ballot.
When the fish died he couldn’t be a fisherman. He became Italy’s finance minister instead.
Quiet man Giancarlo Giorgetti is one of Italian politics’ great survivors. And now he wants to lend Giorgia Meloni’s govenment some credibility.
Top Dutch politician loves viral Eurovision entry. (Hint: It’s not Geert Wilders.)
Song became megahit since being released in late February.
Is Brexit king Nigel Farage the answer to Tory woes?
Conservatives continue to look to the man who led the UK out of the EU as their poll ratings tank.
Italian farmers to cross the Rubicon with Rome blockade
Government fearmongering backfires as populist protest movements turn on Meloni.
This time, the far-right threat is real
The next European Parliament looks more pro-Russian and less green than the current one. Could a far-right EU really happen?
Meloni was on her best behavior — now her mask is starting to slip
The Italian prime minister and her fellow euroskeptics now want to “change” EU from within, extracting benefits while hollowing out its real spirit of unification.