Schulz mauls Merkel as German vote nears
Merkel has “lost touch” with ordinary people, does not know how to handle Dieselgate, and is too soft on Turkey, her main election rival has said.
Focus
Build trust before you introduce e-voting, says Estonian president
President Kersti Kaljulaid said countries should start small with digital changes in society: "I would never advise using e-voting as the first digital service".
Focus
Political games behind Germany's gay marriage vote
Gay marriage was adopted in a snap vote at the German parliament on Friday. But lesbians and gays acquired this right after German chancellor Angela Merkel tried to sabotage the electoral campaigns of her opponents.
News in Brief
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- German police banned media on bogus data
- Gay marriage becomes legal in Malta
- Bundestag lawyers rebuff Polish WWII claim
- UK to piggyback on EU-Japan trade deal
- Tainted EU eggs found in 22 countries
- 'No decisive progress' on Brexit, says Barnier
- Finland's top prosecutor in corruption probe
France gives Macron big majority with little enthusiasm
French president Macron won a three-fifth majority in the National Assembly on Sunday, but less than half of voters cast a ballot.
UK election under way, as voters eye Brexit
Almost 50 million voters expected at UK polls, with May hoping to reinforce her position as prime minister with a sizeable majority ahead of Brexit talks.
British techies make game to reach young voters
A goofy game invoked the ghost of Margaret Thatcher to rally young Labour supporters. Newspeak House, a community of politically active techies, also builds more serious tools to keep democracy transparent.
Interview
Guerot: Germany could lose its role in Europe
The leading EU member state must sooner or later face its responsibility for Europe's problems, said German political thinker Ulrike Guerot.
EU commissioner calls for new Turkey policy
"Shrugging your shoulders is not a political strategy in the long run," Johannes Hahn has said, calling for a change of course towards Turkey.
Brexit realities dawn in UK
Just over a year after a small majority voted for Britain to leave the EU, new realities are dawning on both the in and the out camps.
Dutch coalition talks lengthiest in 40 years
Friday will mark 128 days since elections in the Netherlands. Four parties are negotiating to form a government coalition.
Germany expects Russian leaking to start in 'weeks'
Germany expects Russia to start publishing compromising material on German MPs in the summer in order to destabilise its elections.
Analysis
Macron faces challenges after foretold victory
French president is expected to win a three-fifths majority in parliament on Sunday, but he will have to manage an unruly group of MPs in a socially unstable country.
Low turnout but big majority ahead for Macron
The party of the new French president could get more than 400 MPs out of 577, first round of voting showed on Sunday.
Macron looking for a parliament majority
The new French president's party is expected to come ahead in the first round of the legislative elections on Sunday and win a large majority in the run-off.
EU leaders closing in on May
From warning about a delay for Brexit talks to calls for resignation, EU political leaders are putting pressure on the British prime minister.
Four MEPs elected in UK, one loses by 21 votes
Two Conservative and two Labour members will leave the European Parliament for the House of Commons. The chair of the committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection is now open.
UK election puts Brexit talks in doubt
The British election has put in doubt Tory plans for Brexit talks and prime minister Theresa May’s continued leadership.
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Column / Brexit Briefing
May loses election bet
The British prime minister called the election to strengthen her grip on power ahead of Brexit talks. Her gamble could not have backfired more spectacularly.
Offshore leaks fail to harm Maltese PM
Maltese leader Muscat was sworn in for five more years on Monday despite “aggressive” revelations about offshore firms.
Column / Brexit Briefing
The coronation that nearly lost the crown
It is highly unlikely, but far from impossible, that prime minister Theresa May will lose Thursday's election. But the way her campaign is staggering to the finish line suggests that her honeymoon phase is over.
Column / Brexit Briefing
May stumbles her way to the finishing line
Theresa May's election race started as a gallop, but that pace seems to be seriously losing momentum.
Maltese election to test faith in ruling party
Corruption allegations could still sink the Maltese government in elections on Saturday that take place in a "tribal" atmosphere.
Column / Brexit Briefing
Ukip's last electoral stand
Nigel Farage's anti-EU party is unlikely to win any seats at the 8 June elections. After the loss of his charismatic leadership, the party is just a rag-tag of third raters.
Dutch coalition talks collapse again
"We looked each other deep in the eyes, and said: 'No, this is pointless',” one of the negotiators said.
Investigation
Fight club: Russian spies seek EU recruits
Russian intelligence services are using martial arts clubs to recruit potential troublemakers in Germany and other EU countries, security experts have warned.
Column / Brexit Briefing
Brexit has uprooted Britain's traditional party system
Traditional party politics seems to be up in the air in Britain, with Brexit potentially having provided the sparks for an explosive realignment.
Martin Schulz, down but not out against Merkel
After the Social Democrats' crushing defeat in its party leader's home state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the odds seem stacked against them for the rapidly approaching federal election in September.
Dutch coalition talks collapse two months after elections
The differences between the four parties, including a left-wing green party and two centre-right parties, were "simply too large".
Analysis
How online activists tried to harm Macron
Trojan horses, smoke screens, framed news, and fake news - the final days of the French election saw an outburst of online violence, most of it against Macron.
Schulz fails to beat Merkel in German home state
Former EU parliament leader, Martin Schulz, says the defeat of his social-democrats in North Rhine-Westphalia is "difficult". The elections showed that a "Schulz effect" does not (yet) exist.
Investigation
Russian spies or US neo-Nazis: Who hacked Macron?
A US cyber security firm has published new claims that a Kremlin-linked group was behind the recent cyber-attack on France’s incoming leader.
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