The left won France’s election, but its new government will be at the mercy of the far right

Since French ... election, concessions on immigration, security and taxes will have to be made to placate the far right and get bills adopted by the 577-seat assembly. One of Barnier’s ... Read More

France announces new center-right government 2 months after divisive elections

The French presidential palace unveiled a long-awaited new government Saturday dominated by conservatives and centrists. It came more than two months after elections that produced a hung ... Read More

France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen faces court on charges of embezzling EU funds

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is to answer the judges’ questions at a Paris court Monday as she and her National Rally party stand trial over the suspected embezzlement of European Parliament ... Read More

Republicans Suffer Triple Blow in Bid To Change Election Process

Republicans suffered a third blow when an Alabama court ruled on Tuesday that election officials had no right to remove thousands of voters from the register. Judge Anna M. Manasco said that the ... Read More

France names a new government, seeking to end turmoil from July’s election

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier unveiled the country’s new government Saturday, seeking to end months of political uncertainty, if not the accompanying acrimony. Barnier’s newly named ... Read More

Austria election results put far-right Freedom Party on top, but leader Herbert Kickl faces coalition hurdles

Berlin — Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) emerged Monday as the winners in national parliamentary elections ... to participate in government. The election results also highlight the ... Read More

German Far-Right Narrowly Held Back in State Election

Germany's Social Democrats, led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, emerged victorious on Sunday in the eastern state of Brandenburg, in an election that only just edged out the far-right Alternative for ... Read More

European far right celebrates Austrian election win, but Austria’s political future is uncertain

Its members welcomed the Austrian result as building on gains in other countries, including in European elections ... Austria. France’s voters denied the far right an expected election victory. Read More

After student murder, France's new government heeds far right's call to be tougher on immigration

PARIS (Reuters) -France's new government is open to toughening immigration laws, the interior minister said on Wednesday, under pressure from the far-right ... after a July election in which ... Read More

'It's A Sad Day': Austrian Opposition Reacts To Far-Right Election Victory

Austria's far-right, anti-immigration Freedom Party won the country's parliamentary elections on September 29, receiving around 29 percent of the vote. It's the first far-right victory in a ... Read More

Austria’s far-right FPÖ party is the frontrunner in Sunday’s election. How did it get here?

naming France’s National Rally (RN), the Flemish Vlaams Belang (VB), the Italian Lega and the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV). But there’s a crucial difference. Unlike Germany’s far-right ... Read More