Bumper European roundup

News from elections in Denmark, Slovenia, Spain and Germany, plus a referendum in Italy.

France’s mainstream holds on

France's municipal elections wind up, with not much change and a continued strong showing from the mainstream parties.

The South Australian election confirms that the surge of the far right is real, and the crisis of the Liberal Party is existential.

A quick refresher on the record of third parties in Australian elections.

South Australia votes in an election that could burst the One Nation bubble or could intensify the crisis in the Liberal Party.

Slovenia and Denmark are both going to the polls, with both sets of incumbents in some difficulty.

Municipal election results in France show surprising strength for the mainstream parties.

Publication of the Liberal Party's review of its 2025 federal election loss raises questions about just how deep its problems run.

Keir Starmer's Labour Party loses badly in a by-election, and the far right's supposed surge comes to very little.

The Netherlands gets a new government, but media coverage risks giving a misleading impression of its position.