Contrasting election results from Sunday, with a big win for the pro-Europeans in Moldova and a tight contest for first place in Bulgaria.
Category: Europe
Centre-left back in Sweden
Sweden's centre-left prime minister returns to office following a narrow escape, but his coalition has been badly weakened in advance of next year's election.
Election previews: Bulgaria and Moldova
Early parliamentary elections are being held in both Bulgaria and Moldova in an effort to resolve political deadlocks.
Europe’s far right consolidates
Most of Europe's far-right parties agree on a declaration of policy towards the EU. Could it be a step towards bigger things?
Finally some good news for UK Labour
Another British by-election produces a narrow Labour victory, with the odious George Galloway playing a spoiler role.
On a knife-edge in Sweden
Every vote will count in the Swedish parliament, after the centre-left government fell last week on a vote of confidence.
France keeps out the extremists
France's regional and departmental elections show a combination of disaffection among voters and continued allegiance to the mainstream.
France votes, regionally
France's regional elections have not attracted much voter interest, but they give a graphic demonstration of how much the country's party system has changed in five and a half years.
Another Lib Dem moment
The Liberal Democrats win a by-election in southern England, raising again the hopes of realignment that have been dashed many times before.
Pardons for Catalonia
Catalonia's jailed independence leaders are to be released, in the first step towards possible reconciliation. Nationalist leaders – and their voters – are not happy.
