Ukraine's new president looks assured of a strong parliamentary majority after taking his chances with a snap election.
Category: Europe
Von der Leyen gets the gig
Europe's heads of government have had their compromise candidate for EU prime minister ratified by the parliament, but not without some difficulty.
Responsible government in Strasbourg and Madrid
The European Union may, or may not, get a new government tonight. Meanwhile, Spain's government is having parliamentary problems of its own.
Greece’s Nazis drop out
Greece's centre-right wins a clear majority, courtesy of the electoral system rather than the voters.
Election preview: Greece
Greece looks ready to shift back to the centre-right in Sunday's election. Its party system is yet to recover from the damage done by the financial crisis.
A centre-left revival? Part IV: The European parliament
The centre-left seems to have missed out on getting its candidate up as the EU's next head of government, but its parliamentary position is stronger than it might look.
How to appoint a prime minister
Malcolm Turnbull may have had a hypothetical constitutional manoeuvre to block Peter Dutton, but would the same trick work against Boris Johnson?
A centre-left revival? Part II: Denmark
Denmark gets a centre-left government after the right was defeated in this month's election, but the Social Democrats' performance was less than stellar.
A centre-left revival? Part I: Finland
The arrival of a Social Democrat-led government in Finland is an occasion to look more generally at the decline and possible revival of the centre-left.
Be careful what you wish for
Turkey's president has his wings clipped in a re-run of Istanbul's mayoral election, showing again that voters don't like sore losers.
