Bulgaria's election produces a very mainstream result, although the new government seems likely to rely at least partly on the far right. A small German state also gives encouragement to the mainstream parties.
Category: Europe
Election preview: Bulgaria
Relations with Turkey are again a leading issue, this time with Bulgaria going to the polls. Despite tensions, the country has maintained an impressive degree of political stability.
Field set in France
The candidates are all official now for the French presidential election. Emmanuel Macron, the luckiest man in Europe, is yet to slip up.
Netherlands live!
Dutch election results as they appear.
Election preview: Netherlands
Tonight's Dutch election is a test of the far right's support, but a much less significant one than media hype would suggest.
Neo-fascism, here and there: part II
Like the Western Australians, the Dutch are fending off the far right. Having a democratic electoral system helps.
Neo-fascism, here and there: part I
Western Australia will be the first test of One Nation's support since its triumphant return to prominence last year. The Liberal Party appears to have learned nothing, either from the European parallels or from its own experience.
Macron on a roll
It's a time of trauma for France's Socialist Party, as its leading figures start giving up on their own candidate and shift towards the centrist Emmanuel Macron.
Another lesson for direct-election republicans
The lesson of Macedonia is another belated vindication of Malcolm Turnbull's position in the 1999 referendum.
Northern Ireland slipping away
Northern Ireland's election shows another fault line developing in the United Kingdom with a strong swing away from Unionism.
The World is Not Enough 