Macedonia's centre-right government looks set for re-election tomorrow, but it may yet pay the price for antagonising the country's large Albanian minority.
Category: Europe
Right gets back in Hungary
Hungary's controversial centre-right government has been re-elected for a second term, and has apparently maintained its two-thirds majority in parliament – despite a substantial swing to the opposition.
Election preview: Hungary
Hungarians seem set to re-elect their controversial centre-right government, helped by the new electoral system it introduced.
Turkey and Russia: compare and contrast
Turkish local elections give its ruling party a vote of confidence, doing little to allay fears of growing authoritarianism. Vladimir Putin's Russia looks increasingly like a role model.
France gets a new prime minister
French president François Hollande responds to defeat in local elections by a bold shift to the right. His new prime minister evokes memories of Nicolas Sarkozy.
A bad day for M. Hollande
As expected, France's local elections were a disaster for the incumbent Socialist Party. François Hollande may be looking for a new prime minister, new policies, or both.
Another incumbent falls short
Slovakian voters have turned down their prime minister's bid to become president, voting instead for a hire-purchase entrepreneur turned philanthropist.
Election news from around the world
This week in our semi-regular roundup: news from Serbia, Slovakia, El Salvador, Maldives and Algeria.
Trouble on the far right
Europe's far-right, anti-immigrant and eurosceptic parties are not one big happy family. Far from it.
French local elections for beginners
The far-right National Front has done well in the first round of France's local elections. Here's what you need to know to understand the results.
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