2024 European elections
News and essential info about the European elections including how they impact you.
Italy's hard-right government demands top EU commission job
Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni has made clear the country wants a top EU job, and her foreign minister spelled out Rome's demand on Monday: a vice-presidency in the next European Commission.
What does Meloni’s EU election success mean for foreigners in Italy?
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her far-right Brothers of Italy party triumphed in this weekend's European elections, but what are the domestic implications of her soaring popularity, particularly for foreigners in the country?
'He's lost it': How Salvini's anti-EU election campaign fell flat in Italy
League leader Matteo Salvini failed to win back support from far-right voters who turned to Giorgia Meloni in the European Parliament elections, with a widely mocked campaign featuring a homophobic general and poor-quality AI images of pregnant men.
European elections: What happens next in Brussels after shock results?
The European elections saw drop dramatic results in various countries and some heavy defeats for incumbent leaders. But now the results are (almost) in, it's time to look at what happens next in Brussels?
KEY POINTS: Who are the winners and losers of Italy's EU election?
Giorgia Meloni's party triumphed as expected, but there were surprises for some in the EU election, which saw her hard-right coalition partners take a major hit.
Italian on trial in Hungary hopes for immunity after election as EU MP
An Italian woman on trial in Hungary and under house arrest for allegedly attacking neo-Nazis hopes for immunity under EU law after getting elected to the European Parliament, her party said Monday.
Italy's far-right Giorgia Meloni emerges stronger from EU vote
Giorgia Meloni's far-right party won a decisive victory in European elections in Italy, unofficial results showed Monday - making her one of the few EU leaders to emerge stronger after the vote.
What we learned from the European elections across Europe
Here are five takeaways from the European elections which saw Europe's centrist political groups emerge relatively unscathed, the far right make gains and the French president pushed to take a huge gamble.
Meloni's far-right party tops EU vote in Italy, exit polls show
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's far-right Brothers of Italy party came top in European elections in Italy, exit polls indicated on Sunday -- although with a wide spread of estimates.
European elections results: Centre holds but far right makes gains
Mainstream parties looked set to keep a majority in the European parliament as initial results were announced on Sunday, even though far-right groups also saw gains and even triggered a political earthquake in France on Sunday. The results spelt bad news for green parties.
EU votes as far right eyes gains
Voters across Europe cast ballots Sunday on the final -- and biggest -- day of elections for the EU's parliament, with far-right parties expected to make gains at a pivotal time for the bloc.
How do the 2024 European elections work and when will we know the results?
Polls for the crucial European Parliamentary elections open on Thursday with some 370 million EU citizens eligible to vote over the coming days. So how does the election work and when will we know the all important results?
Italy votes in EU election with Meloni poised as powerbroker
Italy became the first heavyweight nation to cast votes for the EU's next parliament on Saturday, in a test of far-right leader Giorgia Meloni's strength at home -- and future influence in the bloc.
Free roaming and flight compensation: How the EU has changed your life
With Europeans heading to the polls for the EU-wide parliament elections, it's a good time to remind ourselves of how the bloc has changed life for consumers.
Italian PM rallies far-right parties for 'turning point' EU vote
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told thousands of supporters of her party in Rome on Saturday that looming European elections would be a "turning point" when right-wing parties could triumph.
Why does the European parliament move between Strasbourg and Brussels?
Ahead of the European elections in June, we explain why MEPs and their staff shuttle between Brussels and Strasbourg several times a year, and why the French city was chosen as an EU seat.
10 things you should know about the European Parliamentary elections
From June 6th to 9th, millions of people across Europe will go to the polls to elect members of the world's only multinational parliament. So what's at stake and how do the elections work?
Police search European parliament over possible Russian meddling
Investigators on Wednesday were searching the home and offices of an EU parliament staffer as part of a probe into suspected Russian interference and corruption, the Belgian state prosecutor's office said.
‘A Brexit-style exit would not benefit Italy at all’: The Brit-Italian candidate running for MEP in Italy
Former British member of the European Parliament Sir Graham Watson is now an Italian candidate with a strongly pro-European message.
European elections: The 5 numbers you need to understand the EU
Here are five key figures about the European Union, which elects its new lawmakers from June 6-9:
From Swexit to Frexit: How Europe's far-right parties have ditched plans to leave EU
Far-right parties, set to make soaring gains in the European Parliament elections in June, have one by one abandoned plans to get their countries to leave the European Union.
'The acceptable extreme': Italy's PM paves way for far right in EU elections
Having fostered pragmatic relations with Brussels, Italy's Giorgia Meloni is for many the "moderate" face of Europe's radical right - and is leading the charge for June elections.
EXPLAINED: What's at stake in the European parliamentary elections?
The 2024 European elections take place around Europe from June 6th to June 9th but how do they work and what does the European parliament actually do and how does it work?