BRUSSELS (AP) — The German candidate for European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday she would put the respect for the rule of law and a progressive climate policy at the...
PARIS (AP) — She vowed to stay out of politics and even dropped the French far right's signature name — Le Pen — from her moniker. But Marion Marechal, a former star lawmaker who's still only in...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece holds a general election Sunday, called three months early by left-wing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after he suffered a stinging defeat in European Parliament...
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Council President Donald Tusk appealed Thursday to hostile lawmakers to endorse a raft of nominees for some of the EU's most coveted jobs amid accusations that he and the...
BRUSSELS (AP) — In the end, the European Union's top jobs jamboree had a familiar old-time ring to it.
Instead of embracing a transparent future, leaders of the 28 EU nations repeated the...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on key appointments at the European Union (all times local):
6:00 p.m.
Ursula von der Leyen is promising to "listen a lot" and cooperate closely with the...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the European Union summit (all times local):
10:25 p.m.
French President Emmanuel Macron says a no-deal Brexit "remains a possible option" but it...
BRUSSELS (AP) — After three days of arduous negotiations, European Union leaders broke a deadlock Tuesday and nominated German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen to become the new president of...
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — It was a rambunctious start for the European Parliament's new five-year session Tuesday: Brexiteers, Catalan independence backers and others disrupted the normally solemn...
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders let their people down Monday. And now they're hoping some sleep will help them save face and wrap up a never-ending summit that has turned into a massive...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark's new Social Democratic prime minister announced her government Thursday after winning the support of three smaller left-wing parties.
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-left coalition partner on Monday decided to ballot its 440,000 members this fall on who the party's new leader or leaders will be, a decision...
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders failed to reach a deal early Friday on candidates for a full slate of the bloc's top jobs and announced a special summit for June 30 to try and break the...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the EU summit on the candidates for the bloc's top jobs (all times local):
2:20 a.m.
European commission president Jean-Claude Juncker will have to wait...
BRUSSELS (AP) — EU leaders on Thursday are seeking to fill up to five key jobs supervising the 28-nation bloc's policies that will be vacated in coming months. They include the post of Council...
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's government has survived a no-confidence vote by lawmakers, as opposition parties did not gather enough support in parliament for their motion to oust Prime...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain's Supreme Court denied on Friday a request by a Catalan separatist leader to leave jail so he can become a European Parliament member after being elected last...
BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe's far-right and populist parties sought to rebrand themselves Thursday, launching a new group dubbed Identity and Democracy in the European Parliament but with many of the...
GENEVA (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says he would support German Chancellor Angela Merkel if she wanted to be the head of the European Union's executive body.
BERLIN (AP) — The leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right party warned Sunday that Germans risk ending up with a very left-wing government if they vote for the Greens, who surged in last...
BRUSSELS (AP) — Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage says he will not join forces with populist and far-right parties in France and Italy at the European Parliament.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's president swore in several new Cabinet members on Tuesday, most of them replacements for ministers who were elected to the European Union legislature.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark is holding a general election Wednesday and unlike in other European countries, far-right populists don't seem to be on the rise here.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Conservative-backed candidates have won 12 of 13 of Greece's regions and captured the majority of Greece's cities, confirming a trend seen in last week's first round as well...
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Niyazi Kizilyurek says nothing like it has happened in ethnically divided Cyprus in 140 years: He is the first Turkish Cypriot elected to the European Parliament, and he was...
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A top aide to Hungary's prime minister said Thursday that he sees only a "slight possibility" that Viktor Orban's Fidesz party will link up with Italy's Matteo Salvini in...
Tusk: Brexit a 'vaccine' against anti-EU propaganda
Bannon on post-election EU: "Every day will be like Stalingrad"
Italy's Salvini hopes to expand hardline movement
Farage: Big parties in UK will have to change
France's Le Pen: Battle between nationalists and globalists
Greek PM Tsipras calls snap election after EU poll loss
Barnier expresses 'full respect' for outgoing May
British PM Theresa May announces resignation
Milkshake thrown at Brexit party leader Farage
No polling-station lines for Estonian i-voters
Europe’s far-right wooing the young
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders stood divided Tuesday over who to name to the bloc's top jobs, after elections shredded comfortable old political alliances and raised troubling questions...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the European Union summit (all times local):
3:40 p.m.
French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for a commission president with experience and...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The latest on European elections (all times local):
8:10 p.m.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she'd like to see a quick agreement on who should run the European...
BERLIN (AP) — Green parties' surprisingly strong showing in elections for the 751-seat European Parliament raised hopes — particularly among young voters — that global warming and other...
AP Explains: How EU poll results have changed Europe’s politics
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's governing parties licked their wounds Monday after a battering in the European Parliament election and vowed to improve their performance. The leader of the junior party in...
PARIS (AP) — If French far-right leader Marine Le Pen gets her wish, her National Rally party, victorious in the European Parliament election, will force a dissolution of France's own parliament...
BRUSSELS (AP) — France's pro-EU president and the leader of Italy's euroskeptic, far-right movement jockeyed for the role of chief powerbroker on the continent Monday after elections to the...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union prides itself on being a brilliant mosaic of nations, but its parliamentary elections produced a hodgepodge of sometimes contradictory results that complicates...
BRUSSELS (AP) — Here's a brief look at the results of the European elections, country by country, arranged according to the number of seats they hold in the European Parliament:
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's ruling Law and Justice party has emerged as the big winner in the country's European Parliament election, taking over 45% of the votes, but its leader said Monday...
MADRID (AP) — Three jailed or fugitive Catalan politicians hope to use their freshly won seats in the European Parliament as loudspeakers for their separatist cause in northeastern Spain —...