European Parliament wants to choose EU Commission head - Tajani
Tuesday, 28 May 2019, 13:28
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
European Parliament President Antonio Tajani says the legislature believes the new head of the EU executive Commission should be chosen from the candidates put forward by the political groupings in...
Updated: EU leaders face evening of haggling over Europe's top jobs
Tuesday, 28 May 2019, 12:23
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
European Union leaders are converging on Brussels to haggle over who should lead the 28-nation bloc's key institutions for the next five years after weekend elections shook up Europe's political...
Macron vs. Salvini: Two leaders face off over EU's future
Tuesday, 28 May 2019, 11:23
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
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 European Parliament...
EU elections: Gutted centre, high turnout, rising right
Tuesday, 28 May 2019, 08:11
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
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 the future of both...
Knife-wielding man attacks schoolgirls in Japan, killing 2
Tuesday, 28 May 2019, 07:53
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
A man carrying a knife in each hand and screaming "I will kill you!" attacked a group of schoolgirls waiting at a bus stop just outside Tokyo on Tuesday, killing two and injuring 16 before killing...
European victory gives Salvini more leverage in Italy
Monday, 27 May 2019, 11:41
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
The League party of Italy's hard-line interior minister, Matteo Salvini, was one of the biggest winners in the European elections, with sky-rocketing support that bolsters his role as the flagbearer...
Europe-wide vote fragments centre as far right, Greens gain
Monday, 27 May 2019, 08:17
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
The European Union's traditional center splintered in the hardest-fought European Parliament elections in decades, with the far right and pro-environment Greens gaining ground on Sunday after four...
Updated: UK Brexit party scores big as Conservatives, Labour falter
Monday, 27 May 2019, 08:15
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Britain's governing Conservative Party was all but wiped out in the European Parliament election as voters sick of the country's stalled European Union exit flocked to uncompromisingly pro-Brexit or...