Matteo Salvini

The Five Star Movement, the other half of the ruling coalition, were on Monday struggling to come to terms with a deeply disappointing result, taking just 17 per cent of the vote just under half that of the League. They came in as the third biggest party, be…

ROME (AP) 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 of the nationalist and far-right forces in Europe …

Nigel Farage's Brexit Party has won the most UK seats in the European elections, with 28 of their candidates elected across the country compared to Labour's 10 and the Tories' three. Just under a third of voters backed the Brexit Party while the Conservative…

(BRUSSELS) — 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 days of a polarized vote. Turnout was at a two-d…

The Brexit Party has won nine of the first 10 regions to declare its results in the European elections - the North East, North West, East of England, Wales, West Midlands, East Midlands, Yorkshire & Humber, the South West and South East. In the process th…

ROME (Reuters) - Italy’s far-right League should decide the government’s priorities if EU election results confirm it has overtaken its coalition partner the 5-Star Movement, the League’s parliamentary leader said on Sunday. “Deciding the priorities of the …

(Reuters) - European Parliament elections not only determine the make-up of the next EU assembly and help decide who ends up running top European institutions but can also play back into the national politics of the bloc's 28 member states. Here is a run-dow…

ROME (Reuters) - The far-right League emerged as Italy’s largest party in Sunday’s European parliamentary election, overtaking its coalition partner the 5-Star Movement, which lost a third of its voters in a year, exit polls said. If confirmed, such a resul…

Germanys Green party doubled its share of the vote in Sundays European Parliament election, leaping into second place behind Chancellor Angela Merkels conservatives. The far-right Alternative for Germany showed gains to 10.5% as Ms. Merkels party shed nine p…

Brussels | Pivotal elections for the European Union parliament reached their climax on Sunday (Monday AEST) as the last 21 nations went to the polls and results were announced in a vote that boils down to a continent-wide battle between eurosceptic populists …