A year-long Listening to Ukraine survey offers insight into the well-being of ordinary Ukrainians and how the government's response, enabled by external support, has helped citizens adjust.

Giorgia Meloni's far-right party won a decisive victory in European elections in Italy, early results showed Monday (10 June) -- making her one of the few EU leaders to emerge stronger after the vote.

Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), which has managed to become the largest political force in the Central European country, is pushing its European political family, the Identity and Democracy (ID), to admit Germany's scandal-ridden AfD back into its ranks.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party emerged strongest in Sunday's EU elections but lost ground, according to almost-final results, in what could be its worst score in its 14-year rule.

Despite a series of scandals, the far-right AfD party took second place in Germany’s EU elections with a record result, which was a main driver behind a wider shift in Europe.

Malta’s ruling Labour Party (PL, S&D) is coming to terms with the decimation of its decade-plus-long supermajority, while Nationalist Party (PN, EPP) MEP candidate and incumbent European Parliament President Roberta Metsola makes history.

With votes cast in the European elections, EU leaders are expected to start already on Monday (10 June) with informal deliberations on how to distribute the four European top jobs. Here's a run-down of what to expect over the next week.

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More than 360 million European citizens had the right to vote in this weekend's European Parliament elections. Across Europe, the overall turnout was around 51%, and the results had knock-on effects on individual countries.

Germany's self-proclaimed ‘progressive coalition’, consisting of Social Democrats, the liberal FDP and the Greens, suffered a crushing defeat at the European elections, as the parties barely managed to reach a combined share of 30%.  

Anna Strolenberg, co-lead candidate of Volt Netherlands told Euractiv on Sunday evening that they are exploring the possibility of joining the ranks of Renew’s liberals at the European Parliament, and leaving the Greens/EFA group, with whom they currently sit.

In the face of the far-right's triumph in the French European elections, President Emmanuel Macron announced he would dissolve the National Assembly and call snap legislative elections.

As expected, first results of the 6-9 EU elections show that voters across Europe have shown a preference for the far-right parties, which will look to either make an alliance or break the record of the centrist majority made of the centre-right, Liberals and Socialist, still holding.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday (9 June) he would dissolve the National Assembly and call snap legislative elections as the far-right nationalists triumphed in the European elections with 32.3% of the vote, against 15.2% for Macron's Besoin d'Europe list.

The EU elections are the world's second-largest democratic ballot after India. However, compared to other elections, EU citizens face a complicated web of administrative hurdles they need to overcome to be eligible to vote.

Hour-by-hour, what can you expect from the European Parliament? Euractiv has you covered.

In this week's edition: EU goes to the polls, accession talks and G7 flavour.

Four political groups have sent letters to the European Parliament President asking for further details, action, and "responsibilities" related to a recent data breach that affected a significant amount of employees' personal data, including passports.

EU election results will show Hungarians that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government can be replaced, political newcomer Péter Magyar said after a campaign rally attended by tens of thousands on the eve of the polls.

Ireland's two main coalition parties looked set on Saturday (8 June) to soundly beat Sinn Féin in local council elections, a surprising and potentially devastating blow to the left-wing party's hope of its first victory in national elections due by March.