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EU Budget Commissioner Dalia Grybauskaitė was elected by a landslide as the first female president of Lithuania, the Baltic nation battling a deep recession, official results showed on 17 May.
British politicians across party lines have been hit by revelations about their expenses claims. But three weeks ahead of the EU elections, it is the ruling Labour party which appears to be the greatest victim of the row.
Conservative leader Nicolas Sarkozy won a clear victory over his Socialist opponent, Ségolčne Royal, in a 6 May run-off which saw French voters turn out in exceptionally high numbers. (read more)
The inconclusive result of the elections in Germany on 18 September has for now left unclear how the country will address the key policy issues ahead. (read more)
The newly elected post-enlargement Parliament will still be dominated by the two biggest political families. (read more)