About: local elections

Voters punish May and Labour for Brexit impasse ahead of EU polls

Voters severely punished the two main UK parties in local council elections on Thursday (2 May), offering a preview of what is likely to happen in the European elections later this month.

Local polls offer May some Brexit respite

The UK's local elections on Thursday (2 May) will offer a test of the damage done to Theresa May’s Conservative party by her failure to deliver the country's exit from the European Union.

May faces another Brexit backlash in London polls

Theresa May’s governing Conservatives will face another Brexit backlash in London in local government elections on Thursday (3 May).

Sarkozy triumphs in local elections, far-right obtains no département

The far-right National Front made limited gains in French local elections, won by a wide margin Sunday (29 March) by ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives.

Spring cleaning in French politics

Both the results of the French local elections, and the planned ministerial cabinet reshuffle, promise a busy April for French politics. The UMP will announce their candidates for the European elections, and the campaign will likely begin next week. EURACTIV France reports.

Macedonia avoids clashes over local election

Macedonia held a trouble-free municipal election yesterday (24 March) despite recent ethnic and political unrest, in a boost for the Balkan country's hopes to start European Union entry talks later this year.

Barely 1 in 5 EU expats eligible to vote in Belgian local elections

According to official figures revealed by the Belgian authorities, fewer than one in five of the EU countries’ expatriates living in Belgium have registered to vote in the local elections, to be held on 14 October.

In Italy’s local elections, a professor and a comedian have the last laugh

The local elections in Italy have not boosted the opposition as Prime minister Monti's leading supporters were among the relative winners. The elections also showed that the centre-right coalition of former prime minister Berlusconi has been reduced to a marginal role, says Maria-Elena Guiterrez.

Brussels stakeholders call on expats to shape EU capital

Non-Belgian residents of Brussels should be granted the right to vote in regional elections, concluded a conference in the city last weekend convened to discuss the future of Europe's multi-faceted capital.

Turkish elections bring ruling party down to earth

AKP, the ruling party in Turkey, won 39% of a municipal vote held on Sunday (29 March), but the results were below its target and are in fact the worst since it first came to power in parliamentary elections in 2002.

Council of Europe slams Belgium over linguistic feud

In an unequivocal move, the Council of Europe's Congress of Local Authorities voted yesterday (2 December) to impose a general monitoring of local democracy on the country which hosts the EU institutions over persistent linguistic disputes between Flemish and French-speaking communities in the Brussels area.

Will the Real Serbia Please Stand Up?

The upcoming parliamentary and local elections in Serbia on 11 May 2008 will be crucial in deciding the country's future path - whether that is closer integration with the EU or recent political flirtations with Russia open up an alternative route, says a 23 April briefing paper from the International Crisis Group (ICG).