June 9, 2017 UK election: Theresa May to ask queen permission to form government despite losing majority British Prime Minister Theresa May will ask the queen Friday to form a government despite her Conservative Party losing majority in Parliament.
June 8, 2017 UK election: Hung parliament projected in shock defeat for Conservatives An exit poll projected a hung parliament following Britain’s general election Thursday, in what would be a crippling political defeat for Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative government.
May 24, 2017 Le Pen will become France's president in 2022, ex-UKIP leader Farage says Far-left presidential candidate Marine Le Pen might not have won the French election on Sunday, but in 2022 she will likely become president, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage told Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ on Monday.
May 23, 2017 UK local elections: Conservatives score big gains, huge win for PM May The Conservative party in the United Kingdom scored huge gains in local elections across the country on Friday, signaling that Prime Minister Theresa May's call for the public to give her party a bigger majority in Parliament is making an impact.
May 23, 2017 EU eyes rules that could move thousands of jobs from London The European Union said Thursday it's preparing new regulations that could force a key financial market — and potentially thousands of jobs — to move away from London once Britain leaves the bloc.
May 23, 2017 British PM Theresa May accuses EU officials of trying to meddle in UK elections British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday accused European Union officials of trying to influence the outcome of United Kingdom's general election through veiled "threats."
April 24, 2017 Burka ban, stopping female genital mutilation proposed by Britain's UKIP Britain’s UKIP party is taking aim at a pair of Islamic practices in its recently released general election manifesto, an effort, leaders say, to promote cultural integration and curb the degradation of female Muslims.
April 22, 2017 France election: Marine Le Pen sees Trump-like boost in support, but victory far from assured With one day before France officially heads to the polls for the first round of its presidential elections, candidate Marine Le Pen -- who has built her campaign on the populist anger that helped President Trump get elected -- is seeing a similar boost in support.
April 19, 2017 UK lawmakers overwhelmingly vote to support snap election Prime Minister Theresa May got the overwhelming support of British lawmakers on Wednesday when they voted by a resounding 522 to 13 to back her call for a snap general election on June 8.
April 18, 2017 Brexit Britain heads for a general election British Prime Minister Theresa May stunned her nation today by announcing an early general election, to be held on June 8, 2017. This is three years ahead of scheduled elections, which were due in May 2020.