
Your search for "Freedom Party" produced 152 items.
| 1. A constitutional moment for Europe | January 26, 2012 |
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The European Commission's objections are not the only pressure on Hungary's lawmakers. The outcry over the barrage of laws that Hungary passed before Christmas has focused on... | |
| 2. Socialist squeeze is loss for the EU's political diversity | November 24, 2011 |
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Policies dear to Europe's socialists are now being shaped overwhelmingly by the centre-right, both in national capitals and in the EU's institutions. The defeat of the... | |
| 3. Granite lady | September 1, 2011 |
Austria's finance minister has a reputation for hardness. Trying to sum up any person in two words is usually invidious, but few would argue with the Austrian newspaper that... |
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| 4. The paper clip: 2 August | August 2, 2011 |
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A round-up of the stories making news around Europe. The debt row in the US has ended after the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favour of a deal to prevent... | |
| 5. The paper clip: 1 August | August 1, 2011 |
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A round-up of the headlines making news around Europe. US President Barack Obama has announced a last-minute deal to raise the United States' borrowing limit, and urged... | |
| 6. Attacks on Norway prompt EU to review far-right threat | July 28, 2011 |
EU seeks ways to counter political radicalisation; counter-terrorism officials to hold emergency meeting. The member states of the European Union are collectively to review... |
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| 7. The EU will tie itself in knots over extremism | July 28, 2011 |
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The erosion of traditional political lines is helping
extremist parties gain traction. The attacks perpetrated by Anders Behring Breivik in Oslo and on the island of... | |
| 8. German dominance in the EPP and S&D groups | July 14, 2011 |
VoteWatch looked at voting behaviour within each of the three main political groups. VoteWatch also examined voting behaviour within each of the three main political groups,... |
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| 9. The quiet Austrian | May 12, 2011 |
Austria's 'nice guy' vice-chancellor is now in the spotlight. In another life, Michael Spindelegger might have been in a hole holding bones instead of pressing the flesh of... |
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| 10. EPP president criticises Dutch coalition | October 4, 2010 |
Wilfried Martens unhappy at deal that relies on support of anti-Islamic Freedom Party.
The head of the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) has criticised the Dutch... |
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| 11. CoE to discuss rise of extremism | September 30, 2010 |
Secretary-general of Council of Europe part of group set up to look at the issue. Thorbjørn Jaglund, the secretary-general of the Council of Europe, today (30 September)... |
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| 12. Mainstream struggles to deal with far-right gains | September 30, 2010 |
The Sweden Democrats and other far-right parties have enjoyed electoral success, and they may get even stronger. The outcome of the recent Swedish elections has brought into... |
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| 13. Liberal crusader | September 16, 2010 |
The plain-speaking Dutch MEP Sophie in 't Veld has made enemies by championing privacy Sophie in 't Veld is not afraid to speak her mind, especially on protecting privacy... |
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| 14. Berlusconi survives parliamentary test | August 5, 2010 |
Former Berlusconi allies decide to abstain in a vote of no confidence against a junior minister. Italy's centre-right government has survived its first parliamentary test... |
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| 15. Berlusconi's party on verge of split | July 30, 2010 |
Prime minister calls on former ally to quit. Italy's government is facing a possible collapse after Silvio Berlusconi, the prime minister, called on his political ally... |
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| 16. A bid for freedom | July 15, 2010 |
Dutch MEPs stir up trouble. Dutch members of the European Parliament from the Freedom Party have hit upon a novel way to stir up trouble. |
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| 17. Extremist Wilders courted for coalition | June 17, 2010 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy to seek a coalition with the Freedom Party.
After its narrow victory in the election of 9 June, the liberal People's Party for... |
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| 18. Liberals win largest number of seats in Dutch poll | June 10, 2010 |
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The liberal People's Party for Freedom (VVD) emerged as the largest party after Dutch elections on Wednesday, according to initial unofficial results this morning | |
| 19. News in brief | April 29, 2010 |
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| 20. Fischer re-elected president of Austria | April 26, 2010 |
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Heinz Fischer, a social democrat, has been re-elected as Austria's president with 78.9% of the vote. Turnout in yesterday's election was just 49%. His main challenger,... | |