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Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla has resigned as leader of the ruling Social Democrat party (CSSD) after his opponents only narrowly failed to garner the three-fifths majority needed... 2004-07-08

Slovakia's ruling coalition performed better than its central European counterparts in the June European Parliament elections, winning eight of the 14 seats allotted to the country.... 2004-07-08

The centre-right Civic Platform (PO) and the conservative Christian League of Polish Families (LPR), which received the largest shares of the vote in the European Parliamentary elections,... 2004-07-02

Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda has apparently not given up hope of restoring the governing coalition's parliamentary majority. After the failure in May of another round of talks... 2004-06-09

Support for the centre-right opposition Fidesz party appeared to have slipped marginally ahead of Hungary’s first European Parliament (EP) elections in June, to 47%, from... 2004-06-08

Although European Parliament (EP) elections on June 13 will provide more current insight into the political strength of parties, the outcome of the SLD’s efforts to appoint... 2004-06-08

The Czech Republic had the dubious honour of boasting the lowest predicted turnout for the European Parliamentary (EP) elections in June, with surveys in May suggesting that only... 2004-06-08

Ongoing negotiations aimed at restoring the four-party governing coalition's parliamentary majority have so far failed. However, the government's predicament has been eased by the... 2004-05-12

As the Polish parliament prepares to vote on the government assembled by Marek Belka, the Polish Peasants' Party (PSL) has announced improbable plans to form its own ruling coalition... 2004-05-11

The centre-right opposition Fidesz party appears to be on course to inflict significant damage to the ruling centre-left coalition at the European Parliament election in June. Judging... 2004-05-10