Far-right leaves Swiss government
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A vote to oust the far-right justice minister has brought an end to consensus rule in Switzerland.
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PARIS In a move that could change the face of French politics, Nicolas Sarkozy, the popular finance minister whose personal and ideological differences with President Jacques Chirac are well known, took over the helm of the governing center-right party on
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An Israeli right-wing party leaves the government in protest at peace talks starting with the Palestinians.
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Budapest, August 20 (NNN): Hungarian Prime Minister, Peter Medgyessy, resigned on Friday following a row with his Socialist party&#39;s liberal coalition partner, the Free Democrats (SZDSZ), over a government reshuffle.
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Rightwing party quits ruling Israeli coalition over efforts to start peace talks with Palestinians
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Outgoing Belgian Prime Minister Guy  Verhofstadt tendered his resignation to King Albert II on  Monday after his governing liberals and their socialist  partners suffered big losses in Sunday&#39;s general election.
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Switzerland on Sunday held the final day of a legislative election which could see the far-right Swiss People's Party strengthen its place as the leading party.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and his cabinet have resigned, ending weeks of political uncertainty.
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Switzerland's biggest political party has come under fire for racist and xenophobic campaigning after its posters featured black sheep and its proposals to deport immigrants were likened by anti-racism campaigners to Nazi practices.
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There will be a shift of power on the French right this weekend which could mark the beginning of the end of the Chirac era in French politics.
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Outgoing Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt resigned on Monday, clearing the way for his likely successor to start the tough task of forming a stable government after Sunday's general election.
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Polls closed in Switzerland's general elections on Sunday after a bitter campaign marked by a riot and charges of racism levelled against the biggest party, the far-right Swiss People's Party's (SVP).
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Thailand's ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra quits as leader of the political party he founded and built up, Thai Rak Thai.
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Far-right parties made their strongest showing in six years in German state elections on Sunday, as voters reacted against the governing Social Democratic Party after sharp cutbacks in welfare benefits.
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The famously dysfunctional couple at the head of France's main opposition Socialist Party is breaking up.
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France's Right-wing establishment has rallied behind the former interior minister Charles Pasqua, who has come under furious attack after securing immunity from a series of criminal investigations by winning a ...
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Right-wing Swiss politician Christoph Blocher presented a set of asylum-law changes Wednesday meant to keep frivolous asylum seekers out of Switzerland.