Conservative and nationalist parties in Austria have reached a deal on creating a new coalition government that will make 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz the new chancellor and Europe's youngest leader.

The EU is caught between Brexit Britain and a disenchanted group of Middle Europeans whose political sentiment is antithetical to the liberal ideals of the EU, says John Lloyd.

The centre-right party headed by foreign minister Sebastian Kurz has won Austria's national election, putting the 31-year old on track to become Europe's youngest leader, the country's interior ministry said.

The party of Austria's 31-year old foreign minister came first in a national election Sunday, putting him on course to become Europe's youngest head of government, forecasts suggested.

Brexit, the Donald Trump presidency and a rise in isolated terrorist attacks were some of the shocks that investors faced in 2016, writes Ryan McGrath.

The referendum result in Italy, which comes after Donald Trump's election last month and the Brexit referendum in June, could now potentially trigger a further bout of political and economic turmoil not just in Italy, but across Europe too, argues Andrew Hammond.

Politicians in the lower house of the Dutch parliament have approved a limited ban on "face-covering clothing" including Islamic veils and robes such as the burqa and niqab.

Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders has boycotted the opening of his hate speech trial in the Netherlands.

Austria's interior minister has asked the government to postpone repeat presidential elections because of faulty absentee ballot envelopes, effectively cancelling a vote planned for next month.

The European Union should avoid any moves towards political “centralisation” or else Austria could hold a referendum on membership of the bloc within a year, a far-right candidate who almost won the country’s presidential election said.

Nearly 700,000 postal votes will decide whether a hardline Austrian will become the European Union's first far-right president.

Hundreds of Moroccans, Algerians, and Pakistanis tried to storm the border between Greece and Macedonia, tearing down part of the barbed wire fence at the crossing and demanding to be allowed to carry on into northern Europe.

Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill.

In politics, the benefits of talking like a real person as Donald Trump does are questionable, especially in a winner-takes-all electoral system like the US, writes Leonid Bershidsky

France’s far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen told a Sunday paper that she expects her party to get enough votes in the May 22 to 25 European elections to form a bloc with other Eurosceptics that can stop the EU’s progress.

AUSTRIA: As the campaign for Austria’s general election enters its gruelling final phase, two high-profile contenders have gone beyond rolling up their shirt sleeves — they have taken off their shirts.

Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte looks likely to form a coalition between his Conservatives and the Labour party after a major election victory seen as confirmation of voters’ support for the European Union.

Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte has claimed victory for his conservative VVD party in national elections widely seen as a referendum on the Netherlands’ commitment to Europe.

The Dutch caretaker government and several opposition parties said today that they have done in a matter of days what the Cabinet failed to do in seven weeks: craft a provisional 2013 austerity budget.

Politics is, as we have been assured so very often, the art of the possible.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has tendered his government's resignation to Queen Beatrix after the collapse of a parliamentary agreement with a far-right party.

Migrants will be vital for the future EU economy but the issue has attracted misinformation and rhetoric. Ignoring it any longer would be disastrous, writes Peter Sutherland

Against the backdrop of a declared ‘war’ on Islam and Muslim immigration by Norwegian Christian nationalist Anders Behring Breivik, Cormac O’Keeffe looks at the Muslim community in Ireland and examines issues of identity, integration, extremism and discrimination

RAPID developments and profound events across Europe could have an impact on Ireland.

Hate trial Dutch politician Geert Wilders' attacks on Islam are his opinions, not facts, the hearing was told today.

THE far-right resurged in local elections in Vienna, the Austrian capital, securing the biggest gains in votes and mandates following a campaign laced with anti-Islamic rhetoric.

The far-right resurged in local elections in Vienna, the Austrian capital, securing the biggest gains in votes and mandates following a campaign laced with anti-Islamic rhetoric.

Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders went on trial for alleged hate speech today, even as his popularity and influence in the Netherlands are near all-time highs.

Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders will stand trial today for alleged hate speech, even as his popularity and influence in the Netherlands are near all-time highs.

Negotiations to form a right-wing Dutch coalition collapsed today after anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders walked out of the talks.

Dutch politicians were today trying to sort out who will form the next government, after voters backed parties on both the right and the left with very different ideas on budget cuts and Muslim immigration.

The Netherlands swung to the right today with its VVD party claiming victory in national elections.

THE ten million-strong Dutch electorate are expected to put the right-wing People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) into government as their concern shifts from immigration to the economy.

Islamism and democracy are “incompatible”, Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders said today.

A RIGHT-WING Dutch politician who compared the Koran to Hitler’s book Mein Kampf sparked protests yesterday as he arrived in Britain.

Conservatives scored victories in some of Europe’s largest economies as voters punished left-leaning parties in European parliament elections in France, Germany and other nations.

THE European Parliament failed to halt the decline in voter interest as the elections registered its lowest ever turnout over the past 20 years at 43%.

A PARTY led by far right, anti-Islamist and anti-EU member of the Dutch parliament Geert Wilders has taken four of the 25 Dutch seats in the European Parliament election.

Right-wing Dutch MP Geert Wilders is to be prosecuted for inciting racial hatred through anti-Islamic statements, a court ruled today.