Nigel Farage

Chairman of the joint Senate and Chamber of Deputies committee regarding Romania's accession to the Schengen zone, Social Democrat (PSD) senator Mircea Geoana, vehemently condemns the statements of British politician Nigel Farage regarding Romania, deeming them unacceptable.

Nikos Chrysoloras & Eleni Chrepa

Greece’s main opposition leader distanced his group from other protest parties that made gains in the European elections, calling the U.K. Independence Party and the National Front in France “monstrosities.”

Establishment parties in two of the European Union’s most important member states were licking their wounds on Monday following the triumph of anti-EU, anti-immigration parties in the European Parliament elections in Britain and France.

Unlike Bulgaria, where the nationalist parties suffered a crushing defeat in the European elections, throughout the rest of the EU they are gaining ground. 

The French National Front and UK Independence Party both performed strongly, while the three big centrist blocs in parliament all lost seats.

By Paul Taylor, Robin Emmott and Justyna Pawlak

Eurosceptic nationalists scored stunning victories in European Parliament elections in France and Britain on Sunday as critics of the European Union more than doubled their seats in a continent-wide protest vote against austerity and unemployment.

By Ian Wishart

Voters across the European Union give their verdict today on policy makers’ handling of the euro- area debt crisis in elections to the European Parliament that may shape the future of the 28-nation bloc.

Nigel Farage's UK Independence Party (UKIP) has delivered a blow to Westminster parties in Thursday's local elections, according to partial results.

Preliminary data suggests it will be able to drain power over local authorities controlled by both the ruling Conservatives and their partners from the Liberal Democrats.

Nearly 38 percent, or more than a third of British voters know neither of neither the upcoming European elections (May 22 in the UK) nor of the local polls on the same day.

A survey conducted by the Daily Mirror also shows that Nigel Farage's anti-immigration UKIP is set to win most MEP seats in the vote on Thursday.

Some 3000 fewer workers from Bulgaria and Romania are presently in the United Kingdom than in end-2013, the country's Office of National Statistics has revealed.

These numbers suggest a decrease compared to the period before lifting restrictions at the end of last year, when a seven-year EU transitional period for the two countries expired.

The anti-immigrant UK Independence Party (UKIP) has lambasted PM David Cameron over what it calls a pro-European policy "opening [the UK's] to Bulgarians and Romanians."

A UKIP statement quoted by the Bulgarian national Radio was in response to the Prime Minister's comments on Thursday.