Electoral reform

Greens leader Natalie Bennett says she plans to build on the surge in party membership in the run-up to the general election, despite her failure to win the Holborn and St Pancras constituency.

A report finds undecided young people may hold the key to the general election. And they care more about online privacy and housing than immigration and the EU.

As the Liberal Democrats mark a quarter of a century as a party, Channel 4 News looks at the highs and lows under four leaders and five general elections.

Argentina may be able to teach Greece a thing or two about financial collapse after fighting back from its own 2001 economic meltdown. But is Greece ready to listen?

Ireland starts counting votes in a referendum on an EU financial treaty that could undermine one of Europe’s key initiatives as problems mount in Spain and Greece.

In an election that has galvanised the French electorate, Socialist candidate François Hollande becomes president of France after defeating the incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy.

Greece’s two main parties – PASOK and New Democracy – were expected to incur huge losses when polls closed Sunday night as their popularity plunges to lows not seen since the 1974.

Europe awoke to an unpredictable future after elections in France, Greece and EU hopeful Serbia – exactly the type of turmoil that spooks bond and currency traders who crave stability.

As the French go to the polls, President Sarkozy is blaming his waning popularity on the financial crisis, austerity measures, and a media “alliance” with Socialist front-runner François Hollande.

Head-butting MP Eric Joyce regrets his punch-up in parliament’s “Strangers Bar” but admits he’s probably not as remorseful as he should be.

Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani is guilty of contempt for refusing to reopen corruption cases against the president, but his sentence was only a symbolic three minutes in the courtroom.

The Boundary Commission for England’s recommendations for the redrawing of constituencies have thrown up several surprises. We look at some of the winners and the losers.

Few English MPs will escape changes to their constituency borders in today’s Boundary Commission’s recommendations, writes political consultant Lewis Baston.

Many see Education Secretary Michael Gove as a traditionalist. Why then has he got a picture of Lenin in his office? And where next for the Conservative dream?