European Elections

Somehow we missed it until now, but LI USReps Steve Israel and Gary Ackerman both make cameo appearances in a USNWR story about Congressional junketing over the Memorial Day recess. Both took their wives along for the ride, according......

by Mark Silva In a weeklong journey across Europe, his first since election, President Barack Obama will not only seek a global commitment to economic stimulus -- rumored at $2 trillion in the European press -- but also work on......

by Mark Silva Simon Sefarty knows his way around Europe, and Washington, too. As President Barack Obama prepares to embark for Europe next week - attending the G-20 summit and traveling from France to Turkey - Sefarty, a senior......

by Mark Silva German Chancellor Angela Merkel, among the European leaders who have pressed the United States hardest on the question of climate change, is arriving in Washington for a meeting with President Barack Obama as the House prepares to......

by Mark Silva President Barack Obama said today that expected House passage of an energy bill controlling greenhouse gas emissions will affirm an American "commitment'' to combating global warming, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called it "a sea...

by Andrew Zajac European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek makes an official visit to the United States this week, looking to capitalize on "the 'Obama moment" in meetings with key administration officials, including Vice President Joe Biden and...

by Mark Silva Vice President Joe Biden, addressing the European Parliament today in Brussels, urged lawmakers to embrace a U.S. Treasury plan for tracking the finances of potential terrrorists -- and reiterated the Obama administration's commitment to...

Britain's lawmakers, including from the ruling Conservative Party, greeted Brack Obama's reelection with hearty applause in Parliament on Wednesday, a reflection of the warm relationship between Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron....

Voters in France went to the polls Sunday to elect members of the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly. The runoff election could see the French left and newly elected President Francois Hollande cement their power....

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Sunday he is moving to dismantle what has been considered one of the more stable coalition governments in Israel’s history and calling for early elections in September....

Former Peruvian military officer Ollanta Humala has been named the winner of Sunday's presidential election, news that briefly sent Peru's stock market into a jittery plunge, reports L.A. Times correspondent Tracy Wilkinson from Lima. Humala ran strong...

General David Petraeus acknowledges differences with the president and vows to obey the commander-in-chief's decision....