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The Guardian
18-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Europe elections live: polls to close in Poland, Portugal and Romania on ‘Super Sunday'
Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Jakub Krupa Dobry wieczór, boa noite, bună seara, or simply good evening and welcome to our live coverage of Super Sunday in Europe with crucial elections in Poland, Portugal, and Romania. It's Jakub Krupa here, in Warsaw, to guide you through tonight's exit polls, snap reactions and early results coming from the three EU countries. Join The Guardian for Europe's electoral 'super Sunday' – video We will start with Romania where the polls will close in about half an hour – 7pm BST, 8pm CEST, 9pm local time – followed by Poland and Portugal an hour later. It may take a little while before we get any conclusive results though as margins are expected to be fairly thin. But, but, but – don't worry! We will bring you all the key updates: starting with exit polls, through snap reactions and late polls, all the way to first analyses and official results. I'll bring you updates from our correspondents across Europe, including Jon Henley and Sam Jones who followed the campaigns in Romania and Portugal, and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels. Ready? Let's go. Share
The Guardian
16-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
'Something is changing': Polish residents hopeful for presidential elections
Thirteen presidential candidates are making the most of the last day before the 'electoral silence' kicks in before Sunday's first round of voting. Leading contenders hit the campaign trail early this morning as they hope to convince some undecided voters in what looks like an increasingly tight race. The Guardian's Jakub Krupa spoke to people on the streets about their hopes and concerns before the vote
The Guardian
08-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Conclave live: Catholic cardinals gather for second day to elect new pope
Morning opening: Is today the day? Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Jakub Krupa After a good night sleep in the Santa Marta guesthouse in the Vatican and a morning mass, 133 cardinals electors will soon be back in the Sistine Chapel for another rounds of voting on who should be the next pope. The morning sun shines on the St. Peter's Basilica with the Sistine Chapel at background right, where the cardinals elect a new pope during the conclave at the Vatican. Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP The electors met earlier to celebrate mass and pray in the Pauline Chapel, and are due to move to the Sistine Chapel for prayers and votes. There will be up four rounds of voting today, expected roughly around 9.30am and midday local time, and then after a long lunch break, again at 5.30pm and 7pm local time. If you look at recent history, three of the last five popes were elected on the second day, so it's fair to say we could see white smoke today. The majority required is 89 votes. But then again this conclave is like no other, with the largest and most diverse electorate of 133 cardinals from 70 countries, many of whom never met before the events of the last few weeks. We will bring you all the latest. It's Thursday, 8 May 2025, it's Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live. Good morning. Share
The Guardian
07-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Conclave live: Catholic cardinals from around the world gather to elect new pope
Morning opening: Extra omnes Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Jakub Krupa 133 Catholic cardinals will meet behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel for the first time today to decide who should be the 267th successor of Saint Peter, following the death of Pope Francis last month. A view of the interior of the Sistine Chapel ahead of the conclave to elect the next pope at the Vatican. Photograph: Vatican Media/Reuters One of the most fascinating electoral processes in the world, the conclave always attracts global attention – not just because of its global significance in choosing the next head of the Catholic church leading 1.4 billion faithful, but also because of its centuries-old traditions and mysteries. At around 4.30pm local time, the famous phrase 'extra omnes' – all out – will be heard inside the Sistine Chapel telling everyone but the cardinals to leave the plenary, formally starting the secretive election process. We will bring you all the latest here. It's Wednesday, 7 May 2025, it's Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live. Good morning. Share
The Guardian
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Friedrich Merz set to take office as German chancellor
Jakub Krupa Some 70 days after winning the parliamentary election in February, CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz will finally become the new German chancellor today, taking over from embattled Olaf Scholz. Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz of CDU carries documents, ahead of a Bundestag CDU/CSU fraction meeting, where a new chair will be elected, in Berlin, Germany. Photograph: Liesa Johannssen/Reuters Last night, Scholz was given a formal send-off party – probably best described by the Economist's Tom Nuttall as 'think military parade crossed with Desert Island Discs and you're halfway there' – leaving the office to the sounds of Bach, Aretha Franklin's 'Respect' and the Beatles' 'In My Life.' There will be time and place to properly sum up his term, acknowledging that whatever plans he may have had got quickly derailed by Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, three months into his chancellorship. But today the focus will be on what's next with a number of extremely urgent tasks facing the new chancellor, not just in international politics or the economy, but with the broader crisis of people's trust that things work as they should. In his farewell speech, summing up his three years holding the highest office in the country, Scholz said: 'Only if you (the German citizen) have confidence in democracy and its representatives can this democracy succeed. Earning this trust has always been the driving force behind my political commitment.' Outgoing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz leaves after his military tattoo ceremony hosted by the Bundeswehr in honour of his service. Photograph: Getty Images Merz will need to figure out – and figure out fast – how to keep that democratic confidence alive at a time when the far-right Alternative für Deutschland, the main opposition party now formally designated as an extremist force, comes top in some of the public opinion polls. The Bundestag will sit from 9am Berlin time (8am London) to formally appoint the new chancellor, and later to confirm the members of his government, with media rumours that the first cabinet meeting will take place this evening, ahead of Merz's expected trips to Paris and Warsaw tomorrow. We will bring you all the latest. It's Tuesday, 6 May 2025, it's Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live. Good morning. Share
