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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
11-03-2025
- Business
- The Guardian
Can Europe defend itself alone?
On Thursday, after the US decided to halt military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine, European leaders in Brussels agreed to a massive and unprecedented increase in defence spending. The Guardian's Europe correspondent, Jon Henley, explains to Michael Safi that this €800bn fund marks a new era for the union and will mean tearing up fiscal rules to loosen borrowing. For some member states, such as Germany, achieving this defensive autonomy will require profound constitutional changes. For other states, such as France, preparations have been under way for years. Despite opposition from states such as Hungary, Henley explains that public sentiment across Europe is now broadly behind these changes. And yet the question remains – with long-term US support now in question, will all this arming up be enough to deter Russia?
