Italy’s vote for EU Parliament a virtual referendum on scandal-plagued Berlusconi

ROME — Italians voted Saturday in European Parliament elections that have become a virtual barometer of Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s ability to weather a scandal over his attention to young women.

Italians vote for EU Parliament in election turned into referendum on scandal-plagued premier

ROME — Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has weathered corruption probes and public outrage at his tasteless quips — emerging each time with his popularity intact.

Irish, Czechs weigh establishment parties versus new anti-treaty Libertas in EU vote

DUBLIN — Voters in Ireland and the Czech Republic faced a choice between pro-European establishment politicians and an upstart movement hostile to the EU bureaucracy as they filled seats Friday for the European Parliament.

Exit poll predicts right-wing party will be second in Dutch European election

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A right-wing, stridently anti-Islam Dutch lawmaker’s party won more than 15 percent of votes in the country’s European Parliament elections Thursday, according to the national broadcaster’s exit poll.

Dutch, Britons have chance to vent anger over political scandal and economic crisis in EU vote

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A right-wing lawmaker called on Dutch voters worried about immigration to pick his party Thursday in European Parliament elections expected to bring successes for fringe and extremist groups.