Snap election

Kosovo faces potential political crisis after the new Assembly in Pristina failed to elect its president on Thursday, AFP is reporting.

Tanjug cited the report on Friday morning, which said the outcome was "casting doubt on whether the coalition that won June’s snap polls can muster a majority."

British Prime Minister Theresa May acknowledged the "reality" of her weakened position on July 10 by appealing to other parties to help implement Brexit, as she sought to relaunch her year-old premiership.

One month after losing her parliamentary majority in a snap election, the Conservative leader said she was still committed to "bold action" to fulfil her promises of change.

The National Coalition for Decentralisation, NKD, a Serbian NGO, on Tuesday published a report saying that the country had spent 74.4 million euros on holding presidential and parliamentary elections since 2012 - more than 60 per cent of which went on snap elections.  

"I would like to say how very pleased I am with the result and how very pleased I am to have had the overwhelming support of my colleagues in the House [of Commons] and the people from the party in the country," she said, standing outside her official residence at Number 10 Downing Street, but refusing to answer any questions from the crowd of journalists and photographers.

Prime Minister Theresa May said Friday she would form a new British government with backing from Northern Irish unionists after losing her Conservative majority in a snap general election, AFP reported.

Prime Minister Theresa May could lose control of parliament in Britain's June 8 election, according to a projection by polling company YouGov, raising the prospect of political deadlock just as formal Brexit talks begin.

Austria's new centre-right leader Sebastian Kurz called for snap elections on Sunday, heralding the imminent collapse of the ruling coalition after months of in-fighting, reported AFP.

"In my view the first step is a joint proposal for early elections," Kurz said at a news conference in Vienna after he was unanimously voted head of the People's Party (OeVP).

Results of Britain's local elections are due on Friday in what will serve as a key indicator of Prime Minister Theresa May's chances in next month's Brexit-dominated national election, reported AFP.

Half of Britons back Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives ahead of a snap general election in June, according to a new opinion poll published on April 23.

Polling company ComRes, which conducted the survey for the Sunday Mirror tabloid, said it was the first time the Conservatives had reached the symbolic 50 percent support mark since January 1991.

In the quagmire that is European politics, a new dominant political figure is beginning to emerge strongly: British Prime Minister Theresa May. This is, perhaps, because all leaders appear during times of crisis.