Across Europe, voters in 27 countries are going to the polls to choose a total of 736 MEPs to represent them for the next five years. But what are they all voting for, or against? Are they driven by the desire to find their own voice in the union, or simply to punish their government at a time of economic crisis?
Read comment on the passion and fury – not to mention indifference – across a continent from Paris to Warsaw
Austria elections: could Sebastian Kurz be the next leader? - video
Voting is under way in Austria in a snap election tipped to see conservative Sebastian Kurz, 31 become European Union's youngest leader and form an alliance with the far right.
Anita Prazmowska: Europe votes: Polish voters have rejected the rightwing fringe in favour of mainstream parties focused on economic security
Dutch courage in Europe
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro: Europe votes: Fearmonger Geert Wilders has made gains, and he won't even show up for work. At least our liberals are winning too
French vote with maturity
Agnès Poirier
Agnès Poirier: Europe votes: That an unpopular government did so well in the European elections indicates voters' ability to think outside national politics
Aleksandra Lojek-Magdziarz: Europe votes: A lot of Poles, including those in the UK, feel alienated by politics and are unlikely to vote, leaving the door open to extremists
Euro elections? Comme ci, comme ça
Boris Venon in Paris
Boris Venon: Europe votes: Nicolas Sarkozy's 'success' at hosting the EU presidency has somehow made the French indifferent to its political composition
Pity the Eurosceptics
Ilana Bet-El in Brussels
Ilana Bet-El: Europe votes: Working together in Europe is to the benefit of all the member states – even if its parliament doesn't make for good television
Anna Masera: Europe votes: Italy's choices in European polls will show if Berlusconi's gaffes have affected his appeal, and made the personal political
Greece prepares to punish big parties
Matina Stevis in Athens
Matina Stevis: Europe votes: Greece's disillusionment with the ruling New Democrats could send voters to smaller parties – or to the beach
Someone rotten in the state of Denmark
Jakob Illeborg in Copenhagen
Jakob Illeborg: Europe votes: Many Danes were unaware of the elections – until they saw posters of a rightwing candidate daubed with a Hitler moustache
