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The European Elections are over, so it's time to turn the page for this "Media Observatory". Well it's not a goodbye, just a 'see you soon'!. So thank you for following this "Media Observatory" and a big thank you for those who took time to leave a comment. See you soon, on euronews.net and on air.

Voilà les élections européennes sont passées, il est donc temps de tourner la page de cet Observatoire des médias. Merci à tout ceux qui ont pris de l'intérêt pour ce blog et qui ont pris le temps de laisser leurs impressions. Je ne vous dis pas au revoir, juste à bientôt sur le site d'euronews et à l'antenne.

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"The Turkish prime minister [...] has called on the EU to stick to its commitments on Ankara's EU accession" says Elitsa Vucheva from EU Observer. "We are witnessing a picture after the [European] elections that everyone interprets as negative in terms of Turkey's [EU] membership," declared recently Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "Turkey is feeling the chilling breeze emanating from the European elections last weekend, which has prompted alarm bells ringing in the country. Media, and the political establishment are caught in the hype alike," continues The Sofia Echo.

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Cafebabel proposes a post-electoral quiz to test your European knwoledge. "Europe can be weird sometimes. But you feel like you get it. Like a good challenge? Europe-brainboxes, try these quizzes!"There is two level of difficulties:
Easy: Where are the headquarters of the European central bank? Frankfurt, Milan, London or Barcelona
Hard: Which river separates Poland and Germany? The Vistula, The Danube, The Volga or The Oder

Also available in French, Polish, German, Italian and Spanish

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Ce n'est pas vraiment une surprise. Ce mardi, le président de la Commission européenne Jose Manuel Durao Barroso a annoncé qu'il était candidat pour un second mandat. "Le conservateur a déjà reçu le soutien de Berlin et un "hommage" de Paris," indique Europe 1. "Les dirigeants européens doivent en principe arrêter leur choix lors de leur sommet des 18-19 juin."

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UK conservative Daniel Hannan has called for Prime Minister Gordon Brown to stand down. First he compares the UK Prime Minister to Terminator and then he quotes Dr Seuss, from his 3 year old favorite book.

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It's time for some post-elections analysis... "The people have spoken," says Euromove. "How much can we actually read into a European election in any case? Everybody knows that you can’t change the government as the result of a European election, and the powers of the European Parliament, while considerable, don’t apply to the most important issues of taxation and public spending, so turnout is lower and the PR system makes it more rewarding to vote for minority parties. Was the election  [...] a good guide to anything ?"

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Dans toute l’Europe les grands journaux mettent en avant la débâcle des partis membres du PSE.

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Google used some of their advanced tools to capture European Parliamentary elections' trends. "By deploying our public tool Insights for Search, we were able to compare the searching patterns of millions of Brits, French, German, Italians and Poles and compute how interest in a topic changes over time. In each country, we looked at the search for political parties in the run up to the election," explains Bill Echikson, Google Communications Senior Manager.

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François Bayrou (Modem) and Daniel Cohn Bendit (Green MEP) have clashed on French Television.

"The spat started with former presidential candidate Bayrou accusing Cohn-Bendit of being too close and friendly to the UMP government leadership – “often” telephoning President Sarkozy and of having lunch at the Elysée three times" reports the news website The Connexion. "May 68 rebel, Cohn-Bendit said he found Bayrou’s remarks “pathetic” and that he would “never be president. He added while some people called Sarkozy the “omnipresident,” Bayrou was the “omniopponent."

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Financial Times Brussels' bureau has set up a list of the 30 people that matter most, politically, in the EU capital. "The usually placid town of Brussels is in flux, and it is clear that whatever the outcome of the elections, only some of the people who wielded influence at the start of 2009 will retain their status by the end of the year," says Tony Barber, the bureau chief.