European elections

Nicola Sturgeon has welcomed today's European election results, which saw the SNP top the European ballot for the first time as a "positive vote for the SNP in Government."

The SNP has won the largest share of the European election vote in Scotland for the first time, beating Labour into second place.

With just one day of campaigning left in the European elections, SNP President and European candidate Ian Hudghton said the party was taking nothing for granted as they continued to campaign across the country, taking the SNP’s positive message of investment in jobs and recovery to the people of Scotland.

SNP President and European candidate, Ian Hudghton, has kicked off the last week of campaigning in the 2009 European Elections by highlighting that a vote for the SNP is a positive choice on June 4th.

The SNP has welcomed the results of the latest opinion poll published today which puts the SNP on 29% to 24% for Labour.

SNP MEPs Ian Hudghton and Alyn Smith have pledged to turn down a bumper pay rise for MEPs that political rivals are planning to accept.

The SNP today urged voters to use their European ballot to step up pressure on Gordon Brown for an early general election.

SNP Depute Leader Nicola Sturgeon has welcomed a poll analysis reported in the Sunday Express that the SNP would make significant gains across Scotland at a Westminster election.

The campaign for Scotland's own entry in the Eurovision Song Contest has taken its case to the Scottish Parliament with the support of an SNP election candidate.

SNP activists across Scotland will hit the streets today - the second anniversary of Alex Salmond MSP becoming First Minister - to campaign in advance of the European elections on June 4th 2009.