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Nigeria’s elections underway against backdrop of security threats

An attack in northeastern Nigeria by suspected Islamist militants just hours before polls were set to open in Nigeria’s presidential election Saturday underscored the challenges confronting Africa’s most populous nation.…

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TV comedian frontrunner for Ukraine’s President post

A Ukrainian comedian known for his role of playing the president in a popular television show is now the actual frontrunner for Ukraine's top job, according to a recent poll.…

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Di Maio launches new group for European Parliament elections

Luigi Di Maio, leader of the 5Star Movement and Italian deputy prime minister, on Friday announced the creation of a new group "of likeminded people” within the European Parliament ahead…

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Europe is sleepwalking into oblivion – George Soros

Left-wing billionaire George Soros, in a rare op-ed, has fired a warning shot to what he describes as the “sleeping pro-European majority” ahead of the European Parliament elections in May --…

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Anti-EU parties on course to win a third of European Parliament election seats – ECFR

Anti-EU parties are on course to win one-third of seats in the European Parliament election in May, which could "undermine and cause irreparable damage" in areas such as trade, security and…

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Early results show victory for right wing coalition (Lega/Fratelli d’Italia and Forza Italia) as Movimento 5 Stelle plunges in Abruzzo local elections

A coalition of right-wing Italian parties looked set to win a regional election in Abruzzo Sunday, which pit the country's ruling parties against one another, according to early projections. The right-wing…

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Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren announced bid for Presidential elections

Senator Elizabeth Warren has said she will run for president, adding a fierce advocate of economic populism to an already crowded field of Democrats in the United States vying for the presidency…

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The sister of Thailand’s King to contest election for Prime Minister in a move which breaks with tradition

The sister of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has joined the race to be the country's next prime minister. Princess Ubolratana Mahidol, 67, will stand for a party allied to divisive…

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Outsider wins election in El Salvador breaking country’s two-party system

Nayib Bukele, the 37-year-old former mayor of the capital, San Salvador, won 54 percent of votes with returns counted from 44 percent of polling stations. His two rivals from mainstream…

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Disaffected Labour MPs set to quit party as Corbyn’s public approval, reaches new lows following handling of Brexit – Opinion Poll

A group of disaffected Labour MPs is preparing to quit the party and form a breakaway movement on the political centre ground amid growing discontent with Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership on Brexit and other key…

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Pressure on Kaczynski mounts after release of recordings on dealing with property developer

Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s reputation as a politician far removed from the murky world of business has long been one of his biggest political assets. But as Poland gears up for elections…

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Hillary Clinton not to run for election

Hillary Clinton says she’s not running for U.S. president in 2020, her former campaign chairman said late Tuesday, telling CNN that he takes her at her word despite rumblings otherwise.…

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New secular party led by Prime Minister launched in Tunisia

Secular government leaders announced a new party called Long Live Tunisia on Sunday which is to be led by the prime minister and will compete with moderate Islamists in upcoming…

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UK has duty of holding MEP elections if Brexit is delayed beyond May

The U.K. has a “duty” to hold European elections if Brexit is delayed beyond the EU poll in May, according to Polish MEP Danuta Hübner, who is a member of the…

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Sweden parliament elects Lovfen as Prime Minister after elbowing out far-right

Sweden ended a four-month political vacuum Friday when lawmakers elected Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to a second term, after he elbowed out the far-right to save one of Europe’s few…

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Berlusconi announces he will contest MEP elections, 25 years since his entrance in the political sphere

Almost 25 years since his 'entrance' in the political fray, the Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced he will run in the European Parliament election in May. “At my…

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Will Barnier be the next European Commission President?

via Politico - "European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier opened the new political year vocally discussing Europe's future — possibly hinting at his own next career step. "Now is not the…

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Anti-Migrant vs Pro-Migrant ‘alliances’ to characterise MEP campaigns, as efforts to ‘change’ EU political landscape are declared

Hungary's Viktor Orban hopes a right-wing alliance can help gain an anti-migrant majority in the European Parliament. The alliance was pitched by Italy's Matteo Salvini, whom Orban described as a…

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Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren announces intention to run for US President

Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat and a sharp critic of big banks and unregulated capitalism, entered the 2020 race for president on Monday, becoming the first major candidate in…

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Timmermans approved to lead European Socialists in 2019 MEP elections

The European Commission vice president and former Dutch foreign minister Frans Timmermans will lead the Party of European Socialists (PES) in the 2019 European elections. He was the only candidate…

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European Commission survey shows citizens worry about interference ahead of the European elections

A new Eurobarometer survey published today sheds light on the expectations of Europeans for the May 2019 European elections and what would motivate them to cast their vote. It also…

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MEP Election Watch – Greens choose candidates for Commission President

The European Greens picked Germany’s Ska Keller and Dutchman Bas Eickhout as co-candidates for European Commission president, at the party’s congress Saturday, making them the faces of the party’s campaign…

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Local elections and same-sex marriage referendum in Taiwan

Taiwan began voting on Saturday in local elections, a key test of support for the island’s pro-independence ruling party ahead of presidential polls in just over a year, and will…

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Sanchez influence in Europe makes him the most most prominent social democratic politician in Europe

POLITICO reports that "Pedro Sánchez sees an opening in Brussels — and he intends for Spain to fill it. As a champion of stronger cooperation on migration, reform of the…

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Donald Tusk invites Polish to rise and defeat today’s Bolsheviks like Pitudski and Walesa did in the past

The Polish people should rise up and “defeat today’s Bolsheviks” in the country’s ruling Law and Justice party, European Council President Donald Tusk told a crowd of over a thousand…

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Politico’s guide on the heroes and villains of Helsink’s EPP summit

It was hardly Cannes or the Oscars but the stars of European conservatism got their chance to step into the spotlight, congratulate each other and give out prizes this week. The…

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The EPP needs a leader not an apparatchik

It is a common strategic mistake for armies to prepare for the previous war instead of the one that is coming. In 1939, the French were ready for a redo…

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Obama’s reaction to US Mid-Terms

Former US President Barack Obama, in a Facebook post said that the work goes on. "The change we need won’t come from one election alone – but it is a…

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Democrats set to win House, Republicans the Senate

Democrats seized control of the House and cut into Republican-held governorships on Tuesday, while Republican victories in the Senate appeared likely to restrict a broader Democratic wave. Initial results late…

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US Mid-Terms Digest

The following articles present different aspects of how and why the mid-term elections in the US are important. These articles deal with the 'Trumpism' phenomenon, what to look for on…

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Maroš Šefčovič pulls from race for Social Democrats’ Spitzenkandidat

European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič pulled out from the race to become the Social Democrats’ lead candidate for the EU elections in May next year. Šefčovič will back the…

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US-Mid Terms Roundup – Over 12 million more than 2014 early voters cast their choice in US mid-terms

US voters go to the polls on Tuesday, November 6, to take part in midterm elections that will help define the remaining two years of President Donald Trump's first term…

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How the media reported Bolsonaro’s victory in Brazilian presidential elections

Far-right lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday, promising to clean up politics, shrink the state and crack down on crime, in a dramatic swing away from the…

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German coalition expecting another electoral negative result

Germany’s ruling parties are bracing for a second electoral negative result, within a fortnight as polls for Sunday’s regional election in Hesse suggest that voters will punish Angela Merkel’s shaky…

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Latest polls show that Bolsonaro expected to win Sunday’s vote by 57%

Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro saw his lead narrow slightly over leftist rival Fernando Haddad in a new election poll published on Tuesday. The poll looked at voter intentions…

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán backs Manfred Weber to be the European People’s Party lead candidate

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán backs Manfred Weber to be the European People’s Party lead candidate in next year’s European Parliament election, a Hungarian minister said Thursday. Minister Antal Rogán told Hungarian…

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Election Watch – Bosnia-Herzegovina

People are voting in Bosnia-Herzegovina following an election campaign that observers say remained entrenched along ethnic lines. A total of five presidents and 14 prime ministers must be elected in the…

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Voting starts in Brazil’s most polarised presidential election race in decades

Voting begins Sunday in Brazil’s most polarized presidential race in decades, pitting far-right former army captain Jair Bolsonaro against the Workers Party's Fernando Haddad, chosen successor of jailed ex-president Luiz…

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Election Watch – Bosnia Herzegovina

Twenty-eight years after the end of its internecine war that left 100,000 dead, Bosnia-Herzegovina votes on Sunday to elect a bewildering number of national and sub-national presidencies, parliaments, and assemblies. Ethnic-nationalist parties…

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Johnson would lose to Corbyn in a general election – Polls

Boris Johnson is less popular than Jeremy Corbyn and would lose a general election to Labour if he were Conservative leader, according to a new poll. The poll, carried out…

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Bolsanaro will accept elections result, as long as he wins Brazilian elections

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's firebrand right-wing presidential candidate, said on Friday that he would not accept the outcome of next month's election if he loses, as polls suggest he will. "From…

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European Leaders pitch new alliance for MEP elections

In a joint op-ed published this morning, Maltese prime minister Joseph Muscat, ALDE chief Guy Verhofstadt and Christophe Castaner, the leader of Emmanuel Macron’s La République En Marche movement, have extended an open invitation to…

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Opposition candidate Ibrahim Soleih declared victory in Maldives election

In Maldives, Opposition candidate Ibrahim Soleih declared victory on National television and called on President Yameen to respect the will of the people and ensure a smooth transition of power.…

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Election Days in Lithuania set

Lithuania will elect municipal councils on March 3, 2019, its next president on May 12 and members of the European Parliament on May 26. Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the…

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Bolsonaro keeps first-round lead in election opinion poll

Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, kept his first-round lead in an election opinion poll on Friday, but a leftist rival from the Workers Party (PT) made solid gains. …

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Election Watch – Sweden – Results (UPDATED)

Update: With votes in all but two of 6004 districts counted, the distribution of the 349 seats in the new parliament will look as follows (previous number of seats in…

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Election Watch – The Implications of Sweden’s vote

Sweden’s national election on Sunday is not a traditional political fight between left and right. The country is at a crossroads, and the question is: Will Sweden remain an open society? Swedes…

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Election Watch – Sweden

Euronews: Voters in Sweden will decide their new leaders on Sunday in a vote that could change the face of the historically left-leaning country. A party with neo-Nazi origins is…

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EPP cannot be on the side of Merkel and Orban at the same time – Macron

The European Popular Party needs to “clarify its positions” on migrants and respect for the rule of law, since at the same time “it can not be on the side…

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Hungary’s Fidesz Party committed to EPP

Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party is strongly committed to the mainstream conservative group in the European Parliament for elections next year, a top official said, but will still pursue common…

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Uncertainty increases in Brazilian presidency election

Brazilian prosecutors have on Tuesday charged Fernando Haddad, a former mayor and heir apparent to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with corruption, injecting further uncertainty into what is one of…

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Macron’s party will not support political groups that back ‘Spitzenkandidat’ process

Emmanuel Macron’s La République En Marche will not support any European political group that backs the so-called Spitzenkandidat or “favored candidate” process, Christophe Castaner, the movement’s chief executive, said on…

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Election Watch – MEP Elections -Weber and the EPP’s choice

The appearance of the first formal candidate in the EU top jobs derby on Friday clarified little about who will run the place a year from now. But the surprise entry…

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177 politicians from 16 electoral lists make new majority bloc in Iraq

An Iraqi political alliance announced on Sunday contains 177 lawmakers from 16 electoral lists, making it the majority bloc in the newly elected parliament, an updated document published by the…

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Le Pen hedging on Salvini’s wave for MEP elections

If there is to be a “Salvini wave,” Marine Le Pen is intent on riding it. Next week, the leader of France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party will reveal her…

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