Election Watch
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…
Manfred Weber gets 79% support to be EPP’s lead candidate
The European People’s Party on Thursday chose Manfred Weber as its nominee for Commission president over former Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb.…
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…
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…
Insight on the US Mid-Terms
The United States will go to the polls once again in just under a week’s time, with the entire House of Representatives,…
How the media reported Germany’s Hesse election result
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s junior coalition partners gave her conservatives until next year to deliver more policy results, threatening to end their alliance…
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…
Understanding the elections that took place last weekend
Three of the EU’s six founding members held elections last weekend that centred on local issues but will resonate beyond. 5 lessons…
Frans Timmermans poised to be Socialist’s Spitzenkandidat in upcoming MEP elections
Frans Timmermans , the first vice president of the European Commission, is poised to put his name forward as a lead candidate…
Election Watch – Bavaria’s regional election
For the first time in living memory, the CSU appears almost certain to fall below the 40 percent mark — and possibly…
How social media exposed the fractures in Brazilian democracy (FT)
As Brazil faces one of its most divisive elections in years, Douglas Garcia, like many of his countrymen, has come to see…
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…