05

May

Malta Election Watch – What are the Sunday surveys saying?

As the European Parliament and local elections approach, interest in what might the result be increases. It-Torċa, MaltaToday and Illum carry stories based on surveys the newspapers carried or commissioned.…

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28

Apr

Spain Elections Exit Poll: Socialists ahead, but no majority

According to the GAD-3 survey for state broadcaster TVE, the Socialist Party (PSOE) will win the most seats but fall short of a majority. Pedro Sánchez would be able to…

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28

Apr

Spain Election – The role of social media

Social media has become an essential tool for political parties in campaigning for Sunday's general election in Spain. Facebook -  The winner is the left-wing Podemos. The official page of…

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28

Apr

Spain votes – A fragmented country, a fragmented political landscape

Spanish voters are expected at the polls for the country's third general election in less than four years amid a splintering political landscape. Voting begins at 9 a.m. and closes…

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27

Apr

Malta Election Watch 2019

Good morning This is a round up of the main messages related to the MEP and local elections scheduled for May 25th. Both of the Labour Party’s deputy leaders have…

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26

Apr

Party opposing bull-fighting expected to win first seats in Spanish Parliament

If the polls and pundits are correct, Spain’s Vox party will achieve its much-prophesied breakthrough in Sunday’s general election, becoming the first far-right grouping to win more than a single…

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23

Apr

Egyptians vote for constitutional changes strengthening al-Sisi’s grip on country

Nearly 90% of Egyptian voters have backed constitutional changes that could see President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stay in power until 2030. The New York Times says "Egypt has another strongman…

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23

Apr

Malta 2019 Election Watch – Roundup Day 1

This is a quick round up of the salient news reported in Malta of the first day of the Electoral Campaign underway in Malta for the European Parliament and Local…

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21

Apr

Ukraine: Polls show Zelensky winning 73% of the vote, beating incumbent President Petro Poroshenko in the run-off elections

Exit polls show Volodymyr Zelensky has won a major victory over incumbent Petro Poroshenko. The comedian plays the role of president in a fiction television sit-com. Ukraine's president holds significant…

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20

Apr

Indian voter chops index finger after realising he voted for wrong political party

An Indian voter says he chopped off his index finger after realising he had voted for the "wrong" political party. BBC reports that Pawan Kumar said he accidentally ended up…

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20

Apr

Weber and Timmermans first face-off debate is nothing but confrontational

The two leading contenders to be the next president of the European Commission went head-to-head for the first time in a TV debate aired on Wednesday evening, and although the…

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20

Apr

Biden expected to announce presidential run next week

Various sources in the US are indicating that former Vice President Joe Biden is finalizing plans for the launch of his presidential campaign next week after months of suspense that…

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20

Apr

Ukraine’s presidential candidates hold head-to-head TV debate

Ukraine's rival presidential candidates have held a long-awaited head-to-head televised debate at Kiev's giant Olympic stadium. Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky and incumbent president Petro Poroshenko shook hands before launching scathing attacks…

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16

Apr

Photo Story – Indonesian election workers carrying ballot boxes to remote villages

Indonesian election workers carry ballot boxes as they cross a river to deliver them to remote villages in Maros, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, 16 April 2019. Indonesia is set to hold…

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14

Apr

Social Democrats win first phase of Finland’s election

Finland's leftist Social Democrats won first place in advance voting ahead of Sunday's parliamentary election, with 18.9% of the votes, after 35.5% of ballots had been counted, justice ministry data…

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14

Apr

Poland will adopt Euro only when economy reaches German levels – Kaczynski

Poland won’t adopt the euro before its economic wealth reaches the level of Germany, ruling party Chairman Jaroslaw Kaczynski said Saturday, accusing the opposition of a push to abandon the…

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14

Apr

Russia reportedly trying to interfere with European elections

Russia is reportedly trying to give euroskeptic parties a boost ahead of the EU parliamentary vote in May. The EU's eastern neighbor has a track record of interfering in foreign…

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09

Apr

Israel election: Contradicting Exit polls show Netanyahu and Gantz tied

Haaretz reports that shocking exit polls destroyed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hopes of an easy victory in the Israeli election Tuesday night. The exit polls published immediately after voting ended…

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08

Apr

British government prepares groundwork to hold European elections

The British government has laid the groundwork that would enable it to participate in the European Parliament elections next month, should the UK still find itself in the EU by…

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06

Apr

Analysis – Will Pete Buttigieg’s boom last?

The Mayor Pete boomlet is real. The question is whether he’s on the edge of a breakthrough in the Democratic race—or likely to just be the butt of future jokes.…

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04

Apr

Brexit should serve as a lesson how internal issues in a single party can swell into a global problem – Pedro Sanchez

Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez said lessons needed to be learned from Brexit – not least how internal differences in a single political party can swell into “a global problem”.…

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04

Apr

French government Twitter campaign encouraging people to vote in EP elections blocked by France’s new fake news law

A campaign by the French government encouraging people to register to vote in the European Parliament elections has been blocked on Twitter, officials said on Tuesday. The platform claimed it…

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02

Apr

Changes in Spanish Mediterranean rescue operations in view of upcoming elections

An overhaul of Spain’s operations in the Mediterranean has sparked fears among activists that Madrid is quietly gutting a civilian search-and-rescue agency credited with saving thousands of lives. The changes…

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31

Mar

Labour can only win Britain’s next election, if the party embraces the fact that a Brexit decision is given back to the people in a second referendum – Party’s Deputy Leader

Labour can win the next election with a pledge to put Brexit back to the people in a referendum, said the party's deputy leader Tom Watson. Speculation is rife in…

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31

Mar

49 Populist-related parties or coalitions set to take third of European Parliament seats

Around a third of the seats in the next European Parliament could be taken by candidates from populist parties or coalitions if elections were held this week, Sky News analysis…

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31

Mar

Snap elections would lead to Conservative party annihilation

Theresa May must not be allowed to lead the Conservatives into a snap election, senior Tories have warned. The Telegraph reports that a series of ministers and MPs have told the…

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29

Mar

Video : Pete Buttigieg, soaring in popularity, but… how to pronounce his Maltese origin surname …

Maltese-American presidential aspirant Pete Buttigieg is stealing US airwaves with his bid for the Democratic nomination for president. Buttigieg, 37, is the son of the late Prof. Joseph A. Buttigieg, a…

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19

Mar

Election Watch: The challenges faced by Robert Biedron – Poland’s ‘Macron’

A new party called Wiosna, which means "spring" in Polish, was launched last month by Robert Biedroń — one of the country’s first openly gay politicians — presenting itself as an alternative to the…

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17

Mar

Colorado passes act that would award state’s electoral college to candidate who wins national popular vote

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed into law a bill that would award the state’s Electoral College votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote. Polis signed the measure after…

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15

Mar

LGBT rights set to be Poland’s electoral battlefront

Poland's ruling The Law and Justice Party (PiS) has condemned a new school sex education programme planned in Poland's opposition-ruled capital Warsaw, calling it an infringement of traditional Catholic values…

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12

Mar

“How would he allow himself to become the cheerleader for the porn star presidency? – Pete Buttigieg on VP Mike Pence

Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is on the older cusp of the millennial generation. But almost 20 years ago he caught on to one millennial trend…

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05

Mar

Hillary Clinton won’t run for 2020 election

Hillary Clinton said Monday that she is not running for president in 2020 but will continue to speak out about politics, saying, "I'm not going anywhere." "I'm not running, but…

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15

Feb

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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15

Feb

Weber challenges Rutte to decide whether he will run for top EU job

Manfred Weber, leader of the European People’s Party group in the European Parliament and front-runner to become the next European Commission president, has challenged Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to…

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15

Feb

Sanchez announces that Spain will go to vote on April 28

Spain will go to the polls on April 28, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Friday. "Spain must keep going forward," the Socialist leader said in a statement, defending the…

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13

Feb

African Union calls for effort for October elections in Libya

The African Union (AU) has requested the AU Commission to make effort to organize presidential and parliamentary elections in Libya in October, the AU said in a communique, released on…

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13

Feb

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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12

Feb

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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11

Feb

Spanish Prime Minister considering calling early national election

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is considering calling an early national election for April 14, state-owned news agency EFE reported on Monday citing unnamed government sources. Spain's parliament votes on…

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03

Feb

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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03

Feb

Corbyn calls for general election to end austerity

Jeremy Corbyn has called for a snap general election during a meeting of anti-poverty charities in Glasgow. He said people who have experienced “the brunt of nine years of austerity” must…

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01

Feb

Protests in Serbia persist

“Police investigators, tax officers, pro-government tabloids” have become the hammers of President Aleksandar Vucic and his populist, conservative Serbian Progressive Party. That was the testimony to the Council in Europe…

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23

Jan

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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31

Dec

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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08

Nov

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. Weber, the German leader of the EPP grouping in…

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08

Nov

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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05

Nov

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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02

Nov

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, and just over a third of the US…

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29

Oct

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 if there is no improvement after both parties…

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25

Oct

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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21

Oct

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 from Europe’s busy electoral weekend - Politico As…

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09

Oct

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 for the Commission’s top job after winning the backing…

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08

Oct

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 well below it — in Sunday’s regional election,…

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07

Oct

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 social media not so much as a way…

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07

Oct

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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23

Sep

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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08

Sep

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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