It's not clear that fresh elections will help resolve matters in Thailand, but at least it's worth a try.
Author: Charles Richardson
Britain, freedom and the EU
David Cameron's Britain is getting cold feet about free movement of people. Is it really the EU bureaucrats who are anti-freedom?
Luxembourg shifts leftwards
Chalk up another win for the European centre-left, as a new three-party coalition takes office in Luxembourg.
A hero for the world
Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013. Rest in peace.
No Austrian government, either
Austrian coalition talks seem to be proceeding even more slowly than those in Germany did. The centre-right is holding out for more aggressive debt reduction.
Update on Ukraine and Thailand
Protests in Kiev and Bangkok show striking similarities in causes, tactics and development. But there's a vitally important difference in objectives.
The Merkel victory that wasn’t
Germany gets a coalition agreement, but the actual formation of a new government is still on hold until the Social Democrats approve it. All the signs are that they will.
Croats vote down same-sex marriage
A referendum in Croatia bans same-sex marriage, a result somewhat at odds with its recent membership of the European Union.
Liberals, Greens and a two-party system
Liberal voters tend to treat Labor rather than the Greens as the main enemy. That's different to what their leaders think – or is it?
Uneasy times in Thailand
Anti-government protests continue in Thailand, where an elected government faces an opposition that seems to be giving up on parliamentary democracy.
The World is Not Enough 