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Trouble on the Dutch far right

A Dutch far-right party implodes after its membership chooses extremism over mainstream presentibility.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Party matters 5 Comments 10 December 2020

Surprises in Romania

A right-wing nationalist party unexpectedly wins seats in the Romanian parliament, but the new government will still enjoy a healthy majority.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 5 Comments 9 December 20209 December 2020

America set in its ways

Final results (more or less) from the US presidential election reveal a country deeply divided and extraordinarily stable in its allegiances.

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Charles Richardson Elections, United States 3 Comments 7 December 202010 December 2020

Election preview: Romania

It's been a good year for incumbents, and that looks like continuing on Sunday in Romania, with the centre-right government well placed.

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“W” revisited

The disputed-but-not-really presidential election in the US has raised memories of its 2000 predecessor. It's important to understand that the degeneration of the Republican Party didn't begin with Donald Trump.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Ideas, Party matters, United States 9 Comments 3 December 202026 January 2022

No joy for Trump in the courts

Attempts to overturn, or even dent, Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election continue to fail miserably.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, United States 2 Comments 30 November 20207 December 2020

Back to “no deal”?

In the never-ending Brexit saga, Britain and the EU are running out of time to reach a trade agreement.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Political issues, United States 5 Comments 27 November 202026 January 2022

A president on trial

Nicholas Sarkozy goes on trial in France, in a case that raises questions about how we treat ex-presidents and what we really think about political corruption.

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Charles Richardson Electoral law, Europe, France, Party matters, Political issues, United States 3 Comments 26 November 202026 January 2022

OK, let’s talk about recounts

After losing a recount in Georgia and a lawsuit in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump's effort to deny his election loss is further than ever from reality.

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Israel and antisemitism, again

Israel's far-right government has lost a powerful friend with the defeat of Donald Trump, and the divergence between its position and the actual interests of Jews worldwide has never been clearer.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Ideas, Middle East, Political issues, United States 8 Comments 19 November 202026 January 2022

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