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A cliffhanger in Portugal

Portugal's centre-left does unexpectedly well as the far right makes major gains.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 1 Comment 12 March 202421 March 2024

Election preview: Portugal

Portugal votes on Sunday in another early election, but its centre-left government looks unlikely to repeat its previous success.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 1 Comment 8 March 20249 March 2024

Decisions on the right

Centre-right, and for that matter far-right, parties across the democratic world are being faced with decisions that illustrate the dangers of pandering to the extremes.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, France, Ideas, Party matters 1 Comment 4 March 202430 June 2025

By-election preview: Dunkley

Voters in the Frankston area go to the polls tomorrow in a by-election that has had plenty of attention from the Australian media.

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Challenging Putin

Vladimir Putin decides not to take the risk of allowing even a moderate opponent to run against him.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Personalities, War and peace 1 Comment 23 February 202423 February 2024

February electoral roundup

A look at some recent happenings in the electoral world, including Namibia, Finland, Pakistan, Azerbaijan and the UK.

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Marriage equality comes to Greece

Greece votes to legalise same-sex marriage, with – most unusually – majority support from its centre-right governing party.

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Movement at last in Northern Ireland

More than seven years on, Brexit is still troubling the politics of Northern Ireland, but a return to self-government is on the cards.

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Good news for the mainstream in Finland

The electoral year in Europe kicks off with the first round of Finland's presidential election.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 1 Comment 29 January 202429 January 2024

A new French prime minister

Emmanuel Macron finds someone even younger than himself to serve as prime minister, hoping to keep his delicate balancing act alive.

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