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Turkey’s opposition makes its choice

A consensus candidate is chosen to take on Turkey's authoritarian president in the election scheduled for May.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Middle East, Party matters, Personalities 4 Comments 7 March 20238 March 2023

Big & little results

Incumbent parties are returned in both Nigeria and Estonia, but in other respects they were very different elections.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Electoral law, Europe 2 Comments 6 March 20237 March 2023

Election preview: Estonia

Estonia's government has been one of Ukraine's strongest supporters. On Sunday it will seek a mandate to continue that stance.

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Brexit’s final chapter?

Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen write what they hope will be the last chapter in the long Brexit saga.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters, Political issues 6 Comments 2 March 20232 March 2023

Centre-left takes a gamble in Italy

Italy's main opposition party has a new leader, who promises to take it in a new direction.

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The General Assembly tries again

Another crushing defeat at the United Nations shows no sign of altering Russia's resolve in its war against Ukraine.

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One year later

One year on, there is no sign of an early end to the war in Ukraine. The shape of the conflict has changed, but the fundamental issues have not.

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Charles Richardson Europe, War and peace 3 Comments 24 February 2023

Is the centre-right dying?

Centre-right parties form an important bulwark of democracy. Are they on the way out?

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Rome and Berlin swing rightwards

A state election in Berlin boosts the centre-right, while two state elections in Italy boost prime minister Meloni's party – which may also have ambitions to count as centre-right.

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Death of a Communist

The death of a veteran Communist reformer draws attention to the remarkable story of the fall of the East German dictatorship.

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