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Denmark & Israel

Denmark and Israel both go to the polls for early elections, with neither looking set for a clear-cut outcome.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Middle East, Scandinavia 1 Comment 1 November 2022

Making parliamentarism work in France

Emmanuel Macron's prime minister survives a vote of no confidence, despite an unusual alliance of left and far right.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Europe, France Leave a comment 28 October 2022

October electoral roundup

An update on electoral news, this months featuring Slovenia, Vanuatu, Iraq and Thailand.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Europe, Middle East, Oceania, South-East Asia 1 Comment 26 October 202226 October 2022

Two new prime ministers

Italy gets a new prime minister and Britain is about to do the same. They face very different challenges.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Italy, Party matters, Political issues 2 Comments 24 October 2022

What Truss means

Liz Truss bows out, and the Conservative Party tries changing the rules to prevent further embarrassment. But the constitutional problem runs deep.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Constitutional law, Europe, Party matters 15 Comments 21 October 20225 December 2022

Sweden gets a government

A new right-of-centre government is ready to take office in Sweden, but without the actual participation of the far right. Meanwhile, negotiations for a new government continue in Italy.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Italy, Scandinavia 7 Comments 17 October 202217 October 2022

Back in the UN

Another big defeat for Russia at the United Nations shows how little international opinion has changed since March.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Political issues, Referenda, War and peace 13 Comments 14 October 202215 October 2022

Divided Austria

Austria's president wins re-election for a second term, but with stronger opposition from the far right than had been expected. Also, state election results from Tyrol and Lower Saxony.

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Mink force Danish election

Covid-19 claims another victim, as the Danish government is forced to the polls over its illegal liquidation of the country's mink industry.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues, Scandinavia 3 Comments 7 October 20227 October 2022

Weekend results, part 2

There were two Balkan elections on Sunday: Bulgaria seemed to take a step backwards, but there was modest progress in Bosnia & Herzegovina.

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