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Category: Party matters

Why does it all matter?

There's a mood for change in Australia, but it's not yet certain that it's different elements will mesh together well enough to unseat the Morrison government.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters, Political issues 4 Comments 20 May 20228 September 2022

Election preview: Australia

Australia's right-wing government is seeking re-election, and hoping that it can out-perform the opinion polls as it did last time.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters 1 Comment 19 May 202220 May 2022

Macron’s choice

France's new prime minister represents a tilt towards the left, but the president still seems determined to occupy the middle ground.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Party matters, Personalities 2 Comments 17 May 2022

A new Popular Front?

France's notoriously fractious left-of-centre parties have found a new unity to contest the legislative election, but there are some disturbing implications.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Party matters 8 Comments 10 May 202210 May 2022

France readies for the third round

France re-elects its centrist president with a comfortable majority, but still has to decide how much legislative power to entrust him with.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Party matters 6 Comments 29 April 202229 April 2022

The friends of Mr Putin

Peace in Ukraine may depend on Vladimir Putin's friends telling him to back down. It turns out, however, that he doesn't have a lot of friends left.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Party matters, Political issues, War and peace 1 Comment 1 March 202221 July 2022

Malta goes early again

The EU's smallest member will go to the polls next month, with its Labour prime minister set to win his party a third term in office.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Party matters 1 Comment 21 February 2022

Republicans divided

Donald Trump's assaults on truth are sometimes so brazen that they provoke resistance within the Republican Party. A battle for control cannot be postponed indefinitely.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States 4 Comments 11 February 202226 April 2022

France, two months out

France begins voting for president in two months time, with the still-undeclared incumbent looking in a strong position.

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More trouble on the German right

As its support declines, Germany's far-right party loses its last advocate of a (relatively) moderate approach.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Germany, Party matters, Political issues 5 Comments 3 February 20224 February 2022

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