December 9, 2023
Federal Conservatives voted against a free-trade deal with Ukraine this week because it mentions carbon pricing, a requirement for joining the EU. What does that stance say about the party’s support for Ukraine? Plus, what does a confirmed report the U.S. stopped an assassination attempt by the Indian government mean for tensions between Canada and
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Poland’s three opposition parties appear to have won enough votes to oust the governing nationalist conservative party. ADVERTISEMENT Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk declared the beginning of a new era for his country after opposition parties appeared to have won enough votes in Sunday’s parliamentary election to oust the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS).
READ MOREGreece’s ruling New Democracy party suffered a setback in Sunday’s runoff elections for regional governors and mayors, losing the country’s two largest cities and five of the six regional contests. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had explicitly said that his goal was to win all 13 regions plus the cities of Athens, Thessaloniki and Piraeus, “13
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New Zealanders began voting Saturday in a general election, with opinion polls indicating they favor a conservative change after six years of a liberal government led for most of that time by Jacinda Ardern. Ardern unexpectedly stepped down in January, saying she no longer had “enough in the tank” to do the job justice. She
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Six states voted last year on abortion referendums. In all six, including deep-red Kansas, Kentucky and Montana — the anti-abortion side lost, and it wasn’t particularly close. The losing streak continued this year, as state supreme court races and special elections that became proxy wars over abortion swung decisively in favor of abortion-rights advocates. The
READ MOREVoters dealt the parties of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s fractious center-left coalition a sharp rebuke in the key states of Bavaria and Hesse on Sunday, with economic woes and migration fears boosting the opposition conservatives and the far right. The vote saw the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party bursting out of its post-industrial strongholds in
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Germany’s center-right opposition won two state elections on Sunday at the halfway mark of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s unpopular national government, projections showed. ADVERTISEMENT The far-right Alternative for Germany party has also made gains projections showed, a blow for Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s centre-left coalition government half-way through its term. The election campaigns were dominated by discontent with
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When Rishi Sunak arrives at the Conservative Party’s annual conference on Sunday, it will be his first as Britain’s prime minister. The question looming for many attendees in the cavernous venue in Manchester is whether it could also be his last. Facing a general election within 16 months, Mr. Sunak has restored some stability after
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Spain’s acting center-left Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez lost July’s national election but now has a shot at returning to power after the leader of the country’s conservatives failed for a second time Friday to get parliament’s support for a new government. In a vote in the Congress of Deputies in Madrid, the Spanish parliament’s lower
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Two months after elections in Spain, right-wingers have a chance to form a new government this week. But is their attempt doomed to fail? The leader of Spain’s conservatives, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, could form a new government this week, though observers say it is likely doomed to fail given his lack of support in parliament.
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