In short: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected by politicians following a dramatic late coalition deal just hours before the vote. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected by politicians following a dramatic late coalition deal just hours before the vote. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected by politicians for a second term on Friday, after his party …
THE HAGUE — Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders and three other party leaders agreed on a coalition deal early Thursday that veers the Netherlands toward the hard right, capping a half year of tumultuous negotiations that still left it unclear who would become prime minister. “We are writing history today,” Wilders proclaimed, saying he had made sure the three other coalition …
Benjamin Netanyahu’s agreement sees him return to power as head of the most right-wing coalition in Israel’s history. Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu said he has secured a deal to form a new government with hardline religious and far-right political partners, which will see him return to power as the head of the most right-wing coalition in Israel’s history. Minutes before midnight, …
LONDON — Leo Varadkar returned for a second term as Ireland’s prime minister on Saturday as part of a job-sharing deal made by the country’s centrist coalition government. Martin has served as Ireland’s leader, or taoiseach, since an election in 2020 that produced a historic coalition agreement between his Fianna Fáil party and Varadkar’s Fine Gael. He said it had …
The deal comes weeks after a general election that was shaped by Russia’s war in Ukraine and economic woes. Three Latvian parties have signed a deal to form a coalition government more than two months after a general election in the Baltic country that was shaped by neighbouring Russia’s war in Ukraine and economic woes. The new Cabinet will be …
JERUSALEM — Israel’s designated prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, reached a coalition deal Thursday with an ultra-Orthodox party, bringing him a step closer to forming what is expected to be the most right-wing and religious government in the country’s history. Netanyahu already has reached coalition deals with three far-right factions whose agendas include expanding West Bank settlements, tougher punishment for Palestinian …
Religious Zionism Party will be given authority to oversee illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories as part of the new deal. Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has reached a coalition deal with the far-right Religious Zionism Party – which supports illegal settlements on the occupied Palestinian territories. The hardline Religious Zionism Party will be given three portfolios, including the …
JERUSALEM — Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has struck a coalition deal with a small ultranationalist faction leader known for homophobic rhetoric and disparaging remarks about non-Orthodox Jews, a sign of the prospective government’s hardline makeup. Netanyahu’s Likud party announced Sunday that the agreement names Noam faction leader Avi Maoz as a deputy minister whose portfolio includes an office …
Olaf Scholz, SPD candidate for chancellor and federal minister of finance, arrives for the presentation of the coalition agreement, in Berlin on Wednesday. The three parties negotiating to form Germany’s next government will finalize and present their coalition agreement Wednesday, two of the prospective partners said. Three German parties have reached a deal to form a new government that will …
