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Suspense mounts as Macron prepares to unveil new French PM

by Tom BARFIELD and Francesco FONTEMAGGI French President Emmanuel Macron was expected Thursday to name a new prime minister a week after MPs toppled the government, with politicians across the spectrum holding their breath while he conducts a day visit to Poland. Former prime minister Michel Barnier, whose government had support only from Macron's centrist camp and his own conservative …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Defiant Macron seeks new French PM, exit from crisis

Raw Story

by Stuart Williams President Emmanuel Macron on Friday was holding talks with French political leaders on the left and right as he seeks to name a new prime minister and find a way out of France's political crisis. Macron adopted a defiant tone in an address to the nation late Thursday, 24 hours after Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government was …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Albanians abroad will vote for the first time in parliamentary elections set for May

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s president on Thursday set May 11 as the date for the country’s next parliamentary election, and Albanians living in other countries will for the first time be able to cast ballots from overseas. Albania’s number of potential voters is 3.6 million even though the small Balkan country’s current population is no more than 2.4 million. Albania’s …

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4 weeks ago

How India’s Socialists and Hindu Nationalists Forged Historic Friendship with Israel

The Hindu

Published : Nov 25, 2024 19:10 IST - 11 MINS READ Much before the establishment of Israel in May 1948, the Indian National Congress had opposed it. Please pay fresh attention to this problem.” However, the Congress Socialist Party, an avowedly “secular” socialist bloc within the Indian National Congress that Congress members founded in 1934, went against Gandhi’s declared policy …

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1 month, 1 week ago

'Absurd legal rulings and soft socialists have perpetuated our migration nightmare': Swedish MEP says Syrian thug filmed attacking 91-year-old widow is 'the embodiment' of the Left's failure to tackle

Daily Mail

A furious Swedish MEP has blamed 'soft socialists' and 'outdated international conventions' for the country's migration crisis, after a Syrian refugee was filmed violently mugging a 91-year-old widow. Karam Kanjo, 26, was caught on train station CCTV assaulting his elderly victim before ripping her gold necklaces from her neck as she made her way to her husband's grave on August …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

MAGA operative gets live fact check after saying Nazis were left-wing socialists

Raw Story

Republican strategist Tricia McLaughlin tried to defend former President Donald Trump against charges of being a fascist by falsely claiming that fascism is a left-wing socialist political ideology. "The natural conclusion of calling Donald Trump a Nazi, calling Donald Trump the next Hitler, is that someone will again try to kill him," she said. At this point, McLaughlin tried to …

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5 months, 1 week ago

The French far right may not have peaked

Hindustan Times

FRANCE’S FOURTH REPUBLIC lasted from 1946 to 1958. The good news from the snap elections on July 7th is that tactical voting has dashed Marine Le Pen’s hopes that her hard-right National Rally would lead France’s next government. Squeezed by the left-wing New Popular Front and President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Ensemble bloc, the RN was pushed into an inglorious third …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Inconclusive French election leaves parties fighting for dominance

Firstpost

Macron’s camp came second in Sunday’s vote, taking 164 seats after voters came together to block the far-right National Rally from power – leaving the anti-immigration, anti-Brussels outfit in third place with 143 MPs People gather on the Republique plaza following the second round of the legislative elections, on July 7 in Paris. Socialist Party chief Olivier Faure on Monday …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

France's desperate left-wing alliance goes in search of voters... in ENGLAND! Socialists teaming with Macron go door-to-door hoping to find French citizens and get them to vote against Marine le Pen

Daily Mail

France's desperate left-wing alliance has been going in search of extra voters in the United Kingdom as fears of a hard-right government intensify. Round one on Sunday propelled Marine Le Pen's National Rally closer than ever to government - but also left open the possibility that voters could yet block its path to power in the second and final round …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

'Mother of all battles': France's leftists put up united front against Marine Le Pen's far-right bloc

Firstpost

Opinion polls have shown that Marine Le Pen’s National Rally -led far-right coalition is set to win most votes in the French parliamentary elections Leaders of the left-wing parties of France have come together to form a new coalition named New Popular Front France’s left-wing parties have converged to form a new coalition to put up a united front against …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Latest | Election shifts the European Parliament further right

Associated Press

Far-right parties made big gains in the European Parliament in election results that rattled the traditional powers and made French President Emmanuel Macron call snap legislative elections. Currently: — France’s Macron calls a snap election after heavy defeat — Italy’s Meloni will welcome the G7 summit fortified by an EU vote that shook French, German leaders — Far-right Alternative for …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Poll contest set for enthralling finale in land of sages and socialists

Hindustan Times

The Lok Sabha poll race is intense in Deoria, also known as the land of sages or the Devbhoomi of eastern Uttar Pradesh. Since 1991, Deoria has witnessed an intense fight between the SP and BJP in successive Lok Sabha elections, especially between SP founder member Mohan Singh and BJP candidate Shri Prakash Mani Tripathi. Congress worker Shiv Kumar Patel …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

What’s next for Catalonia after secessionists’ historic loss?

Al Jazeera

The secessionists are down, but not out, say analysts. Germa Capdevila, Catalan political analyst and editor of the Catalan-language magazine Esguard, said that the secessionist electoral setback can be explained by rising disappointment with Catalonia’s current crop of pro-independence politicians. What happened in the regional elections is that we’ve finally left that no-man’s land behind and, possibly, entered a new …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Spain’s parliament gives final approval to amnesty law for Catalonia’s separatists

Associated Press

MADRID — More than six years since Catalonia’s separatist movement took Spain to the brink of rupture, the nation’s lawmakers gave their final approval Thursday to a contentious amnesty for hundreds of secessionists in hopes of putting a definitive end to the traumatic episode. Since taking power in 2018, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has focused on reducing tensions in …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Socialists deal blow to separatists in Catalan elections but face uphill task to form government

Associated Press

MADRID — Spain’s ruling Socialist party scored a crucial victory in regional elections in the powerful northeastern region of Catalonia, garnering the most seats and dealing a blow to the region’s two main separatist parties that have governed for decades. “The biggest takeaway from the election was that it’s the worst result for the forces of Catalan independence since 1982,” …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Spain’s Socialists deal blow to Catalan separatists in regional elections

LA Times

Socialist candidate Salvador Illa makes a toast with members of his team and party colleagues after the announcement of elections results to the Catalan parliament in Barcelona on Sunday. “The biggest takeaway from the election was that it’s the worst result for the forces of Catalan independence since 1982,” said Andrew Dowling, a specialist in Catalan history at Cardiff University …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Catalan separatists lose majority as Spain’s pro-union Socialists win regional elections

Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain — Six years after plunging Spain into its worst political crisis in decades, Catalonia’s separatist parties are in danger of losing their hold on power in the northeastern region after the pro-union Socialist Party scored a historic result in Sunday’s election. The four pro-independence parties, led by the Together party of former regional president Carles Puigdemont, were set …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Socialists poised to win power from separatists in Catalonia

The Telegraph

Spain’s Socialist party was poised to win Sunday’s election in the north-eastern region of Catalonia as voters turned away from the separatist parties that have long held power. The victory is a boost for Pedro Sánchez, Spanish prime minister and head of PSC, whose government has attempted to defuse tension in Catalonia by pardoning nine jailed separatist leaders and passing …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Spain’s Socialists hail ‘new era’ in Catalonia following election win

Al Jazeera

An endorsement of PM Sanchez’s bid to normalise relations, the victory breaks a decade-long majority for separatists. The governing Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party has won Catalonia’s regional parliamentary elections, breaking the majority enjoyed by pro-independence parties for more than a decade. However, with the Socialists having increased their number of seats by nine, it is thought the party’s local leader …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Catalan separatists lose majority as Spain’s pro-union Socialists win regional elections

LA Times

Socialist candidate Salvador Illa talks with party colleagues as they wait for election results at the party headquarters in Barcelona on Sunday. Separatist parties are in danger of losing their decade-long hold of power in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region after the pro-union Socialist Party won the most votes in an election Sunday. The four pro-independence parties, led by the Together …

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7 months, 1 week ago

How far has Spain moved past Catalonia’s secession crisis? Voters will decide in regional election

Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain — Carles Puigdemont, Catalonia’s fugitive former leader, stares confidently out the backseat window of a car, the sun illuminating his gaze in a campaign poster for Sunday’s critical elections in the northeastern Spanish region. The image plays on another one imagined from six years prior when Puigdemont hid in the trunk of a car as he was snuck …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Socialists in disguise’ have destroyed Tory party, claims Lee Anderson

The Telegraph

Moderate Tory MPs have “destroyed” the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson has claimed after a major new poll predicted a Labour general election landslide. The former deputy Tory chairman, who became Reform UK’s first MP after losing the Conservative whip, attacked the One Nation caucus and blamed it for the party’s electoral predicament. “And it’s unfortunate because there are still some …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Portugal unveils new government after hung polls

The Hindu

Portugal's new centre-right Prime Minister Luis Montenegro unveiled his cabinet Thursday, after his centre-right coalition barely managed to emerge top in a badly fractured parliament. Euro-deputy Paulo Rangel will serve as foreign minister, while Joaquim Miranda Sarmento, the former parliamentary leader of Montenegro's party, will take the finance portfolio. Montenegro's minority government, which includes seven women, will assume power next …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Call them super progressives: L.A.’s political left looks to expand its power at City Hall

LA Times

You might call them political progressives. Julio Marcial, senior vice president of the nonprofit Liberty Hill Foundation, said that expanding the council’s super-progressive bloc would ensure that City Hall has a “real, honest conversation” about strategies for community safety. In first place is former State Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian, a onetime Krekorian aide who describes himself as a “pragmatic progressive.” Los …

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Suspense mounts as Macron prepares to unveil new French PM

Defiant Macron seeks new French PM, exit from crisis

Albanians abroad will vote for the first time in parliamentary elections set for May

How India’s Socialists and Hindu Nationalists Forged Historic Friendship with Israel

'Absurd legal rulings and soft socialists have perpetuated our migration nightmare': Swedish MEP says Syrian thug filmed attacking 91-year-old widow is 'the embodiment' of the Left's failure to tackle

MAGA operative gets live fact check after saying Nazis were left-wing socialists

The French far right may not have peaked

Inconclusive French election leaves parties fighting for dominance

France's desperate left-wing alliance goes in search of voters... in ENGLAND! Socialists teaming with Macron go door-to-door hoping to find French citizens and get them to vote against Marine le Pen

'Mother of all battles': France's leftists put up united front against Marine Le Pen's far-right bloc

The Latest | Election shifts the European Parliament further right

Poll contest set for enthralling finale in land of sages and socialists

What’s next for Catalonia after secessionists’ historic loss?

Spain’s parliament gives final approval to amnesty law for Catalonia’s separatists

Socialists deal blow to separatists in Catalan elections but face uphill task to form government

Spain’s Socialists deal blow to Catalan separatists in regional elections

Catalan separatists lose majority as Spain’s pro-union Socialists win regional elections

Socialists poised to win power from separatists in Catalonia

Spain’s Socialists hail ‘new era’ in Catalonia following election win

Catalan separatists lose majority as Spain’s pro-union Socialists win regional elections

How far has Spain moved past Catalonia’s secession crisis? Voters will decide in regional election

‘Socialists in disguise’ have destroyed Tory party, claims Lee Anderson

Portugal unveils new government after hung polls

Call them super progressives: L.A.’s political left looks to expand its power at City Hall