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Trusted news agencies tracing tendencies of democratisation and autocratisation globally
Trusted news agencies tracing tendencies of democratisation and autocratisation globally
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A seat once held by former UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is drawing unusual attention: Green Party leader Zack Polanski is trying to break Labour’s decades-long grip. The by-election could test whether the Greens’ recent surge can translate into greater influence in Parliament.
France’s schools have become the front line of a confrontation between young protesters and the state. As students demand better conditions and face mass arrests, the unrest is testing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s government—and could shape the election mood.
Serbia’s snap election is drawing more voters abroad than last time—but new rules may leave many facing impossible journeys or voting in the middle of the night. With students challenging the ruling party, protesters say the changes could shape who gets a voice on October 25.
İzmir Mayor Cemil Tugay has joined President Erdoğan's AKP after leaving the opposition CHP in June. The western Turkish city had been a CHP stronghold since 2004. Özgür Özel, leader of the New Party, which broke away from the CHP, said Tugay had switched "under threat".
Indebted and staggering towards divisive elections in the spring under a lame-duck presidency, France is seeing its most violent protests since the Yellow Vest movement of 2018-20. The coalition of students and unions recalls the protests that Charles de Gaulle faced in 1968.
Kosovo has avoided a snap election amid political crisis by electing an economist as president at the last minute. Parliament also limited the powers of a special Hague court that recently convicted former president Thaçi, seen in the partially recognized Balkan state as a hero.
Meloni's conservative coalition has put forward a fully proportional voting system that would guarantee a parliamentary majority to any alliance winning more than 42% of the vote. It is currently moving through parliament.
Many political pundits said it would not happen after the Afd failed to gain a majority of seats in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. Thanks to some votes from lawmakerts of other parties the Afd has now managed elected a new parliamentary speaker.
Almost nine years after fleeing abroad, the former Catalan president and independence advocate Carles Puigdemont is able to return to his homeland.
The latest crackdown in Mersin is the latest step in an unprecedented legal crackdown on municipalities run by opposition parties in Turkey
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s election has left its old divisions firmly in place: nationalist parties remain dominant, Milorad Dodik’s influence is growing and turnout has hit a record low. The result offers little sign that the country’s fragile political system is ready to change.
Spain is heading for a high-stakes election after Pedro Sánchez’s government collapsed over housing measures. With rents soaring, protests growing and polls favouring the right, voters will decide whether the crisis saves Sánchez—or hands power to the opposition.
Latvia’s centrist prime minister has won a historic parliamentary victory—but record-low turnout and strong gains by populist parties reveal a country far from settled. Andris Kulbergs must now rebuild a governing coalition while navigating security fears and minority discontent.
High school students clashed with riot police in cities across France on Friday, as president Emmanuel Macron's government battled to contain increasingly violent protests over classroom conditions and funding.
