Bulgaria: Fifth Election Likely, As Mandate Given to Socialist Party
Obstructed by several incompatible political divisions, the creation of a new government for Bulgaria looks unlikely. Now new elections loom.
Obstructed by several incompatible political divisions, the creation of a new government for Bulgaria looks unlikely. Now new elections loom.
Given that Germany’s Bundeswehr is ailing—a matter compounded by the Russo-Ukrainian war—the task set before Boris Pistorius is nothing if not daunting.
Lieutenant General James Bierman likened the U.S.’s current military preparations in the Asia-Pacific region to those it took in Ukraine post-2014.
The number of migrants seeking asylum last year was the sixth-highest recorded in Germany’s history, exceeded only by the number of newcomers who entered between 1991 and 1993, during the Balkan wars, and those who came during the European Migrant Crisis of 2015-16.
The idea of a Europe in which Germany and France have a privileged position does not make sense to Meloni or to Italian conservatives—nor does one that considers countries like Hungary and Poland second-class members.
There is one major omission from all the discussions on pension reform: the question of the birth rate and its corollary, family policy.
Despite the Union’s foreign policy spokesman’s statements, it remains to be seen whether the apparent rapprochement between the ECR and the EPP will lead to a common strategy at the European level.
The pro-life measures are meant to promote the birth rate and comprehensive support for families.
Time is no friend to whoever is eventually appointed. With virtually no preparation, Germany’s new defense minister will soon be attending several critical events.
Presently, the AfD is now the strongest political force in East Germany.
The head of the Berlin Greens said that expropriations are “not a matter of ‘if,’ but ‘how.’” During a referendum last September, a majority had voted for expropriations of large housing companies. An expert commission has now been appointed to advise on the process.
Robert Golob is a former solar energy entrepreneur. Pre-election polls showed him neck and neck with conservative Janez Janša, but did not predict a victory with a gap of nearly 10%. Robert Golob’s party is a newcomer on the Slovenian political scene.
The Spanish government’s political shielding of ETA was evident in the parliamentary committee’s vote on the report.
Emmanuel Macron wins the election, but his victory, despite the triumphalist declarations of some members of the government, is an ambiguous one.
The proposed law would allow anyone to change their civilly recognized sex by an administrative process in the Civil Registry—no medical report or other measures required—including for those as young as 12 years old.
The Spanish will be, along with the Japanese, the only citizens of a large, developed economy who will end 2022 poorer than in 2019. Although Spain’s economic growth rate for 2022 is higher than both the global and Eurozone average, growing more than anyone is not enough, after having fallen further than everyone else.
Germany has a low overall abortion rate in relation to its population of 82.9 million. Yet the exact causes of the decline in the number of abortions are difficult to determine.
Watching convicted terrorists receive political favours simply to keep the current government in power is a knife in the heart of ETA victims and their families.
“We strongly believe that this procedure will take place in the coming weeks and that it will be positive for the history of our people,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday, April 18th.
This latest triumph of Fidesz, the fourth time it achieved a two-thirds victory, may further corroborate theories that Orbán’s Fidesz was to become the centrist party of a new era, to remain in power for an extended period of time, continuing the Hungarian political historical tradition.
The more concessions the socialist-led government makes to Moroccan territorial pretensions, the more VOX promises a dramatic change in the country’s geopolitics should it enter a future coalition.
When Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, media was brimming with stories about how he had somehow colluded with
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