Tag: houses of Parliament
Impeachment against Joe Biden: Republicans call for impeachment proceedings
Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy New escalation in the election campaign: McCarthy wants to have Biden thrown out of office. (Photo: AP) Washington The Republican leader of the US House of…
Opponents of the so-called judicial reform are not giving up
Anti-government protests in Tel Aviv Critics see the judicial reform as a threat to the democratic separation of powers. (Photo: IMAGO/NurPhoto) Jerusalem Following the passage of the first element of…
Supreme Court loses some of its power
Israelis protest in front of the Knesset The Netanyahu government passed the important justice law amid a national conflict. (Photo: IMAGO/UPI Photo) Jerusalem Despite drastic warnings and fierce protests, Israel’s…
Israel’s parliament passes law on controversial judiciary restructuring
Protests in front of the Israeli parliament Knesset The vote is about a passage that would remove the Supreme Court’s ability to overturn the government’s decision as “inappropriate.” (Photo: Bloomberg)…
New protests in Israel – Netanyahu defends judicial restructuring
Protests in Tel Aviv Tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating against the Netanyahu government’s plans for months. (Photo: Reuters) Tel Aviv In Israel there have been new protests…
Political chaos in Thailand – election winner Pita must not become head of government
Bangkok After a day full of surprising turns in parliament, Thailand’s election winner Pita Limjaroenrat has no chance of becoming the next prime minister. Actually, the 42-year-old should have faced…
EU Parliament votes in favor of controversial nature conservation law
EPP boss Manfred Weber The head of the European People’s Party (EPP) had been stirring up sentiment against the nature conservation law for months because, in his view, it unilaterally…
Latvia’s new President Edgars Rinkevics took office on Saturday
Latvia’s new President Edgars Rinkevics Riga Latvia has a new president. Former Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics took office on Saturday as head of state of the Baltic EU and NATO…
SPD calls for a special session of Parliament
Berlin Actually, a long hanging game should have ended this Friday. According to the plan of the traffic light coalition, the members of the Bundestag should decide on the reform…
SPD calls for a special session of Parliament
Berlin Actually, a long hanging game should have ended this Friday. According to the plan of the traffic light coalition, the members of the Bundestag should decide on the reform…
Constitutional Court stops passage of controversial heating law in summary proceedings
heat pump The traffic light coalition had been arguing about the heating law for a long time. (Photo: dpa) Karlsruhe The Federal Constitutional Court stopped the planned passage of the…
Parliamentary Committee delivers scathing verdict on Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson At the beginning of 2022, the violations of the corona rules, known as “Partygate”, plunged the then Johnson government into a permanent crisis. (Photo: AP) London As British…
Committee recommends suspension of ex-PM Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson Johnson says he will be fined for misleading Parliament. (Photo: AP) London Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson knowingly misled Parliament over the “Partygate” affair, according to an…
Eva Kaili returns to the EU Parliament
Eva Kaili after her release from custody The Belgian judiciary accuses the Greek of having been part of a criminal network. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels Eva Kaili has photographed a quote…
Senate resolution: USA avert default
Washington An impending insolvency of the US government has been averted. After the House of Representatives, the Senate in Washington also approved a bill late on Thursday evening (local time),…
Debt law passed: USA avert default
Washington An impending insolvency of the US government has been averted. After the House of Representatives, the Senate in Washington also approved a bill late on Thursday evening (local time),…
Debt deal passes US House of Representatives – and has yet to clear another hurdle
Washington After weeks of arguing about the record deficit in the United States, the US House of Representatives decided to temporarily suspend the debt ceiling. On Wednesday night, the Chamber…
US committee clears way for debt ceiling vote
House of Representatives The agreement on the debt limit has cleared the first hurdle. (Photo: dpa) The hard-fought compromise in the debt dispute between the US government and the Republicans…
Conservative US lawmakers oppose debt compromise
US House of Representatives In the committee on Tuesday, the members of the right-wing group House Freedom Caucus in particular initially opposed the compromise. (Photo: dpa) Washington Resistance to the…
Agreement on debt deal – it’s going to be so turbulent now
Joe Biden The US President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives have reached an agreement in the debt dispute. (Photo: Reuters) Washington The US Congress has only a…