Tag: New elections
Turkey votes on May 14 – How Erdogan wants to avoid his defeat
Istanbul Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to bring the parliamentary and presidential elections forward by a month. Erdogan thus abruptly switches the whole country into campaign mode. The central…
Truss is history – what’s next?
After the resignation, the conservative Tory faction is working hard to elect a successor. Ex-Finance Minister Rishi Sunak or cabinet member Penny Mordaunt and ex-Interior Secretary Suella Braverman, representing the…
These right-wing parties want to rule Italy
Rome “You are patriots in our hearts,” Ercole had printed on his T-shirt, with a heart-shaped photo of Giorgia Meloni above it. The 56-year-old – wearing the blue cap of…
How right is the country really?
Giorgia Meloni’s campaign event in Cagliari A deep rift runs through the country: here the left, there the right. (Photo: GIANNI CIPRIANO/The New York Tim) Rome Stefano Zumino has been…
That’s really how Italy’s economy is
Vatican City Italy’s industry association has chosen a very special location for its annual meeting: the Vatican Audience Hall, in the middle of the Papal States, a huge sculpture of…
These are the promises of Italy’s right – and they cost them
Silvio Berlusconi (left), Giorgia Meloni and Matteo Salvini at an event in 2019 The three major parties of the centre-right bloc currently have more than 45 percent of the votes…
Giorgia Meloni is the new hope of the Italian right
Giorgia Meloni The party leader is currently ahead in the polls with her “Fratelli d’Italia”. (Photo: dpa) Rome Giorgia Meloni is currently sharing a video on all of her channels:…
Italy is already in campaign mode
Mario Draghi Many MPs applauded Mario Draghi as he addressed the House of Commons ahead of the confidence vote. (Photo: Reuters) Rome Mario Draghi’s end as prime minister had just…
Italy is already in campaign mode
Mario Draghi Many MPs applauded Mario Draghi as he addressed the House of Commons ahead of the confidence vote. (Photo: Reuters) Rome Mario Draghi’s end as prime minister had just…
Mario Draghi’s coalition before the end
Mario Draghi After a quiet term in office, things are happening in quick succession: the Italian prime minister is threatened with a collapse of the governing coalition. (Photo: AP) Rome…
Is Italy slipping into the next government crisis?
Rome Italy will elect a new head of state on Monday. The date has been fixed for weeks, but the outcome is highly uncertain. Main protagonist: Mario Draghi and the…
What the political earthquake means for the country
Vienna You are “on thin ice”, said the then Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg in mid-October after he was determined to be Sebastian Kurz’s successor in a push-button action. In view of…
What the political earthquake means for the country
Vienna You are “on thin ice”, said the then Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg in mid-October after he was determined to be Sebastian Kurz’s successor in a push-button action. In view of…
Forecast: Trudeau’s Liberals win the Canada election
Justin Trudeau The party of the Liberal Prime Minister won the early election. (Photo: dpa) Ottawa According to initial results, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s liberal party has won the early…