What does the Throne say about the formation?
Traditionally, King Willem-Alexander pronounced the Throne today. But where he normally presents the governments plans, this was thin content today. What does the speech about the …
Elections
Putin Party achieves expected majority in Russian Parliament
The United Russia Putin-minded party has won 324 out of 450 seats in the Russian parliamentary elections. That is what Russian electoral authority CEC reports. This allows the …
Putin Party holds majority after Russian elections
In Russia, volunteers are busy counting votes. There were elections in the country this weekend. So far, it seems that President Putins party has won. And …
Putin Party maintains majority parliament, communists gain ground
United Russia has maintained the parliamentary majority in the elections, the preliminary results show. The party, affiliated with President Putin, has counted nearly 49 percent of the …
Putin Thanks Russians for Confidence in Elections, West Criticizes
President Putin thanked Russian citizens for the trust they have given by voting. He did that during a video call with the head of the electoral …
Putin party leading by more than half votes counted
United Russia (VR), President Putins party, is leading the Russian parliamentary elections. With 55 percent of the votes counted, the pro-Kremlin party is over 46 percent of the …
Putin-minded government party the largest on preliminary results
Based on the first preliminary results of the Russian parliamentary election, the party affiliated with President Putin appears to be a winner as expected.
According to …
At least 750 complaints about parliamentary elections Russia
Russia’s Central Election Commission has received at least 750 complaints over the past three days about possible abuses in the country’s parliamentary elections. The Home …
How Putin wants to control parliament
Yesterday, today and tomorrow, Russian voters can vote for a new parliament called the State Duma. Due to the corona pandemic, elections will be spread over …
What the deputy of Minister Kaag means for the formation
The Parliamentary elections were March 17 th. That’s exactly six months ago today and there’s still no view of a new cabinet. The departure of …
Google and Apple brave to Russian pressure: Navalny election app removed
Google and Apple removed Russian opposition leader Alexej Navalny’s election app from their app stores on the day the Russian elections begin. The tech companies …
Russians to the polls, but opposition to vote for is not much left
From tomorrow morning to Sunday, Russians go to the polls to vote for delegates in the State Duma, the Russian Parliament.
But on the eve of …
German Christian Democrats panic: ‘They thought they were going to win elections asleep ‘
Two weeks before the election, the German Christian Democrats of the CDU/CSU are in a state of panic. Chancellor Merkels party is worse than ever …
Russia: Navalny app linked to Pentagon
Russia has once again accused the United States of interference in the Russian parliamentary election that will take place next week. The app Smart Vote of …
German Greens in Spagate: You shouldnt sell your soul, but we do want to join
It seemed possible at the beginning of this year. The leader of the German Greens party, Annalena Baerbock, had a chance to become the successor of …
Backing CDA wants clarity and return to ‘the reasonable middle’
The summit of the CDA, and in particular party leader Wopke Hoekstra, must come up with a “very good story” at Saturdays Congress to curb the …
Morocco elections: liberals win, major defeat for government party
A massive election defeat for government party PJD (Justice and Development Party) in Morocco. With almost all votes counted, the number of seats seems decimated. The …
Ten years of allies, Rutte and Merkel last time out together
She has been his political compass in recent years. And hes her most loyal ally. But Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Mark Rutte have to …
Political landslide in Morocco: massive defeat government party
Moroccos largest party, the Justice and Development Party (PJD), has suffered a massive electoral defeat. The preliminary election results show that the party, which received 125 stamps …
Moroccans are allowed to vote, but whether they do it? Theres nothing change
Moroccans can vote for both the national, provincial and local elections today. The North African country keeps all three of them on the same day, to …
Kaag sets minority cabinet discussion on focus
The summer recess is over and the House of Representatives opens the political year today with a debate on the final report by informer Hamer.
She …
Panjshir Valley also appears under control Taliban, ‘great symbolic value’
Afghanistans famous Panjshir Valley seems to have fallen into the hands of the Taliban. At a press conference, the Taliban claimed to be in control of …
To a minority cabinet, these are the options now
After months of formation, theres still no cabinet. Worrisome, informer Mariëtte Hamer thinks. She presented her final report yesterday. She calls it “a situation that …
Former MP Norbert Klein (50Plus) died
Former MP Norbert Klein passed away. He was 65 years old. Klein was in the Chamber from 2012 to 2017. 50Plus won two seats in the 2012 election and Klein …