Tag: Elections

Every Briton of a certain age remembers where they were the night Tony Blair became prime minister. On the evening of May 1, 1997, drivers on the London Underground announced ...

As Europe was waking up to news of U.S. President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance last week, one top Eastern European diplomat made an oblique historical reference.  “It’s important to ...

After its peaceful revolution in 1990, Mongolia earned its place on the map as an electoral democracy. Nestled between Russia and China, the country has become renowned for its system ...

Since Chinese President Xi Jinping removed presidential term limits in 2018, foreign commentators have warned of the perils that would sooner or later come about due to something they have ...

I am bad at small talk, so I went in big. “You are probably going to be the social democratic leader with the largest parliamentary majority anywhere on Earth. How ...

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Days before casting his ballot in Britain’s general election, Ivan—a Hong Konger in his 40s who recently resettled in the United Kingdom—reflected on the last time he voted back home. ...

France’s far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party came in first place in Sunday’s first round of parliamentary elections. Despite the fact that the party has never governed on the national level ...

Less than an hour after the European Parliament election results were announced on June 9, French President Emmanuel Macron unexpectedly called a snap election. That election begins today as France ...

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