Tag: elections
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‘The Tories are overthrowing democracy’: an interview with Britain’s new socialist party
INTERVIEW When Corbynist Labour lost their second election in 2019, many socialists were left scratching their heads. Jeremy Corbyn, the man whose feverish popularity among hardline socialists had seen him survive the party’s greatest antisemitism crisis in decades, was gone. As the nationalist right bathed in its post-victory hubris, it was socialists who were left […]
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Vaccination glitch highlights Warsaw’s negligent handling of the pandemic
OPINION On 1 April, without any apparent warning, thousands of Polish citizens aged 40-59 were invited to book their first COVID-19 vaccine dose. This, despite the fact that many older residents were yet to be vaccinated. Vaccines for the 40-59 age group had initially been expected to start in mid-May. The Chief of the Chancellery […]
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Can Hungary’s rainbow coalition bring down Orbán’s regime in 2022?
OPINION The vast majority of popular opposition parties will run in Hungary’s 2022 national parliamentary elections as a coalition, with a joint program, a single Prime Minister candidate, and only one local candidate per voting district. With this, they hope to oust Viktor Orbán, whose latest stretch as Prime Minister began in 2010. A collective […]
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July demonstrations in Belgrade: people against the curfew and authorities
REPORT Featured image credit: Zoran Drekalović Thousands of people gathered in the centre of Belgrade, outside the National Assembly building, on July 7th to express their discontent with President Aleksandar Vučić’s announcement of another curfew for the residents of Belgrade due to an increase in coronavirus infections. The power of social media was extremely visible […]
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Macron’s new government ditches LREM’s left-wing pretences
OPINION After the municipal elections in June, Emmanuel Macron’s government reshuffle has heralded the appearance of a number of “Sarkozyistes” : a Prime Minister (Jean Castex) who was Deputy Secretary General to Nicolas Sarkozy, a Home Secretary (Gérard Darmanin) who refers to the former President as a mentor, a Culture Minister (Franck Riester) who served […]
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What happened at the Republican Convention 2020?
REPORT Donald Trump sparked strong criticism from government ethics experts after deciding to hold this year’s Republican National Convention at the White House. As Joe Biden continues to lead in the polls and the state of the nation struggles to recover from a period of multiple crises, how did the RNC try to convince voters […]
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