Raphaël Glucksmann, the top candidate for the Socialists in the European elections, was forced to leave a May Day protest after he was targetted by a group of far-left activists. He pointed the blame at the leader of the radical left Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
The radio presenter will run in the Dublin constituency.
The lead candidates from eight of the nine political groupings in the European parliament kicked off the campaign for the June elections in Maastricht on Monday evening, in a live debate on some of the biggest issues facing the EU. The debate, co-hosted by Politico Europe and Studio Europa, covered the Green Deal, the Israel-Hamas war, migration and social media among other issues, and provided several clashes, particularly over the rise of the far right. Almost all the candidates took turns to...
A large number of candidates have declared their status in recent weeks.
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's National Coalition Party (NCP) and the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) could each gain a seat in the European Parliament.
The EU has officially opened a significant investigation into Meta for its alleged failures to remove election disinformation. While the European Commission’s statement doesn’t explicitly mention Russia, Meta confirmed to Engadget the EU probe targets the country’s Doppelganger campaign, an online disinformation operation pushing pro-Kremlin propaganda. Bloomberg’s sources also said the probe was focused on the Russian disinformation operation, describing it as a series of “attempts to replicate...
The Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Serebour Quaicoe has sought to allay concerns of bias and election rigging as the Ejisu constituency braces for its upcoming by-election.
Mexico City, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) The presidential candidate of the Let's Keep Making History coalition, Claudia Sheinbaum, today maintains her leadership ahead of the June 2 elections in Mexico, according to all polling houses. The post Mexican leftist candidate maintains leadership towards elections first appeared on Prensa Latina.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing party, stung by an extensive slush funds scandal, appeared to have lost all three seats in Sunday's parliamentary by-elections, according to media exit polls and preliminary results. The Liberal Democratic Party's loss is considered a voter punishment for its links to a yearslong corruption
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. The Milton riding provincial by-election is set to take place in less than a week. It’s an extremely close race between the Liberal candidate Glen Naidoo Harris and Progressive Conservative candidate Zee Hamid. “I think the things that I’m hearing most are issues where the Ford government has failed Milton,” said Liberal candidate Naidoo Harris. […]
State elections commission consulted local election clerks, poll workers, political parties.
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak repeated his line that he intends to call a vote in the second half of the year.