El Salvador’s political life has been disrupted by a decision by Congress to oust Supreme Court justices who were considered hostile to President Nayib Bukele. The parliamentary opposition called this decision an institutional coup. Given that the incumbent President’s “New Ideas” party holds an absolute majority in the National Assembly, he made this decision after
The European Left, both as a party and as an ideology, has been following a general decline in EU societies in recent years. The fall of left-wing forces in Europe is mirrored in the seats it holds in the European Parliament. In the 2014 European elections it held 53 seats out of a total of
With the retirement/retirement of 89-year-old Raul Castro, Fidel Castro’s brother who oppressed Cuba for more than sixty years, there is hope for a new shift in the country’s political events. The fact that Cuba is controlled by a Communist Regime means that sooner or later, and we hope quickly, that the air of Liberalism will
Mario Draghi’s direct use of the term “dictator” for Turkish President Erdogan has been voiced by many Europeans. The anger at the symbolic demotion suffered by the President of the Commission, and in her face by all the women of the world, during her visit to the Palace of the Turkish President represents all European
With all votes counted, the Left-wing Inuit Atagatigiit Party (IA) received 37.42%, defeating the ruling Socialist Siumut Party securing 30.10% of the electorate. (see table below of the election results that took place on 6 April 2021). The IA jumped 11 points compared to the results of the 2018 election. The IA’s main political agenda
Following the withdrawal of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party from the EPP, the foundations have been laid for the creation of a “common and unique” house that will house the political parties of the Traditional right core which at the centre of their political narrative is the defence of the institutions of the
Mark Rutte, the more than ten-year in his position Dutch Prime Minister and Leader of the Liberals, once again repeated his victory in national elections in the Netherlands and won his fourth consecutive term. With the momentum presented by Mark Rutte, he is certain to take the place of the EU’s longest-term stateman and political
The fact that over the past six years Turkey has strengthened its role and influence in the Middle East, creating its own “pockets” of supporters that could be used as leverage to the governments of Middle Eastern countries and any tendency to autonomy from the US and the West may come to an end through
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s three-year prison sentence for corruption and undue influence demonstrates key problems for the European Centre-Right. At the same time, the forced withdrawal of Orban’s Fidesz party from the Group of the European People’s Party (EPP) in the European Parliament is magnified by the problems of the Centre-Right (which is polling
In France, restrictive measures to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic led to a change in the association of political forces. According to recent opinion polls in the newspapers L’Opinion and Le Parisien, French President Emmanuel Macron in an election for the Presidency of France would receive 23%-24% in the first round of the elections compared to
