Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Marine Le Pen has attacked a court’s decision that bans her from standing for election after she was found guilty of embezzling funds from the European parliament….
Shorouk Express Elon Musk has taken to his social media platform to meddle in yet another country’s politics, this time focusing on Spain’s Vox party and its leader Santiago Abascal. While simultaneously backing Germany’s hard-right AfD party and celebrating their result in Sunday’s elections, Musk has been doing something similar in Spain. The leader of…
Shorouk Express Elon Musk says multiculturalism ‘dilutes everything’ at German far-right rally For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Voters are heading to the polls in Germany,…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email German voters are choosing a new government in an election Sunday dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of Europe’s biggest economy, pressure to…
Shorouk Express Scholz’s comment reportedly came during a discussion about the CDU’s decision to pass migration-related measures in parliament with votes from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, a development that has dominated the election debate and which Scholz has also sharply criticized in public. Arguing the CDU alignment with the AfD broke a…
Shorouk Express Liechtenstein on Sunday voted for Brigitte Haas, a lawyer, to lead its government. Her Fatherland Union party won 38.3 percent of votes, well ahead of the Progressive Citizens Party, which finished in second place with 27.5 percent, according to the official results. The largest party traditionally appoints the prime minister. The conservative microstate…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 29. As of 12:00 (GMT+4), over 1.2 million (1,20,231) voters had participated in Azerbaijan’s municipal elections, Farid Orujov, Head of the Information Center at the Secretariat of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan, told Trend. Orujov stated that the voter turnout had reached 17.11 percent. As of 10:00 (GMT+4),…
Shorouk Express Neither the EU, the U.K. nor the U.S. recognize Lukashenko’s government as legitimate. Fraudulent presidential elections in 2020 ignited mass protests that almost led to Lukashenko’s downfall prior to a brutal crackdown to suppress protesters and opponents, backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Lukashenko has clung to power for 30 years. Tomorrow, he’ll reappoint…
Shorouk Express The upcoming elections are grotesque, even by the authoritarian standards of Alexander Lukashenka’s regime. For the first time in Belarusian history, there is no hint of competition. There are no alternative candidates – only regime loyalists or “spoilers” who openly declare their support for Lukashenka. In previous elections, only a limited number of…
Shorouk Express “Fico’s trip to Moscow was a disgrace for Slovakia,” Fico’s biggest political rival, Progressive Slovakia party leader Michal Šimečka, said in an interview with POLITICO. “But it’s part of a bigger story about a prime minister who doesn’t seem … interested in dealing with real problems that trouble people in Slovakia. Instead, he’s…
