Elections

FILED - 16 June 2022, Ukraine, Kiev: French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis after their meeting. A second and final round of parliamentary elections began in France on Sunday, with President Emmanuel Macron aiming to resecure an absolute majority for members of his centrist La Republique en Marche (The Republic on the Move, LREM) party. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa.

World

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

Macron's party misses out on absolute legislative majority in France

The Nomad Today 6/20/22

Further complicating the picture, Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally did far better than anticipated, winning 89 seats, over 10 times as many as it previously held, making it the third…

Spain

ANDALUSIAN ELECTIONS

Conservative party PP win absolute majority in Spain's Andalusia

The Nomad Today 6/20/22

The socialist PSOE of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez - which governed Andalusia for decades until 2018 - won just 30 seats, coming in a distant second

Spain

ANDALUSIAN ELECTIONS

Right-wing populists eye government role as Spain's Andalusia votes

The Nomad Today 6/19/22

Andalusia could become the country's second region to be ruled by a PP-Vox coalition, following the autonomous community of Castile and León

03/04/2022. The president of Andalusia Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla (L) and the national leader of the People's Party Alberto Nunez Feijoo in a file photo. Photo: Partido Popular.

Spain

POLITICS

Regional elections in Andalusia will be held on June 19

The Nomad Today 4/26/22

Andalusian President Juan Manuel Moreno has decided to bring forward the elections in order to have time to agree on a new budget for the region before the end of the year

31 January 2022, Portugal, Lisbon: Portuguese incumbent Prime Minister and leader of the Socialist party (PS) Antonio Costa waves as he addresses the nation after winning the Portugal's General Election. Photo: Pedro Fiuza/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

World

ELECTIONS

Ruling Socialists win absolute majority in Portugal's elections

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/31/22

In a victory speech in the early hours of Monday, Costa promised "dialogue" and assured that he would "govern for all Portuguese"

16 December 2021, Belgium, Brussels: Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa arrives to attend the EU Leaders Summit at the European Council building. Photo: Pool Benoit Doppagne/BELGA/dpa.

World

ELECTIONS

Poll: Socialists close to absolute majority in Portugal

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/14/22

The poll was commissioned by the state TV channel RTP and the renowned newspaper Publico and is considered very reliable

FILED - 05 February 2016, Berlin: Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa speaks during a press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel after their meeting at the Federal Chancellery. Four weeks before parliamentary elections in Portugal, Prime Minister Antonio Costa has approved a hike in the monthly minimum wage. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa.

World

PORTUGAL

Portuguese prime minister raises minimum wage as election nears

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/3/22

It is "an increase of 40 euros - the highest ever" in Portugal, he said

21 November 2021, Venezuela, Caracas: Two men walk in front of a mural reading "Viva la Patria" near a polling station during the local and regional elections. Photo: Stringer/dpa

World

ELECTIONS

President Maduro's Socialists dominate Venezuelan regional elections

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/23/21

For the first time in several years, the opposition in Venezuela had participated in the ballot

04 November 2021, Portugal, Lisbon: Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa speaks on the last day of the Web Summit. Photo: Pedro Fiuza/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

World

BUDGET CRISIS

Portugal's president calls for new elections on 30 January

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/5/21

Portugal's next regular election had not been due until the autumn of 2023

World

ELECTIONS

Portugal's Socialists win local elections but lose Lisbon

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/28/21

Politicians called on people to make use of their right to vote, given the freedom of movement they have regained following lockdowns and restrictions

World

ELECTION

Germany Social Democrats win election ahead of Merkel's conservatives

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/27/21

Olaf Scholz ran a successful campaign that underscored his competence and maximized his personal popularity with voters. He campaigned for a higher minimum wage, tax reductions for middle and low…

24 September 2021, Bavaria, Munich: Armin Laschet , candidate for Chancellor of the CDU/CSU party and Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, and Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) are on stage at the official end of the election campaign of the CDU and CSU in the Festhalle at the Nockherberg. Laschet is holding a gingerbread heart with the sugar icing inscription "Chancellor for Germany". Photo: Matthias Balk/dpa

World

ELECTION

Milestones during Merkel's 16 years in power

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/25/21

Here are some of her key moments as chancellor:

Finland

NEW INSTITUTIONS

Finland will hold county elections on 23 January 2022

The Nomad Today 9/17/21

The county council will decide on the organisation of healthcare, social welfare and rescue services in each wellbeing services county as of 2023

World

RUSSIA

Russia's opposition shut out as 3-day parliamentary election starts

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/17/21

From his penal camp east of Moscow, Navalny has been able to get messages out to his supporters in which he urges them to coalesce to oust Putin's "corrupt" regime

13 September 2021, Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Labor leader Jonas Gahr Store holds a bouquet of red roses at the Labor Party's election vigil at Folkets hus in the Storting election 2021. Norway's centre-left Labour Party is set to be the largest bloc in the country's parliament, figures from the Norwegian Election Authority showed late on Monday, a few minutes after polling stations closed. Photo: Javad Parsa//dpa

World

ELECTIONS

Norway's Labour Party to form new government

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/14/21

Store said the numbers so far pointed towards a solid majority for the centre-left alliance made up of Labour, the Centre Party and the Socialist Left Party

FILED - A woman holds a placard with a red cross during a 2020 protest against Russian constitutional amendments. Russia has accused the United States of interfering in its parliamentary election, which is taking place in just over a week. Photo: Sergei Mikhailichenko/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire/dpa

World

'SMART VOTE'

Russia accuses US of interfering in its parliamentary elections

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/12/21

The Kremlin claims to have "irrefutable evidence" of violations of the law by US internet giants in connection with the upcoming Duma election.

People walking in Rabat. Photo: Pixabay.

World

ELECTIONS

Morocco's ruling Islamists defeated by liberals after decade in power

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/9/21

The Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), which has been in power since 2011, won just 12 seats in the country's 395-seat parliament

HANDOUT - 01 June 2021, Belgium, Brussels: European Council President Charles Michel (R) speaks with Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven ahead of their meeting. Photo: Dario Pignatelli/European Council/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

World

GOVERNMENT FALL

No discernible progress in Swedish government crisis

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/23/21

If Lofven decides to call a new election, it must take place within three months.

Prime Minister Sanna Marin speaking at a press conference on 13 August. Photo: Laura Kotila/Vnk.

Finland

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Sanna Marin's SDP resists despite pandemic and 'breakfastgate'

The Nomad Today 6/14/21

The Social Democrats led by the prime minister fell 1.7 points in support compared to the municipal elections of 2017 and in this sense they suffered a defeat, but their percentage of vote was the…