2023’s most important election: Turkey

2023’s most important election: Turkey

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. For Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, next month’s election is of massive historical significance. It falls 100 years after the foundation of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s secular republic and, if Erdoğan wins, he will be empowered to put even more of his stamp on…

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Finnish PM Sanna Marin set for defeat in national vote

Finnish PM Sanna Marin set for defeat in national vote

[ad_1] Finland’s center-right National Coalition Party was on course to take power in a general election Sunday after voter concerns about the economic outlook fed dissatisfaction with Social Democrat incumbent Sanna Marin, a star of the European left.  With 99 percent of votes counted, the National Coalition Party (NCP) under the leadership of Petteri Orpo…

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Shock, anger, betrayal: Inside the Qatargate-hit Socialist group

Shock, anger, betrayal: Inside the Qatargate-hit Socialist group

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — The European Parliament’s Socialists are warily eyeing their colleagues and assistants, wondering which putative ally might turn out to be a liar as new details emerge in a growing cash-for-favors scandal. Long-simmering geographic divisions within the group, Parliament’s second largest, are…

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Petr Pavel to become next Czech president

Petr Pavel to become next Czech president

[ad_1] Petr Pavel, a former NATO general, will become the next president of the Czech Republic after resoundingly beating his opponent, billionaire and former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, in elections that culminated on Saturday. Pavel secured 58 percent of the votes cast, compared to 42 percent for Babiš, according to the official tally. Current Czech…

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