Tag Archives: Elections

Les électrices et les électeurs espagnols sont appelés aux urnes dimanche pour des élections législatives anticipées. Ce scrutin pourrait marquer un tournant en ramenant l'extrême droite au pouvoir à Madrid pour la première fois depuis la mort du dictateur Franco il y a près d'un demi-siècle.

Under the heat of the Barcelona sun, a pro-independence party, Together for Catalonia, is holding a campaign event ahead of Sunday's general election in Spain.

 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won re-election, according to the country’s Supreme Election Council and unofficial data from the state-run Anadolu Agency, in a tense run-off after he failed to secure more than 50 percent of votes required for an outright victory in the first round on May 14.

La Turquie s'apprête à un second tour inédit dimanche pour élire son président au terme d'une campagne amère, emplie de promesses et d'anathèmes jetés par les deux camps contre les Kurdes et les réfugiés syriens.

« Si les électeurs turcs arrivent à déloger Erdogan de son palais présidentiel, c’est un tournant géopolitique majeur », veut croire l’ancienne ministre espagnole des affaires étrangères, Arancha Gonzalez, doyenne de l’Ecole des affaires internationales de Sciences Po à Paris.

This weekend, my country will choose. If the unlikely unity coalition of opposition parties beats the goliath that is President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey will be able to tear off the straitjacket that it has worn for years. If the regime wins, however, we will be mourning a country that once was, that could have been.

Are old recipes the only way forward for Lebanon? This is what French President Emmanuel Macron and his Middle East team at the Palais de l’Elysee believe. It is mainly why they chose to endorse and support Sleiman Frangieh as the next president of Lebanon.

It is perhaps unsurprising that many Nigerians are dissatisfied with the outcome of the presidential election. The winner, Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), ran on the slogan “It’s my turn”...

Bola Tinubu from Nigeria's ruling party has taken a strong lead as results are declared from Saturday's presidential election, amid opposition protests.

Her record wasn’t perfect, but she transformed the landscape. Her exit speech made me rueful for what might have been