Elections
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Billionaires pour money into political parties, donations data reveals
Billionaires and big companies poured cash into political parties last year in a boost led by mining magnate Clive Palmer,…
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Peru protests: President calls for ‘truce’ after clashes
Following her speech, thousands of people marched in the capital, Lima, demanding she resign. Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC Ms Boluarte was…
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Export democracy to the Greek diaspora – an oxymoron!
Australia is a beacon of democracy, and has embedded similar values and an institutional framework to those of the ancient…
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Democracy under attack in Brazil: 5 questions about the storming of Congress and the role of the military
Even though Bolsonaro wasn’t there in the capital while the attack took place – he was in Florida – I believe he…
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A troubled past hangs over Czech presidential election
The result will say a lot about Czechs’ vision for their future, as well as their relationship with a troubled…
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Countdown Begins to Nigeria’s Crucial 2023 Elections
In this Q&A, Crisis Group outlines what is at stake and how key actors are preparing for the polls. Why…
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Kosovo police exchange gunfire with local Serbs blocking roads to protest officer’s arrest
Earlier in the day, Serbs from Kosovo’s north blocked main roads in the region to protest against the arrest of…
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Hungary: Data Misused for Political Campaigns
Threatens Privacy, Democratic Elections HRW (Brussels) – The Hungarian government’s misuse of personal data during the 2022 national elections campaign…
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Grattan on Friday: To have the best chance of success, the Voice must be sold to voters as a positive, unifying story
And it has to be said that, despite years of discussion, we are as yet in a poor place to…
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Netanyahu signs Israel coalition deal with anti-LGBT Noam party
It is the latest development set to give far-right parties unprecedented power within Israel’s ruling coalition. Tom Bateman BBC Avi…
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Voter suppression: how democracies around the world are using new rules to make it harder to vote
Techniques vary, but the intention is the same – to make voting more difficult. Dafydd Townley The Conversation In the…
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How Democracy Can Win
Among the many takeaways of the U.S. midterms, one of the most striking is the alarming number of election deniers…
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Overcoming Somaliland’s Worsening Political Crisis
The government and opposition disagree over the sequencing of two forthcoming high-stakes elections, and both sides are digging in. ICG…
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Sweden’s incoming prime minister shifts right
STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s incoming prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, on Friday presented his plan for a three-party government with a clear underlying…
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Italy’s Giorgia Meloni is no Mussolini – but she may be a Trump
Italy, wrote the situationist philosopher Guy Debord in 1968, “sums up the social contradictions of the entire world”. As such,…
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Giorgia Meloni: Italy’s new leader arrives at a critical time for Europe
From political wilderness to pole position to become Italy’s first female prime minister, this is the moment Giorgia Meloni has…
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