PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday he believes he is not “at the heart of the investigation” into the role played by consultancy firms in his 2017 and 2022 presidential campaigns. Macron hinted at “political attacks,” in his first public reaction to revelations Thursday that French prosecutors were…
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Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party ahead in election, but coalition outlook uncertain
Issued on: 03/10/2022 – 02:45 Bulgaria’s GERB party of ex-Prime Minister Boyko Borissov looked set for a narrow win in Sunday’s election, the fourth in less two years, as voters sought predictability from a former leader amid steep inflation and the war in Ukraine. Exit polls by Gallup International and Alpha Research showed the centre-right GERB with…
Angola’s president set for second term as ruling party leads vote
Issued on: 25/08/2022 – 22:44 Angola’s Joao Lourenco was set to remain president Thursday as his party maintained its lead in the country’s most hotly contested election in its democratic history, with nearly all the votes counted. Results published by the country’s electoral commission gave the People’s Movement for the Liberation…
Sun, sand and votes: Italy sweats over summer election campaign
Press play to listen to this article TUSCANY — Spending the whole of August at the coast is practically an Italian birth-right. But following the surprise collapse of Mario Draghi’s government in July, Italy is holding autumn elections for the first time in more than 100 years — leaving politicians with precious…
Senegal opposition figures barred from standing in parliamentary elections
Opposition MPs including Déthié Fall of the Yewwi Askan Wi coalition have been barred from standing in Sunday’s polls, which could be an important test of the ruling party’s power. Fall was briefly detained in June as part of what he and some analysts see as a worrying sign for…