Elections – Page 26 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Merkel’s would-be successor Kramp-Karrenbauer steps down as CDU head amid coalition mayhem

Posted on February 10, 2020February 10, 2020By Editor

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Germany’s Defense Minister and Angela Merkel’s protégé, is resigning as leader of the Chancellor’s CDU party and will not seek to compete for the country’s top job in the next election. … Read More >Merkel’s would-be successor Kramp-Karrenbauer steps down as CDU head amid coalition mayhem

USA

Banning Fracking: Politically Smart and a Climate Necessity

Posted on February 9, 2020February 9, 2020By Editor

Though the Democratic primary has just begun, one warning has been pushed in the press loud and clear for months already: Democrats who support a ban on oil and gas fracking would effectively cede the election to Donald Trump. … Read More >Banning Fracking: Politically Smart and a Climate Necessity

USA

The spooks’ choice: Coup plotters and CIA agents fill Pete Buttigieg’s list of national security endorsers

Posted on February 8, 2020February 8, 2020By Editor

Why are so many intelligence veterans throwing their weight behind a young Indiana mayor with such a thin foreign policy resume? … Read More >The spooks’ choice: Coup plotters and CIA agents fill Pete Buttigieg’s list of national security endorsers

Latin America

New Bolivian Authorities Finish Arrests of All of Morales-Era Election Officials – Reports

Posted on December 22, 2019December 22, 2019By Editor

The interim Bolivian authorities detained on Friday Lidia Iriarte, the only member of the Morales-era Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) who had stayed free in the wake of the October election fraud allegations, media reported. … Read More >New Bolivian Authorities Finish Arrests of All of Morales-Era Election Officials – Reports

World

Afghan president wins 2nd term – preliminary election results

Posted on December 22, 2019December 22, 2019By Editor

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has secured 50.64 percent of the vote in the long-delayed preliminary results from September’s election, the country’s election commission has announced. … Read More >Afghan president wins 2nd term – preliminary election results

Middle East

Israel may face unprecedented THIRD ELECTION after Gantz fails to form coalition government

Posted on November 20, 2019November 20, 2019By Editor

Israelis may be headed to the polls for the third time in a year, after Blue & White leader Benny Gantz said he was unable to form a coalition government with either Arab parties or its main rival, PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud. … Read More >Israel may face unprecedented THIRD ELECTION after Gantz fails to form coalition government

Middle East

New general election on the cards for Israel as kingmaker Lieberman refuses to endorse candidate for prime minister

Posted on November 20, 2019November 20, 2019By Editor

Israel is set to hold its third election this year, after Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the secular nationalist Yisrael Beiteinu party, announced that he would not support the formation of a minority government … Read More >New general election on the cards for Israel as kingmaker Lieberman refuses to endorse candidate for prime minister

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