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In December 2003, Russia will hold its next parliamentary elections, and people are reviewing what reforms are possible before then.
President Vladimir Putin appears determined that Russia should enter the World Trade Organization (WTO) before the next Duma elections in December 2003.
Public administration reform is vital, but cannot occur until after the next elections.
According to the Vienna declaration, that question would ultimately be decided by UN-supervised elections.
But credible elections in war-torn Syria, where millions have been displaced, will take much time and preparation to organize.
After the Netherlands and France, Germany may be next (German elections are due in the autumn, and the center-right candidate - Minister/President Stoiber of Bavaria - is now the favorite).
Many "outsiders" supported right-wing populist parties in the latest elections; their votes are critical for the survival of the new center-right governments in many European countries.
Europe’s Delivery GapFRANKFURT – European elections seem to follow an all-too-familiar pattern; when the European Union’s citizens are called upon to express what they think, they simply do not show up.
Even the joint declaration signed by the British and Chinese governments in 1984, which set the stage for the 1997 handover, offered the somewhat imprecise promise that the chief executive would be appointed by China “on the basis of the results of elections or consultations to be held locally.”
Populists know how to win elections, but their conception of democracy extends no further.
After all, everything depends on how those in power decide to organize elections, which can include redrawing voting districts or altering the rules governing campaign finance or political advertisements.
Elections can be falsified imperceptibly.
In fact, they are bitter rivals and will divide opposition vote at the January 3 elections for the lower house of the Parliament (Sabor).
Tudjman's death opens the additional question of presidential elections, which must be held within 60 days after his passing.
One prominent commentator, Max Boot, took “some small degree of satisfaction from the outcome of Iran’s elections,” because Obama would now find it harder to stand in the way of an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear installations.
What are opposition candidates to do when they are asked to take part in elections that they know they cannot win, or that, even when they can win, will give them only minimal authority?
Any chance for people to voice their views, even in rigged elections, is a good thing.
This is the best reason why in most cases it is best to contest elections, even in unpromising circumstances.
Honesty is the Best Policy in RussiaCAMBRIDGE: If opinion polls are right, Russia's people are poised to deliver Russia's government a stinging rebuke in December's Duma elections.
Despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s militarism in Eastern Ukraine and efforts to influence the outcome of Western elections, a Europe without its North Atlantic backstop has no choice but to turn toward Eurasia.
Indeed, while the various legislative and presidential elections held throughout Latin America reinforced – beyond the outcomes in each case – popular commitment to pluralism and democracy, they also reflected growing levels of political polarization and persistent institutional shortcomings.
Some of his supporters speak of postponing the forthcoming elections.
If his treatment is prolonged, he might try governing with rotating vice-presidents, and, if a prompt cure or prolonged treatment are not possible and elections are postponed, an uncertain transition would be hastened.
The fall of Saddam allowed Iraq’s Shia majority to take power through elections.
Democracy, of course, is always supposed to mean more than periodically holding free and fair elections.
Pakistan held free and fair elections in 2002 and 2007, and is preparing to hold another at the end of 2012 or in early 2013.
Instead, after a brief reprieve between successful elections in 2002 and post-election violence in 2007, journalists were targeted once more.
In the 2002 elections, Morales received an unexpected boost from the US ambassador, who, by declaring himself against Morales, stirred up nationalist sentiment.
Of course, Germany has its own political challenges to overcome, with federal elections set for next October.
Recent state elections indicated a popular mood that is suspicious of openness, particularly to refugees, with the National Front’s German counterpart, the Alternative for Germany, making large strides in some regions.
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