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The domestic hostility towards the regime that erupted in the aftermath of the disputed presidential elections last June has not died away, but has become stronger and more determined.
But the capacity to do so will be tested in three more important elections – in France, Germany, and Italy – by next spring, and those who want the EU to survive will need to fight hard, and on many fronts.
Add to that the destabilizing effects of Brexit and a US president who is openly hostile toward the EU (and supportive of Brexit and Le Pen), and the stakes of the upcoming elections become starkly apparent.
Such policies yield substantial political benefits: they help to win elections and attract the admiration and favor of the Bush administration.
Over the last year, Egyptians have voted in their first free and fair parliamentary elections.
Egyptians’ collective determination will ensure that, in the revolution’s second year, the country will get a new constitution, hold proper presidential elections, and benefit from a functioning and representative parliament.
The Mugabe of Latin AmericaMANAGUA – Like thousands of Nicaraguans, I voted for Managua’s mayor in local elections last November.
But the stolen local elections that took place last autumn have set the country back 50 years, to the time of the Somoza dictatorship.
Why did Ortega decide to steal the municipal elections, despite the risks this fraud has imposed on his government?
Two years into his term, Ortega needed to win majorities in the local elections in order to impose a constitutional reform that will allow him to seek a second consecutive term.
Trump and his allies have been strenuously trying to talk the country into liking the tax cuts, which are front-loaded to help people before the 2018 midterm elections, in which the entire House of Representatives, a third of the Senate, and many governorships and state legislatures will be up for grabs.
In the latest US mid-term elections, the turnout rate among younger citizens was less than 20%, compared to more than 50% for senior voters.
Ever since, a country that had never truly experienced democratic rule has enjoyed all the charms and vicissitudes of competitive elections, legislative battles, and rotation in power.
The local political culture confuses democracy with majoritarianism, with elections used as vehicles to consolidate power, not share it.
And Libya has officially requested that the UN monitor its elections next month.
To be sure, a country’s foreign policy is shaped by long-term factors that transcend elections and presidencies.
LONDON--India's elections are like India's trains--lumbering along at no great speed, taking days before the destination is reached but, despite the discomfort along the way, reliable, sturdy and arriving at the station more or less on time.
One of the most common political clichés ahead of these midterm elections was that they were a “battle for America’s soul.”
But to fight Trump’s identity politics with an equally aggressive form of identity politics would make political tribalism worse, and could make it harder for the Democrats to win national elections.
But they are even more severe to India’s west, with Pakistan heading into elections (one hopes) in the spring of 2013, and NATO troops withdrawing from Afghanistan.
Elections for the Duma and, in 1996 for the President, give Russia a chance to show its true colors: are we looking at populism, nationalism, retread communism, western reformism or a blend of all with unforecastabel results?
France is preparing for its presidential elections this May, and as that battle for the presidency heats up, so, too, does the contest to forge new ties with Africa.
Although the rate of online voting in Estonia increased by nearly 20% between the 2007 and 2011 elections there, overall voter turnout increased by fewer than two percentage points (from 61.9% to 63.5%).
Such technology doesn’t reduce costs only for voters; it also reduces costs for the state, making it easier than ever to conduct elections.
The risk is that lower costs would encourage more frequent elections and referenda, thereby undermining the efficiency of government.
Amid constant elections and referenda, that isn’t really an option.
Elections, too, are becoming more frequent.
The Messages of May 25KYIV – Europe recently experienced two watershed elections, with very different outcomes.
Making matters worse, national and European leaders have allowed – even encouraged – citizens to believe that integration is inevitable, lowering the stakes for European elections.
In this sense, the lesson of the May 25 elections is the same for both Ukraine and the EU: it is time for each to put its own house in order.
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