Tag: Elections

Johnson undoubtedly took a risk by holding an election in winter while Brexit was still in limbo, but today this gamble has paid off almost beyond his most optimistic expectations...

While the U.S. presidential election is set to dominate geopolitical discussion, there are four other votes, also scheduled for next year, for business leaders to keep an eye on around the world...

As the dust settles from Europe’s continent-wide exercise of democracy, with politicians patting themselves on the back for the welcomed increase in voter turnout, what will the next five years bring for business?..

Israel might not be the largest or most influential country in the world but APCO’s Tel Aviv office can guarantee that the upcoming Israeli Elections will have an effect on international relations in one form or another...

Italy has been without a government since elections on 4 March ended in a hung parliament. After more than 80 days, attempts to form a political government have failed...

The Turkish electorate made a strong showing Sunday, with some suggesting approximately 90% of the electorate cast ballots for the simultaneous Presidential and Parliamentary elections. ..

Turkey’s 24th general elections resulted in the election of 550 members to the Turkish Grand National Assembly on June 7, 2015. ..

Brazil is increasingly attracting the scrutiny of investors worldwide as the country enters a key phase for its economy...

No single party or coalition will have the number of seats necessary to govern alone, including the 5 Star Movement and the center-right coalition...

The “Grand Coalition” between the S&D and EPP groups in the European Parliament has come to an end...

For years, Mali’s gov­ern­ment has been strug­gling to estab­lish its legit­i­ma­cy in rur­al areas of the coun­try, both in terms of the state’s phys­i­cal pres­ence and its use­ful­ness to cit­i­zens. The polit­i­cal and secu­ri­ty situation in Mali remains still fractious and convalescent...

2015 has been a decisive year for Turkey. It has been one marked by uncertainty and surprises, with escalating geo-political posturing and trenchant governmental maneuvering dominating headlines. But on 1 Nov. 2015, President Recip Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party commanded a majority win, with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu securing a parliamentary majority for the AK Party, which had been lost only five months earlier. ..