With less than two months to go before the European Parliament elections on June 9, the campaign has entered a crucial phase with tours by political leaders and party committees being a key element.
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SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has removed a journalist and presenter from the party’s list of candidates for the June European Parliament elections following controversial statements by the latter regarding the abuse of women and gender-based violence.
Inside the barn on the flat fields of the northern Netherlands, Jos Ubels cradles a newborn Blonde d’Aquitaine calf, the latest addition to his herd of over 300 dairy cattle.
Europeans’ interest in the upcoming European Parliament election is significantly higher than before the last vote five years ago, according to an EU poll released on Wednesday, with poverty, health, jobs and defence seen as top campaign issues.
Greeks’ interest in the upcoming European Parliament elections has surged compared to the last vote five years ago, according to a Eurobarometer survey released on Wednesday, with public health, poverty and jobs seen as top campaign issues.
Ruling New Democracy announced Fredi Beleri, an ethnic Greek mayor-elect in Albania recently sentenced to two years in prison for vote-buying, as a candidate for the upcoming European Parliament elections.
SYRIZA will close the gap between it and ruling New Democracy and “shock Europe and the country” in June’s European Parliament elections, its leader, Stefanos Kasselakis, has told the Delphi Economic Forum.
Fredi Beleri, an ethnic Greek mayor-elect in Albania sentenced to two years in prison in March for vote-buying, is unlikely to be a candidate for the European Parliament with Greece’s ruling party, New Democracy, in June’s European Parliament election, Kathimerini understands.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is undeniably correct about one crucial aspect in his recent statements: Greece cannot afford to indulge in political experimentation.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his government find themselves in an enviable but precarious position – both dominant and fragile at the same time.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is set to play a leading role in New Democracy’s European elections campaign. He said as much in his speech that closed the proceedings of the three-day conference marking the 50th anniversary of New Democracy.
Government officials are surprised and angered by the opposition’s call for a fresh vote mere months after their election triumph.
An amendment broadening the postal voting regulations has been proposed to Parliament as part of the Health Ministry’s legislation and is scheduled for a plenary vote on Thursday.
The local elections in Turkey – which did not go very well at all for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan – provided a momentary escape from the grim domestic quagmire Greece is sinking into, with no end yet in sight of the present crisis.
The brother of an opposition candidate was killed and four other people injured in clashes between opponents and supporters of the newly elected ruling-party mayor of a city district in a predominantly Kurdish region of southeastern Turkey.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s first defeat in local elections on Sunday will not have an impact on Turkey’s foreign policy, according to the regional director of the Turkish branch of the think tank The German Marshall Fund of the United States.
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