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#parliamentary-elections

Sir Keir Starmer has indicated it is common sense to allow EU nationals who have worked for years in the UK to vote in a general election, as Labour considers extending the franchise.The Opposition leader said it feels wrong that people who have contributed to Britain's economy and raised their children in the country are not allowed to cast a ballot.

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly visited Moldova's capital Thursday, where he is set to pledge 10 million pounds ($12.5 million) in financial aid to help the small, embattled country tackle what his office called malign interference from Russia.

Protected by a bulletproof barrier, former prime minister Imran Khan speaks during a rally in Lahore, Pakistan on March 26, 2023.K.M. Chaudary, AP Pakistan's anti-graft agents on Tuesday arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan as he appeared in a court in the capital, Islamabad, to face charges in multiple graft cases, police and officials from his party said.

The former prime minister arrived by helicopter in Rawalpindi, where he announced his party is discussing the possibility of resigning from all provincial assemblies so that they can push for an early election.Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan addressed big crowds at a political rally Saturday for the first time since being wounded earlier this month while leading a march toward capital city, Islamabad.

Millions of Turkish citizens living abroad began voting Thursday in national elections that will decide whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan can govern Turkey for another term.The overseas balloting began amid concerns over Erdogan's health, after he was forced to cancel election rallies on Wednesday and Thursday.

A Pakistani court has shielded former prime minister Imran Khan from arrest until at least next week.t comes amid a roiling political crisis that has pitted the celebrity politician against the current government and spilled over into street protests.Mr Khan was ousted through a confidence vote in Parliament last April.

Sweden does not 'exclude' sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, said Defence Minister Pal Jonsson.Published: 26 January 2023 07:34 CET His comments come after Germany gave the greenlight for them to be given to Kyiv.Following weeks of pressure from Ukraine and other allies, Berlin finally agreed to send 14 Leopard 2 tanks, seen as among the best in the world.

FILE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives for a ceremony, in Ankara, Turkey, on May 16, 2022.Even by the standards of Turkey's and Greece's frequently strained relations, it was a remarkable escalation.Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan directly threatened his country's western neighbor: Unless the Greeks "stay calm," he said, Turkey's new ballistic missiles would hit their capital city.

ISTANBUL A coalition of parties seeking to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey anointed a veteran opposition politician on Monday as its presidential candidate just two months before elections that could drastically alter the country's political and economic trajectory.The candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the head of Turkey's largest opposition party, represents diverse political forces that have vowed to reverse what they call Mr. Erdogan's erosion of democracy as he has consolidated power during two decades as the country's paramount politician.

On Monday French prime minister Elisabeth Borne faces at least one vote of no confidence, following the decision of the French government to push through highly controversial pension reforms without allowing MPs a vote using a constitutional process known as Article 49.3.Here's what will happen on Monday and what it all means.

What's happening?Eight of France's largest unions have issued a joint statement promising strikes and demonstrations from January if the government pushes ahead with plans to reform the French pension system  including raising the pension age from 62 to 65.The groups had already fired a warning shot' in September with a day of protests and walk-outs.

From childish political spats to freak weather, via trampolines and the very cute accent of a certain ex president, our weekly newsletter Inside France looks at what we have been talking about in France this week.Published: 29 October 2022 12:06 CEST Autumn sunshine at Wineck chateau in Katzenthal, eastern France.

When NATO invited Sweden and Finland into the military alliance in June, its leaders hailed a "historic decision" that showed their collective determination to face down Russian aggression in Ukraine.But the expansion plan has gone nowhere, with Turkey refusing to allow Sweden to join unless it does more to crack down on groups outlawed in Turkey, including the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the PKK.

Ankara announced its decision one day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at Sweden for allowing weekend protests that included the burning of the Koran outside Ankara's Stockholm embassy.A Turkish diplomatic source said the tri-party meeting has been pushed back from February to a later date, without providing any details.

"Germany's response is astonishing to us in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as for the Polish state.The German government cannot answer a question that was never posed.Neither negotiations nor conciliatory discussions took place."That's what Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Arkadiusz Mularczyk had to say about Germany's newest refusal to pay Poland reparations for World War II.

The Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has survived five censure motions in the last week.She has used the emergency clause in the constitution  Article 49.3   to short circuit parliamentary debate on three occasions.Use of Article 49.3 is, theoretically, a last resort.It will become a weekly event, maybe even bi-weekly, in the next couple of months.