#political-crisis

#political-crisis

As expected, Berlin's Constitutional Court just decided that last year's state and district elections need to be repeated because of irregularities on Super Sunday.The same candidates will have to run again, including the Governing Mayor.Berlin, November 16th, 2022 (The Berlin Spectator) - Berlin is going through a political crisis.

Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein made sweeping gains in Northern Ireland's local elections, repeating its success from last year's assembly elections, when it became the largest party for the first time.With counting completed late Saturday, Sinn Fein, which seeks unification of Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland, took 144 of 462 local government seats an increase of 39 from the last local government elections in 2019.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces a rebellion from some fellow Conservatives, including his two immediate predecessors, when lawmakers vote Wednesday on his deal with the European Union to revise the rules governing Northern Ireland trade.Former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss said they would vote against the agreement, which is designed to resolve a thorny trade dispute that vexed U.K.-EU relations and triggered a political crisis in Belfast.

News that Rishi Sunak will take office as Britain's next prime minister  the third in less than two months  raised cheers in New Delhi, calls for stability from Europe and praise as a groundbreaking milestone from the US.World leaders lauded the significance of Sunak's victory as the UK's first prime minister of colour and the youngest in modern political history.

A hearing to vet security files ahead of an inquest into the death of IRA man Kevin McGuigan has been delayed.It had been due to take place in early June but a barrister for the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said this would not be feasible due to the volume of material to be prepared.Mr McGuigan, a father of nine, was shot in the Short Strand in Belfast in August 2015.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Midwives in Northern Ireland have voted to take industrial action short of a strike.The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) said in a formal ballot almost 94% of workers voted, in frustration over pay.

Following the meeting, the OBR said it will deliver an initial forecast next Friday on economic and fiscal prospects and the impact of the government's policies.The forecast will, as always, be based on our independent judgment about economic and fiscal prospects, and the impact of the government's policies.We will deliver the first iteration of that forecast to the chancellor on Friday October 7 and will set out the full timetable up to November 23 next week.The Treasury watchdog has brought forward its report on Kwasi Kwarteng's backfiring budget to next week, following an emergency meeting at No 10.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - The party of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday dissolved a provincial assembly in the country's northwest, where it held majority seats.Its rival, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League party, criticized the move, saying it meant to deepen the political crisis and force early parliamentary elections.

Imran Khan, who was arrested on corruption charges on Tuesday, was elected as Pakistan's prime minister in 2018 when he ran as a nationalist promising to fight corruption, revive the country's struggling economy and maintain an independent foreign policy that distanced Pakistan from the United States.

Imran Khan, who was arrested on corruption charges on Tuesday, was elected as Pakistan's prime minister in 2018 when he ran as a nationalist promising to fight corruption, revive the country's struggling economy and maintain an independent foreign policy that distanced Pakistan from the United States.

The City of Light is losing its lustre with tons of rubbish piling up on Paris pavements as sanitation workers went on strike for a ninth day.
he creeping squalor is the most visible sign of widespread anger over a Bill to raise the French retirement age by two years.The stench of rotting food has begun escaping from some rubbish bags and overflowing bins.

The shooting of Pakistan's former prime minster Imran Khan has created a new political crisis for the country.Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan is recovering after being shot at a rally in Wazirabad.A gunman opened fire, killing one man and injuring several others before being arrested.The attack has been condemned by politicians in the country and by international leaders.

Northern Ireland's political deadlock deepened Friday when the U.K. government delayed calling an early election for the Belfast-based Assembly after a deadline to restore the mothballed administration expired.The limbo means more uncertainty and delays to government decision-making at a time when many people in Northern Ireland are struggling with soaring food and energy prices.

French unions have announced a tenth day of strikes for Tuesday, March 28th in their ongoing battle to derail the French government's controversial pension reform.Published: 23 March 2023 20:10 CET French trade unions have called for a new day of nation-wide strikes and protests next Tuesday (March 28th), which will coincide with a scheduled visit by Britain's King Charles III to the country.

Montenegrins have voted in a presidential election that could help shape the small Adriatic country's attitude towards the West and its relations with neighboring Serbia.Voters in Montenegro cast ballots on Sunday in a presidential election marred by political turmoil and uncertainty over whether the tiny Balkan NATO member state would go ahead with its bid to join the EU or seek to improve ties with Serbia and Russia.

The French government is to face two no-confidence motions amid street protests, strikes and roadblocks in opposition to Emmanuel Macron's decision to push through an unpopular rise in the pension age without a parliament vote.The no-confidence votes are taking place on Monday afternoon against a backdrop of increasing tension on the streets, after clashes between protesters and police in Paris at the weekend and demonstrations in cities around the country.

Almost 15 years ago, on a cold winter evening in Rawalpindi, Pakistan's most popular politician was killed at a political rally, just weeks before elections that she was expected to win.When news came in late on Thursday evening that former prime minister Imran Khan - now unquestionably Pakistan's dominant political figure - had been shot at a political rally, it was hard not to recall the turmoil following Benazir Bhutto's assassination.

Issued on: 30/10/2022 - 11:50 03:12 Lebanese president Michel Aoun gives a speech on the maritime border agreement between Lebanon and Israel in the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, October 13, 2022.Dalati Nohra via AP Michel Aoun was vacating Lebanon's presidential palace on Sunday amid acclaim from his supporters a day before his mandate expires without a designated successor, threatening a new power vacuum in the crisis-torn country.