Greece’s ruling conservatives suffer setbacks in regional, municipal elections

ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s ruling New Democracy party suffered a setback in Sunday’s runoff elections for regional governors and mayors, losing the country’s two largest cities and five of the six regional contests. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had explicitly said that his goal was to win all 13 regions plus the cities of Athens, Thessaloniki … Read more

Germany’s conservatives set to win state elections with far-right making gains

Skyscrapers of the city center can be seen from the Lohrberg in the north of Frankfurt. Photo: Arne Dedert/dpa (Photo by Arne Dedert/picture alliance via Getty Images) Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Germany’s conservative opposition was slated to win two state elections while the far-right gained ground on Sunday, exit polls showed, … Read more

Polish opposition head Donald Tusk leads march to boost chances to unseat conservatives in election

Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk is leading a march in Warsaw to mobilize supporters and boost the chances of unseating the conservative government in upcoming parliamentary elections Poland’s opposition leader and former prime minister, Donald Tusk, addressing an election campaign rally in Otwock, Poland, on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. Tusk is leading a march in … Read more

Leader of Spain’s conservatives expected to lose on his first chance to become prime minister

Barring a last-minute surprise, the leader of Spain’s conservatives will miss on his first shot to become the country’s next prime minister when the parliament votes on his petition to form a government ByJOSEPH WILSON Associated Press September 27, 2023, 4:25 AM Alberto Nunez Feijoo adjusts his glasses during an investiture session at the Spanish … Read more

Faculty board in Missouri, now managed by conservatives, revokes anti-racism decision

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Within the nationwide reckoning that adopted the police killing of George Floyd three years in the past, about 2,000 protesters took to the streets in a St. Louis suburb and urged the principally white Francis Howell Faculty District to handle racial discrimination. The varsity board responded with a decision promising to … Read more

Greek conservatives storm to victory in election

STORY: An formidable plan to rework Greece. Kyriakos Mitsotakis wasn’t wanting targets within the speedy aftermath of his re-election as Greek Prime Minister on Sunday. The conservative incumbent noticed his centre-right New Democracy Occasion triumph within the polls, giving him a second four-year time period in workplace. “In the present day we are going to … Read more

Mitsotakis’s conservatives clinch landslide Greece election win

Conservative chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis gained Greece’s nationwide elections on Sunday with a transparent majority, securing a second time period throughout which he vowed to result in main reforms to remodel the nation. With practically all of the votes counted, Mitsotakis’s New Democracy celebration obtained a rating of over 40.5 %, nicely forward of the leftist … Read more