Politics

Canada to the Polls, Future Prime Minister Trudeau at stake
20Sep By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Canada, News, Politics

Canada to the Polls, Future Prime Minister Trudeau at stake

Canadians will go to the polls on Monday to elect a parliament. Progressive Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (49) appears to be heading for a third term but is expected to return to rule without guaranteeing the support of a majority of parliament. Polls suggest that the balance of power in the House of Commons will hardly change. There, Trudeau's Liberal Party now has 155 of the 338 seats, less than half. The prime minister tried to win votes at the last minute on Sunday by campaigning in key districts in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. The prime minister has headed a minority government for two years and is likely to remain so after the election. Still, it would be a historic achievement if his party were to be the biggest again. He would then be the eighth prime minister in Canad...
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Trump Claims Pennsylvania Election Victory By the Judge
19Nov By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Politics, News, US

Trump Claims Pennsylvania Election Victory By the Judge

President Donald Trump's campaign team on Wednesday demanded that Trump be declared the winner in the state of Pennsylvania.   Team Trump believes that the state parliament, where Republicans hold the majority, should select the electors to elect the eventual president. In the documents submitted, the Trump campaign asks the federal judge to declare election results in Pennsylvania "imperfect" and order the state parliament to select electors. The request is part of a series of adjustments by the Trump campaign to the Pennsylvania lawsuit. Trump's Democratic challenger Joe Biden won the election with an expected number of 306 electors, against Trump's 232. Whoever has 270 or more electors is the winner. If Trump manages to turn the outcome in Pennsylvania (20 electors) in his fa...
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Republicans Launch Legal Offensive Over Nevada Vote
6Nov By Alan LorenzNo Comments
US, News, Politics

Republicans Launch Legal Offensive Over Nevada Vote

The United States Department of Justice is investigating allegations by President Donald Trump's campaign team about alleged voting fraud in the western state of Nevada.   Lawyers for the presidential campaign team said it would be postal votes from voters who no longer reside in the state. A Justice Department official said the ministry would investigate the allegations. It is the first sign that Trump's Attorney General William Barr may be interfering with the election process. The Democrats firmly deny that there is voter fraud in the state of Nevada (6 electors), where their captain Joe Biden has a lead of about 11,000 votes (0.9 percent) over President Trump in Friday morning's standings. Following the Trump campaign, two Republican parliamentary candidates have also decided...
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First US Election Debate Unprecedented Chaotic and Harsh
30Sep By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Politics, News, US

First US Election Debate Unprecedented Chaotic and Harsh

The first debate between US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden has been unprecedented chaotic.   The two, who discussed Trump's leadership, the corona pandemic, racism, the economy and the integrity of the upcoming presidential election, among other things, exchanged insults on several occasions. Trump ran into hard not only with Biden but also with debate leader Chris Wallace because of his many interruptions. Wallace could not control the debate. The verbal brawl between the two candidates made it difficult for both to make a coherent argument. Biden adhered to the pre-arranged agreements considerably better than Trump and became visibly irritated by his repeated interruptions. "Can you shut up, man?" He snapped at the president. "This is so non-pr...
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Voters in Belarus Can Vote for Presidential Elections From Tuesday
4Aug By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Politics, Belarus, News

Voters in Belarus Can Vote for Presidential Elections From Tuesday

Voters in Belarus can vote for Sunday's presidential elections from Tuesday. Then authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko (65) hopes to be re-elected.   The opposition fears fraud and calls on voters to wait a little longer to vote. Early voting is for people who don't have time this weekend, according to state media. Opposition candidate Svetlana Tichanovskaja does not trust the authorities and has asked supporters to vote only on the last day. Then there would be less time for tampering with ballot papers. 37-year-old Tichanovskaya has also called on followers to wear a white bracelet. In her opinion, independent observers can better estimate how much support there is for her candidacy. Observers also take into account cheating in the elections in the former Soviet state, whi...
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Macron Wants A Referendum on the Revision of the Constitution With Climate Goals
29Jun By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Politics, Europe, France, News

Macron Wants A Referendum on the Revision of the Constitution With Climate Goals

French President Emmanuel Macron wants to hold a referendum on a revision of the climate change constitution if parliament allows it.   He wants to be able to switch faster in the field of climate and environmentally friendly policymaking, he said on Monday. He also pledged EUR 15 billion in additional funding to accelerate the transition to a greener economy. Macron thus responded to proposals from a Climate Council, which he had instituted to set a new course for France's ecological agenda. However, Macron said he disagrees with the Council's proposal for a 4 percent dividend tax to help fund new environmental policies. That would only discourage investment, he said. He also supported a proposal for a moratorium on new commercial zones on the city's fringes, saying he would con...
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The Referendum on Changing the Russian Constitution Will Take Place on July 1
1Jun By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Politics, News, Russia

The Referendum on Changing the Russian Constitution Will Take Place on July 1

The referendum on changing the Russian constitution will take place on July 1. The change aims to ensure that President Vladimir Putin can stay on longer.   Putin himself announced the new date on Monday. The vote was scheduled for April 22 but was postponed due to the coronavirus. The changes have already been approved in parliament and by the Constitutional Court of Russia. If the people also agree, Putin can remain president for two more six-year terms if he is re-elected. Then he can stay in power until 2036.
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EU Agrees Brexit Delay Until January 31 Ahead of UK Election
28Oct By Carol WilliamsNo Comments
Politics, News

EU Agrees Brexit Delay Until January 31 Ahead of UK Election

The European Union affords the Great Britain until 31 January to go out of the Union. Which had been determined through the EU ambassadors through the 27 other Member States right after the British experienced requested an extension. Brussels also allows London to depart the Union previously, in case the British emerge previously.   The European Union provides the British yet another three months to organize the exit from your Union. Generally, the Great Britain had to leave the European Union on October 31, so following Thursday. Because the British themselves have not appear but, they had requested a delay the other day. They have got received that now, records Donald Tusk, the President in the European Council. Tusk provides that the exact process has yet to get composed. That w...
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May Wants To ‘Explore All Options’ To Break Deadlock Brexit
25Oct By Alan LorenzNo Comments
UK, News, Politics

May Wants To ‘Explore All Options’ To Break Deadlock Brexit

May Wants to 'Explore all options' to Break deadlock Brexit. British Prime Minister Theresa May told the British Parliament on Monday that she is prepared to "examine all permissible choices" to break the deadlock in the talks about the exit of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union.   A Brexit deal must be on the table before 29 March 2019, after which the 21-month transition period starts. The main concerns in the discussions on the new relationship between the UK and the EU are the rights of EU citizens in the UK and British in the EU, the outstanding bill that the UK still has to pay and the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. May said Monday to the MPs that the deal is now around 95 percent, but that the Irish border is still a "pretty bottleneck"...
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Leave Campaign Defends against Violations of Electoral Law in Brexit
5Jul By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Politics, Europe, News, US

Leave Campaign Defends against Violations of Electoral Law in Brexit

The director of the official campaign for the departure of Great Britain from the European Union, Vote Leave, has today denied that his organisation had committed irregularities in the run-up to the referendum in June 2016. The reason is the forthcoming publication of a report from the British Electoral Commission, in which an overrun of the expenditure ceiling and violations on the electoral law would be determined. According to director Matthew Elliott, the electoral commission will denounce in its report that Vote Leave has tampered with the accounts. "Their initial conclusion is that we have exceeded the expenditure ceiling, that we donated to another group during the campaign, which we should not have done", he said on Sky News. Central to the report is a donation of more than 60...
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