French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party won a massive majority in parliamentary elections on Sunday, June, 18, early projections showed, dominating the country’s traditional forces in a dramatic re-drawing of the political map. Macron’s year-old Republic on the Move (REM) and their allies were set to win between 355 and 425 seats in the 577-seat…
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Sturgeon for “the least bad” Brexit
Scotland’s government informed it wanted to meet all parties to work out “the least bad Brexit for Scotland,” arguing that the change in the political landscape made such talks necessary. The Edinburgh government, run by Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party (SNP), had argued that meant Scots should have a new vote on leaving the UK,…
#Catalonia: Who is afraid of democracy?
Jordi Solé i Ferrando, MEP, OPINION Those who would deny Catalonia’s right to self-determination said back in 2015 that Catalan voters would never elect a majority of pro-independence MPs to our parliament, but we did. Then they said that the pro-independence coalition would be too divided to agree on a new President and a new…
Macron conquers National Assembly
With 90% of voters accounted for, President of France Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche! (Republic on the Move -LREM) and his MoDem ally head by François Bayrou had won 31.9 percent support, Interior Ministry results showed. The conservative party ‘Les Républicains and allied centre-right Union of Democrats and Independents held 18.9% the National Front 13.8% and the Socialists…
Ukraine celebrates visa-free to EU
Ukrainians are celebrating the first day of visa-free travel to most EU countries, which President Petro Poroshenko welcomed as a “a final exit of our country from the Russian Empire.” The liberalized regime entered into force on June 11, allowing Ukrainian citizens who have biometric passports to enter all EU member states other than Ireland…
Germany to withdraw from Incirlik
Germany has no choice but to withdraw the Bundeswehr deployment from the strategic air base Incirlik, foreign minister said. Authorities have considered several countries for the relocation of the troops, including Jordan. #German FM #Gabriel has confirmed that all #German soldiers and aircraft will leave #Incirlik Airbase in #Turkey. pic.twitter.com/f77A5ud5HF — WorldOnAlert (@worldonalert) June 5,…
Riga’s Mayor Ushakov renews his mandate
The combined list, headed by the current mayor of Riga, Nil Ushakov, has retained the majority in Latvia’s capital – Riga, although they lost seven seats in Saturday, 3.06.2017, elections, TASS agency reports referring to the CEC. The local government elections were watched closely by Russian community in Latvia, where around 200 000 persons haven’t…
Russia blames Kiev a sabotage of Minsk peace deal
Russian Federation sees a growing number of attempts by Kiev to torpedo the Minsk peace agreements, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said during the Fort Ross Dialogue forum on Tuesday, on 30th of May, 2017. https://twitter.com/ENnewsfront/status/869502046399057920 “We see a growing and increasing sabotage by the Ukrainian political leadership in regard to implementing the Minsk…
Juncker: Ukraine’s future – European
“Today’s vote in the Dutch Senate sends an important signal from the Netherlands and the entire European Union to our Ukrainian friends: Ukraine’s place is in Europe. Ukraine’s future lies with Europe.” – says the statement of the president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker. “I would like to thank the Dutch government and the…
Moldovan diplomats expel Russian conterparts
Moldovan President Igor Dodon has expressed outrage following the Moldovan Foreign Ministry’s decision to expel five Russian diplomats. The president called it a “direct provocation.” “I want to say that I am deeply embarrassed by this unfriendly step [taken] by the Moldovan diplomatic service and condemn it in the strongest possible terms,” Dodon wrote in…
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