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New Finnish President Alexander Stubb of the ruling centre-right National Coalition won the Finnish presidential election on the 11th of February. However, was sworn in on the first of march. The results showcase the prevailing popularity of the National Coalition. Alongside reflecting the electorate closely attributing the governments decisions to
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1 year ago marked the first bitter anniversary of the Russo-Ukraine war. The continent was stabilising in unstable times, or at leats growing more accustomed. Support remained strong for the Ukrainian cause, however, future support hinged on the spring offensive we now know did not go as well as hoped.
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Europe Increases Support for Ukraine as US Remains in Deadlock The United States has seen much division regarding sending further aid to the Ukraine. Republicans on Capitol Hill have significantly slowed down if not hindered Democrats from giving more aid. The American aid has been vital to Ukraine's
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2024 is not just a presidential election year; governorships, house seats and notably the upper house within Congress, the Senate, is holding vital elections. The 2022 midterms saw the democrats retain an unprecedented majority, even extending their majority by 1 (in a body made up by 100). The Senate map
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Indonesian Presidential Election After 10 years in office the popular Joko Widodo of the centre to center-left has stepped aside, due to term limits. Prabowo Subianto utilised the circumstances to ensure his victory for the right-wing Gerindra party. Mr Subianto contested the presidency in 2019 and is therefor a recognised
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It's well over a decade since Britain had a Labour Prime Minister, 1 reason is the party's collapse in Scotland. The exceptional rise of the SNP entailed the fall of Labour. 40 seats were lost in 2015 - the retention of those seats for later elections
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Dutch Coalition Talks Collapse The Dutch party New Social Contract has ended coalition talks with far-right PVV. This is a major blow to the PVV's efforts to form a majority government. The NSC has stated they will continue negotiating the prospects of supporting a PVV-led government, however, would
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With President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump set for a 2024 rematch we've looked at polls, past presidential election results from 1980 and onwards alongside other elections such as governor, senate and house elections to see if the results might be any different. Both candidates are
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Stormont Deal After nearly 2 years of the Northern Irish devolved government being inactive, the DUP has decided to restore the government. This is due to a Westminister government pledge of a new post-Brexit trade deal. The past situation was seen as unacceptable by the Unionist forces of Northern Ireland
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One year ago Europe was seeing inflation rates starting to decrease, an energy crisis slowing down and the economy beginning to progress across the board. In such circumstances, many would assume the non-establishment parties might begin to suffer. However, with Europe seemingly moving from one crisis to the next; seeing
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Ron DeSantis Drops Out of the GOP Primary Florida governor Ron DeSantis once seen as the main contender to challenge former president Trump for the Republican presidential nomination has dropped out of the race. Due to the abysmal polling in recent months alongside weak Iowa caucus results. Furthermore, early states
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The first Republican primary has been concluded, ushering in a stark reality for those seeking to challenge Donald J. Trump. Mr Trump emerged victorious in the Iowa caucus, achieving the largest victory margin in GOP history. Winning the most votes in 98 out of Iowa's 99 counties, he