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South Africa polls will fuel coalition questions

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SOUTH AFRICA

However, its leading competitors, the Democratic Alliance (DA) and radical populist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), have not clearly benefitted from its decline. Moreover, the…

Thailand’s post-election landscape could shift

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THAILAND

The coalition they have formed comprises 313 out of 500 House of Representatives members-elect. It will require the backing of at least 376 lawmakers across the House and…

Latvia’s unwieldy new government will be reform-averse

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LATVIA

Latvia’s second female prime minister leads an ideologically diverse coalition led by her centrist New Unity (JV) party, and including the left-wing Progressives (PRO) and the…

A new Polish government must undo PiS state capture

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POLAND

The United Right (ZP) coalition gained most votes, but lacked a government-forming majority. The opposition -- the Civic Coalition (KO), the Third Way (TD) coalition of Szymon…

North Macedonia vote may delay move to free EU impasse

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NORTH MACEDONIA

Polls suggest the opposition Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation-Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE) will win the parliamentary elections, although the…

Latvia's ruling coalition may go through a reshuffle

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LATVIA

The election of Rinkevics, who has been Latvia’s foreign minister since 2011, indicates that there will be continuity in setting foreign policy, in which an activist president can…

Nordic far right may draw some voters but deter others

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SCANDINAVIA

Anna Koskela said she liked revving her car engine to scare young male immigrants from “underdeveloped countries” who ignored pedestrian crossings, describing them with a term…

Germany’s NSS highlights divisions over strategy

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GERMANY

The NSS provides a comprehensive analysis of German security interests following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but fails to develop a clear roadmap for German security policy…

State polls bring risks for Malaysia’s Anwar

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MALAYSIA

The polls will be a major test for the ‘unity government’, whose two main coalitions are Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan (PH) and its erstwhile rival Barisan…

Slovak elections may yield a broad centrist coalition

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SLOVAKIA

Slovakia is facing early general elections in September, with former Prime Minister Robert Fico’s Direction-Social Democracy (Smer-SD) hoping to regain power. Progressive Slovakia…