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Reform UK could impact next election outcome

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UNITED KINGDOM

As Reform is polling nationally at 13% and has performed strongly in recent by-elections, the defection is a blow to the Conservatives' chances of retaining voters in former…

New Zambia cabinet signals compromises, not solutions

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ZAMBIA

It is the new government's first major policy statement, which in part reflects the influence of the 'pro-business' camp to whom President Edgar Lungu owes political debts…

Guinea-Bissau’s Embalo will seek to centralise power

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GUINEA-BISSAU

The end to the UN peace operation came almost three months after the departure of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mission in Guinea Bissau (ECOMIB). The…

France’s Macron shifts focus to elections

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FRANCE

Macron hopes Attal can rescue his centrist alliance from a defeat by Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) in the EU elections in June. In the longer term, he has anointed…

Slow population growth will pose challenges in Brazil

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BRAZIL

The demographic survey also revealed that the centre-west -- whose economy is largely powered by the long-booming agribusiness sector -- is growing more quickly than any other…

Saudi Arabia will manage construction capacity

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SAUDI ARABIA

The move aims to strengthen the construction sector’s capacity to deliver building and infrastructure projects under the country’s economic modernisation plan, Vision 2030. This…

Peru subnational elections highlight party weaknesses

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PERU

Subnational elections across the country saw a further rebuff to Peru’s longer established parties, many of whose elected representatives are widely reviled. Outside Lima, the…

FDP setbacks increase risk of instability in Germany

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GERMANY

Voters appear to be punishing the party because it has not differentiated itself enough from its centre-left coalition partners. Following its recent electoral defeat in Lower…

Assembly campaign will raise Venezuela tensions

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VENEZUELA

The build-up to Venezuela's December 6 elections shows continuity with conflictive electoral cycles of the past 15 years. Inconclusive opinion polls caution against a bullish…

Prospects for Turkey to end-2018

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PROSPECTS H2 2018

Prospects for Turkey to end-2018.