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Finland’s election touches Portugal’s bailout demand

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:23:18 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The strong showing of Finland’s nationalist True Finns party in elections Sunday 17 April have put a damper on Portugal’s bid for a European Union financial bailout. The party zoomed from 6 to 39 seats in parliamentary elections, taking third place after the Conservative party, with 44 seats and the opposition Social Democrats with 42 [...]

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Irish parties struggle to form coalition government

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:19:59 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Ireland’s political parties are slowly working through the issues that will face a new coalition government, even as recounts from are underway in some areas, notably Galway West. The Irish Times reports that “Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny and Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore will meet again this morning to continue talks on the formation [...]

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Ireland is a little less green as party leaves coalition

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:07:14 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Ireland is faced with the prospect of an election earlier than the one the prime minister has called for 11 March, with the Green Party leaving the ruling coalition Sunday 23 January. Prime Minister Brian Cowen called for an election Thursday, after six ministers resigned from the government, and he then said he would not [...]

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Australians wake up to hung parliament

Sean Ecker — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:19:22 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Australia’s general election Saturday, 21 August, has resulted in a dead heat with both major parties short of an outright majority, even as vote counting goes on in some areas. The ruling Labour Party claims 73 seats in the new parliament as does the Liberal and National (conservative) Coalition. A majority requires 76 seats. Three [...]

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Belgian gov’t falls over language issues

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:16:41 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Yves LeTerme, Belgium’s prime minister, has handed his resignation to King Albert after the Flemish liberal Party, VLD, withdrew from LeTerme’s coalition government in a long-running dispute about the rights of French-speakers in Dutch-speaking areas. The resignation, which has reportedly not yet been accepted by the king, follows an emergency cabinet meeting Thursday evening. Links [...]

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Merkel’s win spells end for “grand coalition” in German government

Sean Ecker — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:40:52 +0000

GenevaLunch.com German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU centre-right bloc polled almost 34 percent in the German general election Sunday 27 September while her government coalition partners, the centre-left socialist party, SPD, obtained their worst results since the Second World War, with 23.4 percent. The results allow Merkel to ditch the socialists and open talks with the business-friendly [...]

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