Somalia’s parliament has extended the terms of office of both its members and the president by one year. As a result, both lawmakers and the president will now be able to remain in office for five years. The opposition has rejected the constitutional amendment and is calling for elections to be held in May.
By Redaktion Table
Poland will continue to play a strong role in Europe even after Karol Nawrocki’s victory in the presidential election, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said. He also expressed confidence that the government would win the vote of confidence on Wednesday.
By Stephan Israel
This is not how Donald Tusk imagined the final weeks of his EU Council presidency. The head of government wanted to strengthen Poland's role in Europe, but after Karol Nawrocki's narrow election victory, the country is weakened.
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In the second round of Poland’s presidential election, it’s a neck-and-neck race: Trzaskowski, the Civic Platform candidate, is focusing his efforts on mobilizing non-voters.
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The hopes of the "pro-Europeans" rested on him: Nicușor Dan, winner of math Olympiads as a child. In 2020, he became mayor of Bucharest as an independent. As president, he plans to fight corruption.
By Frank Stier
Rafał Trzaskowski has achieved a disappointing result in the presidential election in Poland as the candidate of Donald Tusk's Civic Coalition. The run-off election with the right-wing populist Karol Nawrocki from the PiS is likely to be extremely close.
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Liberal mayor Nicușor Dan has won Romania’s presidential election, but far-right candidate George Simion rejected the result and falsely declared himself the winner on election night.
By Stephan Israel
The run-off election in Romania will also decide whether the country remains on a pro-Western course: The far-right George Simion is the favorite going into the second round on Sunday. However, the pro-European challenger and Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan has recently caught up.
By Frank Stier
Romania's interim head of state, Ilie Bolojan, has appointed Catalin Predoiu (PNL), the former Minister of the Interior, as acting Prime Minister. The EPP Group is calling on Romania's Social Democrats (PSD) to come out clearly in favor of the pro-European candidate ahead of the run-off vote.
By Stephan Israel
