“The very soul of Europe is at risk,” warned Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. During the two-day meeting in Rome, politicians cast around for ideas and strategies to reverse the curve. “We should respond to the worries of our citizens,” Belgian Socialist Party lead candidate Elio Di Rupo told POLITICO, noting that the far right … Read more
National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz leads in the latest political poll with a significant lead along with his party, the weekly political survey conducted for Maariv showed. Gantz’s lead increased by two mandates, showing National Unity would have 41 seats if elections were held today. The survey for Maariv was conducted by Lazar … Read more
Who’s left? With an election looming, none of the One Nation members’ preferred candidates have indicated they would stand in a future leadership contest, and there remains a lack of certainty over who will even be an MP after polling day. Constituency by constituency polling by YouGov earlier this year suggested both Mordaunt and Shapps … Read more
But now, AfD leaders hope to make amends, particularly ahead of the European Parliament election in June in which both parties are poised to make significant gains, according to POLITICO’s Poll of Polls. AfD co-leader Alice Weidel has promised to send a letter to Le Pen providing “explanations” regarding the AfD politicians’ participation in the … Read more
As the Gaza war continues and hostage release negotiations remain stuck, poll results remained fairly steady compared to past weeks, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionist Party still below the electoral threshold, according to a new poll conducted by Lazar Research, led by Dr. Menachem Lazar, in collaboration with Panel4All, for Maariv on … Read more
The fall of the “red wall” to triumphant Tories became the dominant story of the 2019 election. But this time around, things are very different: most seats simply don’t exist in their previous form following a review of constituency boundaries, and Labour looks likely to make gains across the board. POLITICO looked at the most … Read more
Benny Gantz’s National Unity party maintained its strong lead in new polls published on Sunday as the majority of the Israeli public expressed support for calling early elections. According to polls by both Channel 13 and N12, Gantz’s party would earn 37 seats, while Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud would only earn 18 seats. According to … Read more
Amid stale deliberations on the Gaza and northern fronts regarding a potential ceasefire, unresolved issues regarding captives, and the controversial provision of humanitarian aid that largely reaches the hands of Hamas, the National Unity Party faces another setback, losing an additional two mandates in this week’s Maariv poll. In contrast, Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit … Read more
While the European Parliament was unable to send a delegation to monitor polling stations as it has in previous years, the chairman of the Russian Federation Council’s foreign affairs committee, Grigory Karasin, told local media the polls were being organized effectively and could even act as a model for Russia’s own presidential election later this … Read more
A new party of IDF reservists who served in the Gaza Strip would receive 10 seats if led by former communications minister Yoaz Hendel, a poll conducted for The Jerusalem Post found this week. The poll also found that a reservists’ party headed by other candidates with a military background would garner strong support. … Read more
