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| Local elections take place in Germany and Italy RTE.ie Local elections are taking place in Germany and Italy today where Angela Merkel and Mario Monti will get insights into their leadership ahead of nationalelections. Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a knife-edge state election that could provide vital ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Merkel's party set for photo finish in state vote Chicago Tribune ... Germans voted a new parliament in the state of Schleswig-Holstein on Sunday, with Angela Merkel's conservatives fighting to prevent a loss of localpower to their Social Democrat rivals that could dent the chancellor's 2013 re-election hopes. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Italy local vote provides test for Monti austerity Chicago Tribune ROME (Reuters) - Italians went to the polls in local elections on Sunday that will provide the first concrete test of voter resistance to Prime Minister Mario Monti's increasingly unpopular austerity policies since he came to office last year. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| German state votes in test for Merkel's coalition Huffington Post About 2.24 million people were eligible to vote, but turnout at 38 percent by early afternoon local time was lower than in the previous state elections, according to the state's election commission. Recent polls showed the state's current coalition ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Hamish McRae: Why France must be more like Germany The Independent Click here to view the graphic There are some local elections in Italy that will give some sort of feeling as to the support for the "technocratic" government of Mario Monti. There will also be a local election in Schleswig-Holstein, inGermany, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Hollande, Sarkozy Square Off in France in Key Vote for Euro Zone Wall Street Journal By WILLIAM HOROBIN PARIS—French voters took to the polls Sunday to select their next president, in a closely watched election that could influence the euro zone's response to its protracted sovereign-debt crisis, after a campaign overshadowed by the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| French voters to decide republic's fate Sydney Morning Herald Germany and Italy were staging regional and local elections that would also serve as barometers of voters' anger. These polls come only days after British voters humiliated Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron - and effectively slammed his tough ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Campaigning over, politicians await critical Greek vote Chicago Tribune Local media underlined the importance of the vote as a ban in campaigning came into effect a day before the polls opened. "With the tough dilemma of staying in the euro or bankruptcy, voters head to the polls in the most crucialelection showdown in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| French election outcome unlikely to rock local bourse: analysts Focus Taiwan News Channel Taipei, May 6 (CNA) The outcome of the French presidential election Sunday will likely have only limited impact on the local bourse, analysts said that day. Despite wide expectations that French President Nicolas Sarkozy's Socialist rival, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sarkozy faces defeat as France heads to polls | Reuters By John Irish and Sybille de La Hamaide | PARIS (Reuters) - France voted on Sunday in elections which could crown Francois Hollande as its first Socialist president in nearly two decades, marking a leftward shift at the heart of Europe and making ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Angry Greeks vote in cliffhanger election Reuters Many feel that threats about Greece's future in Europe if they do not stay the debt-cutting course are not credible despite a warning from euro zone paymaster Germany that there would be "consequences" to an anti-bailout vote. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Unease on the Western Front Hindustan Times Just a day before the French polls, the results of local government elections in Britain would have stirred Hollande and other European socialists. The ruling Conservative party was mauled, punished for Prime Minister David Cameron's spending cuts. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Armenia's parliamentary vote a test for Sarkisian WGME YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) -- Armenians are voting for a new parliament, and the nation's president hopes the election will give him a majority among the legislators. President Serge Sarkisian's Republican Party is expected to win Sunday's election, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Sarkozy faces defeat as France heads to polls GMA News PARIS - France voted on Sunday in elections which could crown Francois Hollande as its first Socialist president in nearly two decades, marking a leftward shift at the heart of Europe and making Nicolas Sarkozy the region's 11th leader to be toppled by ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syrian opposition figures urge election boycott WGME Congress is considering plans to take spectrum away from local TV stations and sell it to other industries that would charge the public monthly subscription fees. Some in Congress want to sell local TV ... The Budget Control Act of 2011 created a joint ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Greeks vote in cliffhanger election Stuff.co.nz Euro zone paymaster Germany has warned there would be "consequences" to an anti-bailout vote and the EU and IMF insist whoever wins the election must keep implementing tough austerity measures to keep receiving the aid the debt-choked country needs to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Germany: Neonazi-Salafi clashes in Bonn, 30 police hurt Agenzia Giornalistica Italia ... advice of the local authorities. Some Salafis broke through a police security cordon and attacked the exhibition space with sticks and stones. The incident is part of the election campaign in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populousGerman state, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Extreme right on the rise in Greece The News Journal It's one that could see Europe's most extreme right deputies take up seats in Greece's Parliament in crucial elections today. Black-clad Golden Dawn party members have been storming across the campaign trail in Greece, stopping to chat at cafes and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Marika Mitsotakis, wife of former Greek PM, dies WGME Their daughter, Dora Bakoyannis, a former mayor of Athens and a former foreign minister, is running in Sunday's election at the head of centrist Democratic Coalition. The couple's only son, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is seeking re-election with the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Serbia votes in general elections on Sunday EMportal The Serbian people will vote on Sunday, May 6, to elect the new president and national, provincial and local parliaments.The total number of polling stations in Serbia and abroad is 8390 and 7026579 voters will be able to use them. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Euro fans face 'criminal' police CNN International According to the report, one recent case in the western city of Lviv -- whereGermany, Portugal and Denmark will play -- details how two men were beaten, robbed and then imprisoned by six police officers after a disagreement in a bar. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| France divides... and Europe pays the price The Independent Mr Hollande insists that this is a European as well as a French election. His victory, he says, would rescue the floundering European Union from itsGerman-imposed obsession with austerity and create new growth and hope through EU-wide capital ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Yulia Tymoshenko: Ukraine's bruised firebrand The Guardian Last week, Angela Merkel announced she and the entire German cabinet will boycott the 2012 European football championships, which Ukraine is co-hosting with Poland, unless Tymoshenko is freed. Merkel said she wouldn't attendGermany's match against the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sarkozy or Hollande? A Critical Choice for the Future of the EU NEWS JUNKIE POST On Sunday May 6, France will elect its next president. Beside the consequences for French people, this presidential election has geopolitical and economic ramifications for the policies, the cohesion, and even the survival of the European Union. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bad Week In Europe Spells Opportunity (FXE, EUO, EWP, EWI, EFZ) Wall Street Sector Selector Local elections in Germany and Italy will exhibit public mood towards their respective national governments and ongoing austerity programs. Spain's unemployment continues to be more than troublesome with 25% of the population unemployed and more than ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Venus Williams beats Halep in Madrid 1st round KFVS Greeks began voting at precisely 7 am local time (0400 GMT, 12 am EDT) in their most critical - and uncertain - election in decades, with voters set to punish the two main parties that are being held responsible for the... Greeks cast ballots on Sunday ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| European stocks fall as Spain enters a recession Taipei Times Local elections will test Italy's political pulse, and voters in a northern state may deal a symbolic blow to German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition. “It still looks as if Francois Hollande will end up owning the keys of the Elysee Palace come ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| EUR/USD Outlook May 7-11 | Forex Crunch By Yohay In the long run, Germany will have to adapt itself to the new atmosphere. A surprise victory for Sarkozy will boost the euro in the short term. Local German elections: Sunday. Angela Merkel's CDU party is expected to lose ground in the small ... Forex Crunch |
| Local elections take place in Germany and Italy Local elections are taking place in Germany and Italy today where Angela ...faces a knife-edge state election that could provide vital clues to Germany'spolitical ... www.rte.ie/.../local-elections-take-place-in-germany-and-italy.... |
| German doctors to treat Tymoshenko at local hospital Ukraine's prison service said Friday that German doctors are at a prison ...German doctors to treat Tymoshenko at local hospital ... They charge that Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, Tymoshenko's rival in the 2010 presidential election, ... www.foxnews.com/.../german-doctors-visit-jailed-tymoshenko... |
| In German 2012 Elections, Pirates Rule the Vote The Pirate Boat - Still big enough for a new Federal German Party? ... InGermany , little seems to be more influential in politics than the countless local elections ... www.policymic.com/.../in-german-2012-elections-pirates-rule-... |
| Hamish McRae: Why France must be more like Germany There will also be a local election in Schleswig-Holstein, in Germany, which will be ... Taken as a whole, German industry has made a quite remarkable recovery ... www.independent.co.uk/.../hamish-mcrae-why-france-must-be... |
| Party plans Mohammed cartoons 'election tactic' - The Local The Local: Germany's news in English ... the state in the run-up to theelection on May 13, staging protests in Cologne, Bonn, ... The election there is on May 13. www.thelocal.de/politics/20120430-42257.html |
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