Gina Pavone – Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa* Will parties run enough women, and will they be placed in electable positions on electoral lists? Besides electoral systems, determination and concrete action are required to incentivise female representation. Let’s take a… Continue Reading
Nikolaj Nielsen – EUobserver.com ,Brussels (*) Women across Europe don’t tend to vote as much in European elections, compared with men, posing questions on the growing gender gap in both politics and representation in the European Parliament. Data, based on… Continue Reading
Cristina Sampaio – Movimento europeo in Italia (Rome) As the 23-26 May European elections are coming closer, the European Movement in Italy and the Academic Agora Europe network have listed “ten priorities for a united, democratic and supportive Europe, as… Continue Reading
By Hall Gardner* In commenting on the new status of Chinese President Xi as president for life, President Trump quipped: “And look, he was able to do that. I think it’s great. Maybe we’ll give that a shot someday.” (March… Continue Reading
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky* – Global Research The President (Speaker) of the Venezuelan National Assembly and leader of the majority party (Democratic Unity Roundtable) Juan Guaido has been endorsed as (self-proclaimed) interim president of Venezuela by President Trump in the name of democracy: Today, I… Continue Reading
Analysis, by Tom Phillips* – The Guardian The US and other states rushed to recognise Juan Guaidó but the path to dislodging the country’s leftwing leader is unclear Venezuela’s political crisis was turned on its head on Wednesday as a… Continue Reading
By Craig Timberg , Tony Romm and Elizabeth Dwoskin – The Washington Post Months after President Trump took office, Russia’s disinformation teams trained their sights on a new target: special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. Having worked to help get… Continue Reading
