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“With 27 parties competing and no prospect of a majority, the Netherlands faces months of negotiation after a campaign dominated by housing shortages and migration policy.”
“MEPs voted 318 to 309 against the compromise on sustainability reporting rules, delaying Ursula von der Leyen's deregulation agenda and exposing fractures in the centrist coalition.”
“Voters choose mayors and councils across 81 municipalities while the country's EU bid remains blocked by Bulgaria, with the ruling VMRO-DPMNE leading polls but facing pressure over constitutional reform.”
“Five prime ministers in 17 months have exposed the structural fragility of a system built for presidential dominance, not parliamentary compromise.”
“The billionaire's party took 34.5% and 80 seats but needs support from two right-wing fringe parties to govern, while President Pavel signals he will not appoint a cabinet before November.”
“ANO took 35 percent of the vote, a record for a single party, yet every other parliamentary force has ruled out coalition talks, leaving the president and a fraud verdict as decisive factors.”
“Andrej Babiš's ANO party leads polls at 29 percent as Czechs vote Friday and Saturday, but coalition arithmetic and a pending fraud verdict complicate his path back to power.”
“PAS secures 50.16% of the vote and 55 seats, defying pre-election polls that predicted a tight race, while diaspora voters deliver 17.5% of ballots amid bomb scares and alleged vote-buying operations.”
“President Maia Sandu's Party of Action and Solidarity secured 50.2% of the vote, but the opposition disputes the result and Moscow alleges voting restrictions for Moldovans in Russia.”
“"The Netherlands has not had a single-party majority in more than a century."”
“"The 150-seat House of Representatives is elected by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency, with a threshold of just 0.67% guaranteeing a seat."”
“"This time, 27 parties are on the ballot."”
“"Polling averages suggest at least 16 will clear the threshold."”
“"No party is projected to exceed roughly 20% of the vote, meaning any governing majority of 76 seats will require at least four, and more likely five or six, partners."”
“"Their combined share has now fallen to just over 40%."”
“"The Netherlands is short of an estimated 400,000 homes."”
“"The GreenLeft/Labour alliance is polling around 26 seats, a modest improvement on its 2023 result."”
“"Timmermans has staked his campaign on housing, but his manifesto also includes a controversial net migration cap of 40,000 to 60,000 people a year."”
“"D66, under Rob Jetten, is the great mover of this campaign: from nine seats to a projected 23."”
“"The VVD is forecast to slump from 24 seats to perhaps 18."”
“"The Christian Democrats collapsed to just five seats in 2023."”
“"Polls suggest a recovery to as many as 22 seats for CDA."”
“"The BBB surged to 17 seats in 2023."”
“"The process took a record 299 days after the 2021 election; the 2023 formation took roughly six months."”
“"In the 1980s, the traditional centre-right and centre-left parties regularly commanded more than 80% of the vote between them."”
“sanctions that Hungary can veto every six months”
“by 318 votes to 309, with 34 abstentions”
“The EPP holds 188 seats, Renew 79 and the S&D 136”
“The Patriots hold 84 seats; the Greens 53; the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) 78; the Left 46”
“The Commission proposed the omnibus package in February”
“On Monday, 19 member states including Germany, France and Italy signed a letter calling for a 'constant stream' of simplification proposals”
“The Parliament must now vote again on its negotiating mandate during the November plenary session (17-20 November in Strasbourg)”
“The Federal Returning Officer's data from the February election shows the CDU/CSU at 28.5 percent”
“the AfD at 20.8 percent”
“the SPD at 16.4 percent”
“the Greens at 11.6 percent”
“the FDP below the five percent threshold”
“the AfD remains near its polling highs and faces five state elections in 2026.”
“promising a 25% cut in reporting burdens”
“targets 2027 combat readiness”
“a €3 billion package remains blocked”
“dismisses influence on 84 million voters”
“A European Parliament survey after the June 2024 elections found 42% of respondents cited cost of living as their main voting motivation.”
“Between 2010 and 2023, house prices in the EU increased by 48% and rents by 22%, while overall inflation rose 36%.”
“Rents in Estonia surged 211% over the period, in Lithuania by 169%, and in Ireland by 98%.”
“the mid-term review of the EU budget increased the envelope for housing from €7 billion to €15 billion”
“The additional €8 billion comes from the cohesion policy and recovery funds”
“The European Investment Bank has previously calculated that Europe needs roughly €57 billion per year in affordable housing investment to close the gap.”
“Their position paper calls for €300 billion in EU grants and loans for housing over the next budget cycle”
“France has cycled through five prime ministers in the 17 months since President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly and called a snap legislative election in June 2024.”
“Sébastien Lecornu, lasted 26 days before tendering his resignation last Monday, only to be reappointed by Friday evening.”
“Since 1958, France has had only eight presidents.”
“the Fourth Republic, which saw 21 governments in 12 years.”
“The June 2024 election returned a fragmented National Assembly in which three broad blocs, the left-wing New Popular Front, Macron's centrist alliance, and Marine Le Pen's National Rally, each fell well short of an absolute majority.”
“Marine Le Pen's National Rally holds the largest single bloc in the National Assembly, giving it effective veto power over any government that does not command an absolute majority.”
“a motion of censure backed by the National Rally and the left-wing New Popular Front would reach the 289-vote threshold.”
“Under the Fifth Republic, cohabitation, when the president and prime minister come from opposing camps, has occurred three times (1986-88, 1993-95, 1997-2002).”
“The president's seven-year term (reduced to five in 2000) and the absence of term limits until 2008 were designed to ensure continuity.”
“the president retains the power to dissolve parliament again, a nuclear option he cannot use until June 2025, one year after the last dissolution.”
“Andrej Babiš's ANO party leads polls at 29 percent”
“ANO finished first but short of a majority in the 200-seat Chamber of Deputies.”
“The Communist Party, which had parliament representation continuously since 1990, fell below the 5% threshold.”
“Portugal's 9.3 million registered voters return to the polls on Sunday for local elections”
“points to 2,881 families rehoused during his term”
“Chega's Lisbon lead candidate, Bruno Mascarenhas, tried to censure”
“Chega's vote share in Porto has risen steadily since 2021”
“In May's legislative election, Chega topped the poll in 60 municipalities”
“Chega entered parliament in 2019 with a single deputy”
“handed the party 50 seats and 18 percent of the vote”
“Chega holds seats in the European Parliament”
“Portugal's municipal elections use a closed-list proportional system with a majority bonus: the list that wins the most votes nationally in a municipality receives a guaranteed majority of seats on the council, provided it crosses 50 perce…”
“Polling stations close at 20:00 GMT on the mainland, with exit polls published an hour later once voting ends in the Azores”
“The count is centralised and fast; a near-final result is usually available before midnight”
“The interior ministry publishes granular data down to parish level, allowing analysts to map Chega's advance street by street”
“capturing 35 percent of the vote with 99.9 percent of ballots counted.”
“The 200-seat Chamber of Deputies requires 101 votes for a government to survive a confidence motion.”
“ANO's 35 percent leaves it well ahead of the outgoing centre-right Spolu (Together) coalition, which fell to 23 percent under Prime Minister Petr Fiala. The gap of twelve points is substantial.”
“The eurosceptic SPD, which polls had placed around 13 percent, finished with roughly 8 percent.”
“Pavel has announced he will meet all parliamentary parties on 5 October before deciding.”
“Babiš placed Agrofert into trust funds in 2017 to comply with the law.”
“The Prague District Court is due to rule on whether Babiš defrauded the EU of €2 million by carving out the 'Stork's Nest' farm from Agrofert to make it appear eligible for subsidies reserved for medium-sized enterprises.”
“The Prague High Court overturned that acquittal in June 2025 and ordered a retrial.”
“The final seat distribution gives ANO approximately 85 to 90 deputies, Spolu around 55, SPD roughly 20, Motorists for Themselves about 15, and the Pirates and Mayors alliance and Social Democrats splitting the remainder.”
“No combination excluding ANO reaches 101 seats, which means Babiš remains the indispensable figure unless the president chooses a different path.”
“A minority ANO cabinet backed by SPD and the Motorists would command a working majority of roughly 120 votes, enough to pass legislation but vulnerable on any issue where the two support parties diverge.”
“ANO party leads final opinion polls at 29 percent, a comfortable margin over the governing centre-right coalition Spolu at 20 percent”
“the arithmetic of the 200-seat Chamber of Deputies”
“Twenty-six parties appear on the ballot, though only about eight are projected to clear the 5 percent threshold for entry to parliament”
“The Agriculture Ministry has demanded Agrofert return more than €200 million in farm subsidies”
“Babiš faces a verdict from the Prague District Court on whether he defrauded the EU of €2 million by carving out the 'Stork's Nest' farm”
“Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) secured a decisive parliamentary majority in Sunday's election, taking 50.16% of the vote and roughly 55 of the 101 seats”
“The pro-Russian Patriotic Electoral Bloc (BEP), an alliance led by former president Igor Dodon, finished a distant second with 24.19% and 26 seats”
“The pro-EU Alternative Party took third place with 7.97% and eight seats”
“two newcomers, Our Party and Democracy at Home, crossed the threshold with just over 6% and 5% respectively, earning six seats each”
“Some 1.6 million Moldovans voted, a turnout of 52.2% of eligible voters”
“The most striking feature was the diaspora's weight: 288,000 ballots, or 17.5% of the total, were cast abroad”
“Google confirmed the scale of the online operation. In a statement last week, the company said it had terminated more than 1,000 YouTube channels since June 2024 for participating in coordinated influence operations targeting Moldova.”
“In October 2024, a referendum on EU membership passed with just over 50% voting yes”
“The scale of the PAS victory, a ten-point swing from the tight referendum result ten months ago”
“Nearly a quarter of the electorate backed a bloc openly aligned with Moscow”
