Voters: The Left party's stronghold remains the 'new German states' in the former East, where its voters tend to be former communists who supported the German Democratic Republic (GDR), and protest voters who want to express their disenchantment with traditional parties. ..…
After a day-long debate on the suitability and qualifications of Prayuth Chan-ocha, the joint parliamentary session on June 5th – in what was a foregone conclusion — handed him Thailand’s premiership with 500 votes out of a total 750 against 244 for Thanathorn Juangroongkit, the youthful leader of the..…
Elections and other democratic institutional forms linked to representative democracy don’t simply cushion the state from popular control from below, they are an essential arena of struggle. ... Our democracy is being undermined by a rapacious and self-interested political elite..…
As it lost control of key regions in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State (IS) may have found a foothold in the conflict-ridden Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). . ..…
Other initiatives included expanding “the distribution of information and facilitate pro-democracy activities,” and “Greater access to these types of equipment” in order to do so. . - 2006: . The Cuba Fund for a Democratic Future was created, providing 24 million USD worth of funding..…
They believed the people of China should have a say in how their lives were run, through individual rights, democracy and freedom. . On April 15, 1989, Hu Yaobang, a high-ranking ccp official who had encouraged democratic reforms, died. ..…
By armed and terrorist groups in the, Condemning persistent violenceLake Chad Basin, Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo, Poland remains concerned about the region's, poverty and degradation, exacerbated by climate change. Turning to Democratic..…
The bloc fell apart in 2007 when Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party was formed from the wreckage of the communist left and Christian Democracy. ..…
press freedom is critical to democracy and if democratic powers cease to support independence at home and impose no consequences for its abroad, the free press corps could be danger of virtual extinction.. ..…