Tag: Legislatures and Parliaments
Gentle Into That Good Night? Not Boris Johnson.
LONDON — Less than three weeks after he announced his resignation, and with rumors already swirling that he…
Italy’s Unity Government Teeters, as Mario Draghi Offers to Resign
ROME — Italy’s golden period of stability suddenly seemed on the familiar precipice of chaos on Thursday after…
Shinzo Abe’s Party Triumphs in Parliamentary Vote, Extending Legacy
TOKYO — Two days after Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe was gunned down at a campaign stop…
Israel’s Parliament Dissolves, Paving Way for Election in November
JERUSALEM — Israeli lawmakers voted to dissolve Parliament on Thursday, collapsing the government, installing a caretaker prime minister…
France’s Far-Right Surges Into Parliament, and Further Into the Mainstream
PARIS — In 2017, after the far-right leader Marine Le Pen and her allies won only a handful…
Why Does Israel Have So Many Elections?
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett of Israel is moving in the coming days to dissolve Parliament and…
Israel’s Government Collapses, Setting Up 5th Election in 3 Years
JERUSALEM — Israel’s governing coalition will dissolve Parliament before the end of the month, bringing down the government…
Federico Carboni Becomes Italy’s First Assisted Suicide
ROME — For more than a year, media reports kept Italians up-to-date on the travails of a 44-year-old…
What to Know About France’s Parliamentary Elections
PARIS — Weeks after re-electing President Emmanuel Macron, voters in France return to the polls on Sunday to…
Newly United, French Left Hopes to Counter President in Upcoming Vote
ALLEX, France — With its centuries-old stone villages nestled among lavender fields, cows and goats grazing in the…
After Lebanon’s Collapse, Can an Election Fix the Country?
BEIRUT, Lebanon — After years abroad working as a school administrator, Anahid Jobanian returned to Lebanon to live…
As French Elections Loom, Macron Tries to Strike a Balance
PARIS — Rarely has a modern French leader embraced the powers of the presidency as forcefully as Emmanuel…