Merkel’s win spells end for “grand coalition” in German government
GenevaLunch News German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU centre-right bloc polled almost 34 percent in the German general election Sunday 27 September while her government coalition partners, the...
View ArticleBelgian gov’t falls over language issues
GenevaLunch News Yves LeTerme, Belgium’s prime minister, has handed his resignation to King Albert after the Flemish liberal Party, VLD, withdrew from LeTerme’s coalition government in a long-running...
View ArticleAustralians wake up to hung parliament
GenevaLunch News Australia’s general election Saturday, 21 August, has resulted in a dead heat with both major parties short of an outright majority, even as vote counting goes on in some areas. The...
View ArticleIreland is a little less green as party leaves coalition
GenevaLunch News Ireland is faced with the prospect of an election earlier than the one the prime minister has called for 11 March, with the Green Party leaving the ruling coalition Sunday 23 January....
View ArticleIrish parties struggle to form coalition government
GenevaLunch News Ireland’s political parties are slowly working through the issues that will face a new coalition government, even as recounts from are underway in some areas, notably Galway West. The...
View ArticleFinland’s election touches Portugal’s bailout demand
GenevaLunch News The strong showing of Finland’s nationalist True Finns party in elections Sunday 17 April have put a damper on Portugal’s bid for a European Union financial bailout. The party zoomed...
View ArticleIsrael fires missile into Syria, first since 1973
GenevaLunch News Breaking news: Syrian opposition groups sign on to a coalition GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Israel filed three complaints with the UN in 10 days about Syrian fighting spilling across the...
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