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Far-right gains in EU election deal stunning defeats to France’s Macron and Germany’s Scholz
By Raf Casert, Lorne Cook And Samuel Petrequin, The Associated Press on June 9th, 2024
BRUSSELS (AP) – Voting has ended to elect the European Union’s regional lawmakers for the next five-year term after the last remaining polls closed in Italy. Official results were expected any moment after Italian polling stations closed at 11 p.m. local time (2100GMT), officially ending a marathon election spanning four days across 27 bloc member ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Newly chosen Haitian prime minister discharged from a hospital after spending a night in treatment
By The Associated Press on June 9th, 2024
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Haiti’s newly selected Prime Minister Garry Connille was discharged from a hospital on Sunday after spending a night in treatment for an undisclosed condition. In a video published on YouTube, Conille said he is now feeling well and is “ready” to continue to help steer the country out of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Far-right gains in European Union deal stunning defeats to France’s Macron and Germany’s Scholz
By Raf Casert, Lorne Cook And Samuel Petrequin, The Associated Press on June 9th, 2024
BRUSSELS (AP) – Far-right parties made such big gains at the European Union parliamentary elections that they dealt stunning defeats to two of the bloc’s most important leaders: French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. In France, the National Rally party of Marine Le Pen dominated the polls to such an extent that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!French President Macron calls a snap legislative election after defeat in EU vote
By The Associated Press on June 9th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – French President Emanuel Macron said Sunday he was dissolving the National Assembly and calling a snap legislative election after his party suffered a heavy defeat in elections for the European Parliament. In an address to the nation from the Elysee presidential palace, Macron said: “I’ve decided to give you back the choice ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Centrist Benny Gantz is quitting Israel’s war Cabinet, citing frustrations with Netanyahu
By Melanie Lidman, The Associated Press on June 9th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, announced his resignation Sunday, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of mismanaging the war effort and putting his own “political survival” over the country’s security needs. The move does not immediately pose a threat to Netanyahu, who still controls a majority coalition in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!EU projection shows far-right parties making big gains in European elections as Greens suffer losses
By Lorne Cook, Raf Casert And Samuel Petrequin, The Associated Press on June 9th, 2024
BRUSSELS (AP) – Far-right parties have made big gains at the European Parliament as the Greens took a major hit at Sunday’s European elections, according to a first projection provided by the European Union. The estimates aggregated by the EU parliament are based on exit polls or other survey data, along with projections that may ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!EU projection shows far-right parties making big gains in European elections
By Lorne Cook, Raf Casert And Samuel Petrequin, The Associated Press on June 9th, 2024
BRUSSELS (AP) – Far-right parties have made big gains at the European Parliament as the Greens took a major hit at Sunday’s European elections, according to a first projection provided by the EU. The estimates aggregated by the EU parliament are based on exit polls or other survey data, along with projections that may include ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Early estimates suggest a shift to the far right as European Union election nears an end
By Lorne Cook, Raf Casert And Samuel Petrequin, The Associated Press on June 9th, 2024
BRUSSELS (AP) – The first major estimates coming out of the European Union parliamentary elections Sunday suggest that the far right will make gains in the legislature, buoyed by results in France and Germany, leaving the Greens to take the hardest hit. The party of Marine Le Pen dominated the polls in France, with her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Centrist Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s war Cabinet, resigns over frustration with Netanyahu
By Melanie Lidman, The Associated Press on June 9th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, announced his resignation Sunday, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of mismanaging the war effort and putting his own “political survival” over the country’s security needs. The move does not immediately pose a threat to Netanyahu, who still controls a majority coalition in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First French projections put hard-right National Rally well ahead in EU election
By The Associated Press on June 9th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – First projected results from France put far-right National Rally party well ahead in EU elections, according to French opinion poll institutes. Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration, nationalist party is estimated to get around 31-32% of the votes, more than twice the score of President Emmanuel Macron’s pro-European centrist party that is projected to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Centrist Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s war Cabinet, resigns over lack of plans for postwar Gaza
By Melanie Lidman, The Associated Press on June 9th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, announced his resignation on Sunday. The move does not immediately pose a threat to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who still controls a majority coalition in parliament. But the Israeli leader becomes more heavily reliant on his far-right allies. Gantz said that Netanyahu ... Read More »
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