parties Laschet: New procedure needed for Union Chancellor candidacy Former federal chairman of the CDU: Armin Laschet. photo © Michael Kappeler/dpa In 2021 there had been a long power struggle between Laschet and CSU boss Markus Söder for the Union's chancellor candidacy. The former Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia warns: This must not be repeated. The former CDU leader, party leader and candidate for Chancellor of the Union, Armin Laschet, has called for a new procedure to determine the Union's...
He closes the door…but not completely. "I am not a candidate for my succession" to represent La France insoumise in the presidential election of 2027, announced Jean-Luc Mélenchon on France 2 Thursday, however sparing the possibility that "circumstassource site
With the election of Lula, Brazil is back in international cooperation to fight against climate change. The country thus formalized on Wednesday the candidacy of the city of Belem, gateway to the Amazon, to host the United Nations Climate Conference (COP) of 2025."Itamaraty (the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Brasilia) has chosen the city of Belem to compete for the candidacy of hosting COP30", announced President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a video posted on Twitter.Massive...
The bigger it is, the more it's acceptable ? Not this time. Serge Simon's candidacy for the post of deputy president to replace Bernard Laporte "until the final criminal decision" concerning the president of the French Rugby Federation, sentenced at first instance to two years in prison suspended for corruption, was challenged Thursday by the ethics committee of the FFR. As reported the Figarothe latter did not see favorably the appointment of a personality also involved in the Laporte-Altrad trial.Bernard...
Turkey Erdogan announces last candidacy for 2023 Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the G20 summit in November. photo © Christoph Soeder/dpa Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dominated Turkish politics for decades. He has also cemented his power legally in a controversial manner. But in a few years he wants to retire. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he will not run again if he wins next year's elections. At a performance in the northern Turkish city of Samsun on Saturday, the 68-year-old...
Status: 11.12.2022 4:45 p.m The AKP politician Erdogan has been in power in Turkey for almost 20 years - first as prime minister and since 2014 as president. Now the 68-year-old has promised to run for office for the last time next year. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has indicated that if he wins the 2023 election, he will only remain at the head of state for one more term and will not run again after that. During a performance...
presidential candidacy Musk signals DeSanti's support Elon Musk Musk bought Twitter for around $44 billion at the end of October. photo © Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa/Archive Twitter owner Musk repeatedly causes a stir with his political statements. On Twitter, he now reveals whom he apparently wants to support in the next US election - and immediately appeases them. The owner of the Twitter news service, Elon Musk, has promised to help Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the event of a presidential candidacy....
Now the application is official - and so far there are no rivals: Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has in a two-page letter to his counterparts from the other euro countries that he would like to serve a second term as President of the Euro Group. This is the body of 19 finance ministers from common-currency states, and Christian Democrat Donohoe has chaired the meetings as president since summer 2020. A term of office lasts two and a half years,...
TV series Donald Trump is running for the second time – and the Simpsons also predicted that seven years ago The Simpsons keep working on Donald Trump © Imago Images The Simpsons are known for having a good sense of the future. Now the makers of the series were right again: they predicted that Donald Trump would like to become US President in 2024. Donald Trump wants to go back to the White House: The 76-year-old has announced that he...
Presidential Election 2024 Leading Republicans are ignoring Donald Trump's candidacy - and one is taking a stand Former US President Donald Trump announces his candidacy at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. © Andrew Harnik/AP/DPA Donald Trump's re-election as presidential candidate has met with little enthusiasm in parts of his party. Leading Republicans are currently struggling to simply ignore them. The fact that Donald Trump wants to run again for the Republicans for the US presidency in 2024 has put the...
