Tag: Parliament
Spain: Sánchez dissolves parliament after election failure – election in July
Status: 05/29/2023 1:19 p.m In yesterday’s regional and local elections, Spain’s opposition conservatives gained a lot of votes – as a result, the social democratic head of government Sánchez has…
Prime Minister Sánchez dissolves parliament – and calls new elections – politics
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez surprisingly dissolved parliament and called new elections. The announcement comes in response to the electoral defeat suffered by the Socialists in this Sunday’s local and…
Indian opposition boycotts inauguration of Parliament building
Status: 05/28/2023 3:17 p.m In rare unanimity, the Indian opposition boycotted the ceremony to inaugurate a parliament building in New Delhi. She accuses Prime Minister Modi of disregarding democracy. In…
Brazil: Parliament wants to soften land rights of indigenous people
Status: 05/25/2023 12:23 p.m The dispute over indigenous protected areas in Brazil continues. Congress wants to make it more difficult to designate protected areas. Indigenous Minister Guajajara speaks of “legally…
Aiwanger defends hydrogen strategy in the state parliament – Bavaria
Economics Minister Hubert Aiwanger (FW) defended the state government’s hydrogen strategy in the state parliament. Bavaria is doing well in building a hydrogen infrastructure and must remain so, he said…
Between slaps and kicks, a session of parliament turns into a fight
Punches, kicks and slaps. Tuesday, the session of the Parliament of Bolivia devoted to the fate of the opponent Luis Fernando Camacho, imprisoned since December, turned into boxing. Parliament heard…
Coalition dispute defused: Israel’s parliament passes budget
Status: 05/24/2023 08:25 a.m The future of the right-wing religious government is secured: After weeks of argument, Israel’s parliament has passed the budget for 2023 and 2024. Opposition leader Lapid…
Every ninth member of the Bundestag has a migration background – politics
According to a study, the number of MPs with a migration background in German parliaments has increased steadily since 1990. According to a study by researchers at Munich University of…
Greece elects a new parliament
Status: 05/21/2023 2:54 p.m In polls for the parliamentary elections, Greece’s Prime Minister Mitsotakis lost votes, but is ahead of ex-Prime Minister Tsipras. Today, the citizens decide at the ballot…
Parliament: Parliamentary elections underway in Greece
houses of Parliament Parliamentary elections started in Greece A man exits the voting booth at a polling station in Athens, Greece. photo © Thanassis Stavrakis/AP/dpa A conservative government that consistently…