Centre-Right Leader Backs Alliance with Le Pen
In a stunning development that sent shock waves across Paris, the leader of the centre-right Republicans has backed an alliance with Marine Le Pen’s populist Rally National party in early elections called by President Emmanuel Macron. of Quarantine Line The “National Rally siege” that has surrounded the party for decades may “disappear,” as Republican leader […]
Centre-Right Lithuanian President Takes 75 Per Cent in Re-Election
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauzeda has won a second five-year term as Lithuania’s president with a landslide victory over Prime Minister Ingrida Simonytė. According to provisional figures from the Lithuanian Central Election Commission, Nauzeda won 74.5% of the votes, while Šimonite received 24.1%. Nauzeda, 60, is a moderate conservative and a strong […]
Portugal centre-right leader Luís Montenegro nominated as PM after narrow election win | Portugal
Portugal’s president has invited Luis Montenegro, leader of the Democratic Alliance (AD), to try to form a minority government after the long-awaited overseas vote tally confirmed a narrow electoral victory for the centre-right coalition. Montenegro was summoned to the presidential palace in Lisbon shortly after midnight on Thursday, where President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa formally […]
Portugal election: centre-right coalition on course for narrow victory | Portugal
Exit polls show Portugal’s centre-right coalition is on track to narrowly defeat the incumbent Socialists, but fall well short of a majority, with far-right party Chega nearly tripling in a closely contested snap election. The prospect gets the most votes and finishes in 3rd place. Three opinion polls released shortly after voting closed at 8pm […]