Leaders of France’s left-wing parties allied in a new coalition and outlined their plan on Friday to prevent the surging far right from taking power in upcoming snap national parliamentary elections. Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration National Rally is also seeking allies to boost its chances of becoming the first far-right force to lead the French […]
PARIS (AP) — Leaders of France’s left-wing parties, allied in a new coalition known as the New Popular Front, outlined their plan on Friday to prevent the surging far right from taking power at upcoming snap national parliamentary elections. While differences between them remain, the leaders of the usually fractious French left-wing parties emphasized that […]
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) – A party founded just five months ago by an icon of Germany’s hard left has gone from a standing start to seemingly automatic coalition partner in three eastern regions where elections are due later this year. The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), whose eponymous leader quit the ailing Left party […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum, who will be Mexico’s first woman leader in the nation’s more than 200 years of independence, captured the presidency by promising continuity. The 61-year-old former Mexico City mayor and lifelong leftist ran a disciplined campaign capitalizing on her predecessor’s popularity before emerging victorious in Sunday’s vote, according to an […]
(Bloomberg) — Voter support for South Africa’s ruling African National Congress slipped further before next month’s election, a new opinion poll showed, with the leftist Economic Freedom Fighters leaking votes to a new party backed by former President Jacob Zuma. Most Read from Bloomberg The ANC has the support of 40.2% of voters, pollster Ipsos […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Thousands of Colombians took to the streets Sunday in the latest rebuke of leftist President Gustavo Petro‘s reform agenda. The demonstrations took place in several cities, including the capital. Protesters filled Bolivar Plaza outside the presidential palace in Bogota. While protests have been a constant since the former leftist guerrilla took […]
(Bloomberg) — The leftist Economic Freedom Fighters, South Africa’s third-largest party, expects no outright winner to emerge from next month’s elections, and is positioning itself as a king-maker to determine who next runs the country. Most Read from Bloomberg The EFF, which wants land to be expropriated without compensation and for all mines to be […]
Steve Huffman (R-Tipp City) is a member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 5th district since 2019. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by the continued far left agenda of former Statehouse reporters who love to take shots at the General Assembly’s Republican majority. But maybe, just maybe, it would be a good idea for […]