Venezuela captures 400 rifles sent from the US, while Blackwater founder turns back on stage. By Yunus Soner Following presidential elections of July 28, the domestic political situation in Venezuela is becoming calmer and calmer day by day. In contrast to that, external pressure on the reelected President Nicolas Maduro, specifically from the United States and the European Union, is ...
Europeans looking for an alternative What impact did the economic situation have on the election results? The economic situation has had a significant impact on the results of the European elections. Economic hardships, such as the rising cost of living, rising energy prices and financial pressure on sectors such as agriculture, have influenced voter behavior. Many citizens, feeling the weight ...
By Ali Rıza Taşdelen The European Parliament elections are being held between 6-9 June. We are in a position to make clearer inferences about the EP structure and the distribution of groups following the elections. We will use the data of the survey results of the Ipsos research group conducted in March 2024 with 26 thousand voters in the 18 ...
By Ali Rıza Taşdelen From June 6 to June 9, the European Union countries will witness perhaps the most critical European Parliament elections in its history. Approximately 400 million voters across Europe will elect 720 members to the European Parliament. European Parliament elections have been held every five years since 1979. Despite Parliament’s growing powers, more than half of European ...
The European Parliament has once again confirmed its interventionist and conflictive stance towards Türkiye on June 7. On that day, the EP has approved the 2021 Commission Report on Turkey with 448 votes in favor, 67 against and 107 abstentions. The EP concludes in its document that there is no room to reopen the negotiations on Turkey’s membership, given the ...
On March 10, the European Parliament approved a resolution “on the situation of journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico”. The resolution states “Mexico has long been the most dangerous and deadliest place for journalists outside an official war zone”, is “worried about a legislative proposal was recently presented to the Congress seeking to bar any NGO that receives foreign ...
Will the 9th European Parliament really be any different from its previous incarnations? Even though we already know its composition, it is hard to say as of yet. What was undoubtedly different, however, were the elections that led to its formation. Nationalists and Populists The pre-election polls were very clear – the third most powerful force in the Parliament was ...
Why is the European Parliament election so important? This institution presides over extremely significant matters. For example: “defending European democracies from foreign entities disseminating misleading information or manipulating personal data of voters.” The EP represents millions of Europeans on numerous crucial issues of this magnitude. Questions Without Answers During a March session of the Parliament “MEPs voted on a resolution ...
The largest parliamentary faction, the European People’s Party (EPP), took an unprecedented step by attacking and suspending its own members. After the suspension of Fidesz’ membership, everyone is wondering what the future holds for the party – what will change in the event of their complete expulsion? Precedent for “Fidesz” The Hungarian group’s membership in the EU-leading transnational bloc has ...
Ayhan Zeytinoglu, the chairman of Economic Development Foundation (IKV) which specializes in EU – Turkey relations, commented on the European Parliament report calling to suspend negotiations regarding Turkey’s EU membership bid, highlighting the EP’s “erratic approach” to Turkey. He also discussed the continued difficulties in Brexit negotiations in the House of Commons. According to Zeytinoglu, on March 13, the attention ...