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Portugal Swings To The Right In Election Marked By Populist Surge

Portugal's main centre-right party narrowly defeated the incumbent Socialists but fell well short of a majority in a general election that saw far-right Chega surge to become a potential kingmaker.

International Business Times

Portugal Votes With Centre-right Poised To Oust Socialists

Voters in Portugal go to the polls Sunday in an early election that could see the country join a shift to the right seen across Europe after eight years of Socialist rule.

International Business Times

Campaigning Wraps Up In Portugal Snap Vote With Right Ahead

Waving colourful flags, hundreds of campaigners took to Lisbon's streets on Friday ahead of Portugal's weekend snap election, with polls giving the opposition centre-right an edge after eight years of Socialist rule.

International Business Times

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The Albanian opposition disrupts a Parliament vote on the budget with flares and piled-up chairs

Albanian opposition lawmakers have disrupted the Parliament’s session again to protest against what they say is increasingly authoritarian rule by the governing Socialists

The Independent UK

Spain in ‘political limbo’ after election yields no clear winner

Conservative People’s Party wins most seats in Sunday’s vote but may fail to force removal of Socialist Pedro Sanchez.

Al Jazeera

Spain’s PM calls snap election after his Socialist party takes a beating in regional vote

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday he would dissolve parliament and the country would hold an early general election on July 23 following the results of Sunday’s local elections.

France 24

Spain's Sanchez gambles on snap election after regional ballot rout

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap election on Monday, in an apparent attempt to wrong-foot his conservative opponents and give his flagging Socialist party the best chance of retaining power before its support weakens further.

Reuters

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Spain's Socialists deepen rift with coalition partner over sexual consent law reform

Spain's ruling Socialist party deepened a rift with junior coalition partner Unidas Podemos on Tuesday by seeking to close a loophole in a new sexual violence law that convicted rapists have used to reduce their sentences or win early release.

Reuters

Spain gov’t parties vie for feminist flag before Women’s Day

Spain’s government has presented a plan to mandate gender quotas in elected government bodies and companies’ executive boards on the eve of International Women’s Day

The Independent UK

Bulgaria's Socialists say they will not back another Petkov-led government

Bulgaria's Socialists, allies in the outgoing coalition government of Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, said on Wednesday they would not back a new Petkov-led Cabinet, angry with the expulsion of 70 Russian diplomats.

Reuters

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