Reuters photo By Hazel Speed Mr Macron has had a decisive victory in winning the French election. Marine Le Pen has also reminded everyone that she remains the official opposition Party.
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Macron wins French Election but is that good or bad news for British Brexiteers?
May 8th, 2017 
Administrator Merkel’s conservatives win Saarland vote in boost for national campaign
March 27th, 2017 Administrator Ralph Orlowski/Reuters By Paul Carrel and Hakan Erdem German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives won a regional election in the western state of Saarland on Sunday, dealing a setback to their Social Democrat rivals and boosting her prospects of winning a fourth term in September’s national election.
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No Comments »Observations of an Expat: Going Dutch
March 17th, 2017 Administrator AFP photo By Tom Arms Trump lost on Wednesday. I am not talking about the court ruling on version two of his travel ban. Neither am I talking about the mounting incredulity over his wiretapping claims and tax returns. I am talking about an event that took place 3,843 miles away from the White […]
Posted in OPINION Tags: alt-right, Alternative for Deutschland (AfD), anti-EU, anti-immigration, BREXIT, Donald Trump, Dutch election, EEC, Election, Emmanuel Macron, EU, Europe, European Union, far right, FN, France, Freedom Party, Geert Wilders, Germany, Green Party, GroenLinks, Holland, Jesse Klaver, LookAhead News, Marine Le Pen, Mark Rutte, National Front, Netherlands, Observations of an Expat, Opinion, President Trump, PVV, right-wing, Steve Bannon, Tom Arms, travel ban, United States, VVD No Comments »Dutch PM Rutte on course for big victory over far-right Wilders
March 16th, 2017 Administrator Yves Herman/Reuters By Thomas Escritt and Toby Sterling The Netherlands’ centre-right Prime Minister Mark Rutte was on course for a resounding victory over anti-Islam and anti-EU Geert Wilders in an election on Wednesday, offering huge relief to other EU governments facing a wave of nationalism.
Dutch poll test of anti-immigrant feeling, Turkish dispute
March 15th, 2017 Administrator Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/Reuters By Philip Blenkinsop The Dutch go to the polls on Wednesday in an election seen as a test of anti-immigrant and nationalist feeling magnified by a deepening dispute with Turkey.
Posted in OPINION Tags: Alternative for Deutschland (AfD), Angela Merkel, anti-immigrant, BREXIT, Election, EU, Europe, France, Geert Wilders, Germany, Holland, Marine Le Pen, Mark Rutte, Netherlands, Philip Blenkinsop, PVV, right-wing, Tayyip Erdogan, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Turkey, VVD No Comments »Justice, Security and Rule of Law: Our Uncertain and Unstable World
November 17th, 2016 Administrator By Cynthia M. Lardner It’s a deeply foreboding feeling knowing that world global stability and security are rapidly devolving. Even before the uncanny election of Donald Trump and his unpredictability as the presumed President-Elect, world leaders were already concerned about increased isolationism, a tipping of the economic scale from the West to the East, innumerable […]
Posted in OPINION Tags: Afghanistan, Africa, AIIB, Alternative for Deutschland, Alternative for Deutschland (AfD), Angela Merkel, BREXIT, China, CPEC, cyberwarfare, Cynthia Lardner, Donald Trump, Election, Erdogan, EU, Europe, France, Germany, global stability, Gwadar port, ICC, Igor Dodon, Jens Stoltenberg, Lamberto Zannier, Maia Sandu, Marine Le Pen, MENA, Middle East, Moldova, NATO, nuclear proliferation, One Belt One Road, OSCE, Pakistan, Philippines, Politics, proxy war, Putin, right-wing, Rodrigo Duterte, Russia, South China Sea, Syria, Terrorism, Third World War, Turkey, Ukraine, United Nations Security Council 1 Comment »A Beacon of Justice, Security and Rule of Law: German Chancellor Angela Merkel
September 7th, 2016 Administrator Frank Augstein/AP By Cynthia M. Lardner German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel is widely viewed as the most powerful woman not only in the EU but in the world. Today, Ms. Merkel is confronted with widespread criticism primarily from fringe groups in Germany threatening Germany’s long-standing status as being a leader in justice, security and […]
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