On 10 May 2017 Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner announced he was standing down from the government and the ÖVP leadership with effect from 15 May, due to infighting in the coalition and the party. (more…)
Month: May 2017
Full list of new French government
In the first round of the 2017 presidential election, the candidates of the two main parties both failed to make the second round, with the Republicans finishing third and the Socialists ending up a distant fifth. (more…)
Boyko Borissov returns as Bulgarian PM
The defeat of the CEDB candidate in the 2016 presidential election precipitated the resignation on 14 November of the existing CEDB and RB minority government. After three party leaders had successively returned the mandate to form a new government, early elections were then called (more…)