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Merkel’s coalition may be in trouble following the resignation of Andrea Nahles

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis -
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition may be in trouble following the resignation of Germany’s SPD leader, Andrea Nahles. She announced her decision to step...

German Pirates enter the European Parliament

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
Thanks to the German electoral system minor political parties are allowed to send representatives in the European Parliament. The Pirate Party (Piratenpartei Deutschland), which was...

Animal parties successful in the European elections

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
In the 2014 elections for the European Parliament Animal advocacy parties won two seats. One came from the Party for the Animals (Partij voor...

European Elections: Former ministers run outside their own countries

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
Former Italian EU minister Sandro Gozi is 22nd on the European Election list for the French governing party La République en marche, in France. Gozi...

The absence of an electoral threshold sends more German parties to the EP

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
The electoral system in Germany has no threshold for access to the European Parliament. This is why more lists have a chance of winning...
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