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À l’heure où les #electionseuropeennes2024 approchent et que nous avons la chance d’élire des représentants au niveau du continent, de plus en plus d’électeurs vont voter en opposition Š l’idée du Europe unie…
Un très bel article pour comprendre la montée de ce paradoxe, et ne pas tomber dans des lieux communs :

Political free-spending of US billionaire families is possible because of a broken campaign-finance system; and is helped by ineffective taxation of billionaires and their inheritances.
These economic dynasties have lots of spare cash to buy elections. #ElectionsForSale

#voting

#Turkey’s main opposition party retained its control over key cities and made huge gains elsewhere in Sunday’s #local #elections, in a major upset to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had set his sights on retaking control of those ur…

Turkey local elections: Opposition makes huge gains in major upset to Erdogan
Turkey's main opposition party has retained its control over key cities and made huge gains in local elections. Preliminary results reported by state media Sunday showed the opposition mayors of Istanbul and Ankara retaining their seats. Their party was leading in 36 provinces. The vote was seen as a barometer of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s popularity as he sought to win back control of the key urban areas he lost to the opposition five years ago, amid a deep economic downturn an…

OFFICIAL RESULTS of local #elections in #Poland are now available.
Voivodeship (regional parlaments) votes, cumulative:
PiS - 34.27%
KO - 30.59% (~1/2 mln votes less than PiS)
Third Way - 14.25%
Confederussia & Non-Partisan - 7.23%
The Left - 6.32%
Non-Partisa…

Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Saturday to protest against Benjamin Netanyahu, as Israel’s war in Gaza reached its half-year mark.
Organisers said about 100,000 people converged at a Tel Aviv crossroads renamed, Democracy Square, since mass protests against controversial judicial reforms last year.
Chanting “#elections

"How green are parties' manifestos vying in the European election?"
#Europe #Elections

How green are parties' manifestos vying in the European election?
Some political forces present concrete pledges while others offer general commitments to preserve the environment, keep up with the energy transition and tackle chemical and plastic pollution.

And since I just had a look into my feed let me tell you one thing, and please pay attention.
Way too many people are saying #Putin won the #elections in #russia.
There were no elections in …

#Turkish #local #elections:
Opposition stuns Erdogan with historic victory
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Turkish elections: Opposition stuns Erdogan with historic victory
President Erdogan fails to regain Turkey's big cities that he lost five years ago.

#ToonDrop #Elections
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Key 2024 Races Map
#elections

Key 2024 Races Map
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

#ToonDrop #Elections
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