Opinion polls usually come but twice a year in Luxembourg, so today’s survey from TNS Ilres for RTL and the Luxembourger Wort newspaper will be pored over by the Grand Duchy’s parties, commentators and voters. The ‘Blue-Red-Green’ coalition government, in power since March 2013, sees a modest improvement in public approval. 63 per cent of […]
Month: May 2017
Referendum result: Swiss move against nuclear, towards greener energy
Swiss voters convincingly approved the country’s new energy policy in a nationwide referendum yesterday, voting by nearly three to two in favour of a gradual withdrawal from nuclear power and the introduction of more renewable energy sources and energy efficiency measures. 22 of the 26 Swiss cantons (districts) had majorities for Yes, with only Aargau, […]
Early Austrian election decision prompts ‘earthquake’ in polls
The first opinion research since this week’s agreement among Vienna’s parties to hold an October General Election shows an enormous movement in favour of Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz’s People’s Party (OVP). Described by one commissioning newspaper as an ‘earthquake’, the twin polls today from Unique Research and Research Affairs show 10 and 13 point gains […]
Irish leadership contest to be two-horse race
He has kept Ireland waiting far longer than initially expected, but Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s inevitable resignation finally came yesterday afternoon. The competition to succeed him both as leader of the Fine Gael party and head of the country’s minority government will be a two-horse race between Housing Minister Simon Coveney and Social Protection Minister Leo […]
Resurgent CDU in best poll since January
Today’s weekly Forsa survey for Stern and RTL shows Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU adding national momentum to its big weekend regional victory in Nordrhein-Westfalen. At 38 per cent, the CDU achieves its best voting intention score with Forsa since 18 January. Moreover this is the best poll for the Christian Democrats with any of Germany’s […]
Election result: Nordrhein-Westfalen regional parliament 2017
Angela Merkel’s CDU completed a hat-trick of 2017 state election wins on Sunday with a stunning victory in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Of the three, this result is by far the most significant, by virtue not only of the size and political clout of ‘NRW’, but also the scale of the turnaround, which saw a switch in control […]