Portugal’s remarkable polling stability continued in May, according to this weekend’s surveys from pollsters Aximage and Eurosondagem – with the biggest movement of any party across both polls being a mere 0.6 per cent. That will suit Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa (PS) who continues to enjoy a commanding lead over his Social Democrat rivals, […]
Month: May 2017
Election result: French Presidency, second round
Emmanuel Macron (En Marche!) completed his extraordinary journey from socialist economy minister to independent centrist President on Sunday, strolling into the Elysée Palace with almost two-thirds of the vote in the second round run-off against the National Front’s Marine Le Pen. It was a victory anticipated universally by commentators and the opinion polls, which managed […]
Election result: Schleswig-Holstein regional parliament 2017
Angela Merkel’s CDU scored its second regional victory of 2017 yesterday in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein, beating the locally-ruling SPD by a surprising five point margin. Five years ago the gap between the two major parties was just 0.4 per cent. The result puts an end to the ‘Coastal Coalition’ of Social Democrats, Greens […]