As Germany’s difficult coalition negotiations continue in their final stages, today’s weekly INSA poll for Bild contains several unwelcome firsts for the two large parties, Christian and Social Democrats: For the first time in any poll the combined CDU/CSU and SPD total falls below the level needed for an absolute majority, with the CDU down […]
Month: February 2018
Election result: Cyprus Presidency 2018, second round
Conservative Nicos Anastasiades (Democratic Rally, DISY) won himself a second five year stint as Cypriot President in today’s run-off election. In a virtual carbon copy of the 2013 contest, he beat Stravros Malas, an independent backed by the leftist AKEL party, by 56 to 44 per cent – a score close to the 57-43 margin […]