Tag: Legislatures and Parliaments

Gentle Into That Good Night? Not Boris Johnson.

LONDON — Less than three weeks after he announced his resignation, and…

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Italy’s Unity Government Teeters, as Mario Draghi Offers to Resign

ROME — Italy’s golden period of stability suddenly seemed on the familiar…

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Shinzo Abe’s Party Triumphs in Parliamentary Vote, Extending Legacy

TOKYO — Two days after Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe was…

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Israel’s Parliament Dissolves, Paving Way for Election in November

JERUSALEM — Israeli lawmakers voted to dissolve Parliament on Thursday, collapsing the…

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France’s Far-Right Surges Into Parliament, and Further Into the Mainstream

PARIS — In 2017, after the far-right leader Marine Le Pen and…

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Why Does Israel Have So Many Elections?

JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett of Israel is moving in the…

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Israel’s Government Collapses, Setting Up 5th Election in 3 Years

JERUSALEM — Israel’s governing coalition will dissolve Parliament before the end of…

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Federico Carboni Becomes Italy’s First Assisted Suicide

ROME — For more than a year, media reports kept Italians up-to-date…

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What to Know About France’s Parliamentary Elections

PARIS — Weeks after re-electing President Emmanuel Macron, voters in France return…

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