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...recent years, as her movement has spread to other African nations, Maathai has been elected to Kenya’s Parliament, appointed Kenya’s minister for Environment and Natural Resources, and awarded the Nobel Peace Prize...
...Vries—who is head of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party—has held a place on the European political stage since being elected a European deputy in 1984. He took his current position only five days after the European Parliament published a list of goals for the battle against terrorism. That battle, he emphasized throughout his speech, is far from over...
...would she harness her own Conservatives, the free-market FDP and the leftish environmentalists of the Green Party in a stable m?nage ? trois? What about a grand coalition of Social Democrats and Christian Democrats? Since Frau Merkel's supporters will have three more seats in the next parliament, she could still be Chancellor. Except that Schr?der thinks that, morally, he won the election because he picked up so many votes in the home stretch. So he will not serve under Merkel...
...parliamentary elections, meanwhile, the Civic Platform last week was running at 36% to the Law and Justice Party's 23%. If those numbers hold up - and if Tusk goes on to win the presidential poll - the Civic Platform will likely end up controlling both the presidency and the parliament as senior partner in a coalition with the Kaczynskis' party. That alliance could be fraught with tensions. Fractious coalitions are hardly unusual in Polish politics, but Civic Platform leaders may find the Law and Justice Party an especially restless bedfellow. In addition to the rift over the flat tax, Kaczynski says...
...that is correct. When he gives a fatwa, nobody can go in that direction anymore. It means the parliament cannot pass any laws, and the government cannot reserve any budget for that sort of activity because it is considered illegal and also against the religion...