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First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Bulgaria’s Hung Parliament Fails to Agree on Cabinet

Protracted backroom dealing to allow a functional government to emerge from Bulgaria's hung parliament is now likely after lawmakers in the country's newly elected National Assembly met Tuesday but failed to agree on a cabinet. ... [Published WSJ.com: Emerging Europe Real Time - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Hung Parliament, Bulgaria

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

Voters would accept Labor carbon backflip: Oakeshott

6 min agoMP says coalition's Direct Action plan 'undeliverable' in current state.You must be logged in to read this articleNot a member yet? Register today ›Business Spectator is available on all of your devices so you can access the latest news and commentary ... [Published Business Spectator - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Rob Oakeshott, Labor, Carbon, Carbon Tax, Direct action

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

George Brandis

Poll says Senate looks good for Coalition

A new Nielsen poll says the coalition could hold an absolute Senate majority or it might need to rely on a sympathetic independent.An Abbott government could end up controlling the Senate or have a sympathetic right-of-centre senator holding the balance ... [Published Special Broadcasting Service - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Coalition, John Madigan, George Brandis, Hung Parliament

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan)

Room for hope

WE are through with the May 11 elections. Given the persistent violence and the overall aura of uncertainty that marked the run-up to the elections, the state deserves credit for having pulled off the ballot.The conduct of the elections itself was satisfactory ... [Published DAWN Group - May 20 2013]

Entities: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan), Pakistan Muslim League (N), Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Awami National Party, Elections

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

The Nation's Struggle for Democracy Continues

When analysing the post 90s struggles for democratisation in Zimbabwe and where the country finds itself now, Bob Marley's song, No Woman No Cry, has lyrics that may aptly relate to our contemporary circumstances.There are three particular lines in the ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Zimbabwe, Democracy, Hung Parliament, Elections

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Tony Abbott

Gillard's budget boost

Julia Gillard has arrested a three-month decline in her standing with voters, to be back level with Tony Abbott as preferred prime minister, although Labor would still be beaten if an election were held now.Both leaders sit on 46 per cent as preferred ... [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 19 2013]

Entities: Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard, Labor

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Ed Miliband

The next coalition? Why Ed Miliband needs to get Nick Clegg's number

A senior Labour MP has urged Ed Miliband to start preparing now for a possible coalition with the Liberal Democrats because it will be difficult for the party to win an overall majority in 2015.In an interview with The Independent, the former Cabinet ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 17 2013]

Entities: Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg, Coalition, Peter Hain, Liberal Democrats

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Italian Government Suspends Unpopular Property Tax Payment

(Adds comment from Rehn spokesman in fifth paragraph.)May 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Italian Cabinet agreed today to suspend the payment of a residential property tax due in June, an unpopular levy adopted by former Prime Minister Mario Monti to help reduce ... [Published Washington Post - May 17 2013]

Entities: Government of Italy, Enrico Letta, Olli Rehn, Silvio Berlusconi, Barclays PLC

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Bulgarian politics: An unhappy election

“IN THE middle of the crisis, the head of state was left alone,” complains Rosen Plevneliev, Bulgaria’s president. He is still upset by the decision of Boyko Borisov to resign as prime minister in the midst of the country’s worst anti-government protests ... [Published The Economist - Europe - May 16 2013]

Entities: Elections, GERB, Boyko Borisov

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Political history play at QUAD

On Monday, 20th May, it's your last chance to see the critically acclaimed play, This House at QUAD, which is an NT Live film.It's 1974 and the corridors of Westminster ring with the sound of infighting and backbiting as Britain's political parties battle ... [Published Derby Telegraph - May 17 2013]

Entities: James Graham, Hung Parliament, Westminster

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

After elections 2013, time to move on

ISLAMABAD: Notwithstanding rigging charges and sit-ins here and there, Elections 2013 are over and the Pakistani nation has all the reasons to rejoice on two counts; firstly, the people defied threats by terrorists and came out in large numbers to vote ... [Published The News International - May 17 2013]

Entities: Elections, Pakistan, Pakistan Army, Taliban

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Councils must make$ a case for ‘yes’ vote

MEMBER for New England Tony Windsor and Nationals candidate for New England Barnaby Joyce have both backed the referendum to give financial recognition to local government in the Constitution.The federal government has released the proposed words, which ... [Published Northern Daily Leader - May 16 2013]

Entities: Barnaby Joyce, Tony Windsor, Referendum, Hung Parliament, England

Quotes

"The money [spent] would have to go up, the target would have to go down. The parameters don’t make sense. If it becomes a bipartisan position not to make sense, it leaves voters with not many options."

Voters would accept Labor carbon backflip: Oakeshott [Published Business Spectator - 23 hours ago]

"The only way you can guarantee the next parliament won't be a hung parliament is to give the government elected in the House of Representatives a majority in the Senate as well" he said

Poll says Senate looks good for Coalition [Published Special Broadcasting Service - 23 hours ago]

These are where Marley sings, "good friends we had, good friends we lost . . . along the way." This especially as we approach our second harmonised elections this year

The Nation's Struggle for Democracy Continues [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]

"The Liberal and National parties would win an election held now with a two-party preferred swing of around 4 per cent" he said

Gillard's budget boost [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 19 2013]

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Bulgaria’s Hung Parliament Fails to Agree on Ca... [Published WSJ.com: Emerging Europe Real Time - 9 hours ago]
Voters would accept Labor carbon backflip: Oake... [Published Business Spectator - 23 hours ago]
Poll says Senate looks good for Coalition [Published Special Broadcasting Service - 23 hours ago]
What now? [Published Pakistan Today - May 20 2013]
The Nation's Struggle for Democracy Continues [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]
Room for hope [Published DAWN Group - May 20 2013]
Zimbabwe’s struggle for democracy continues [Published Zimbabwe Standard - May 20 2013]
Gillard's budget boost [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 19 2013]
Weekly review: KSE celebrates PML-N’s win by hi... [Published The Express Tribune - May 18 2013]
The conservatives’ rule [Published Pakistan Today - May 18 2013]
After proving they were right, independents rus... [Published The News International - May 18 2013]
The next coalition? Why Ed Miliband needs to ge... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 17 2013]
Italian Government Suspends Unpopular Property ... [Published Washington Post - May 17 2013]
Italian Government Suspends Unpopular Property ... [Published La Repubblica - May 17 2013]
Going down fighting [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 17 2013]
Political history play at QUAD [Published Derby Telegraph - May 17 2013]
Bo-Go: the dream ticket? [Published New Statesman - May 17 2013]
The uncertain adventure that now begins [Published The News International - May 17 2013]
After elections 2013, time to move on [Published The News International - May 17 2013]
Councils must make$ a case for ‘yes’ vote [Published Northern Daily Leader - May 16 2013]
Pakistan's momentous elections: Winners, losers... [Published Newsvine - May 16 2013]
Bulgarian politics: An unhappy election [Published The Economist - Europe - May 16 2013]
'Cracks showing' in Labour's anti-independence ... [Published NewsnetScotland.com - May 16 2013]
Potential Socialist-led Government in Bulgaria ... [Published Jamestown Foundation - May 16 2013]
Tory rebellion on EU deals David Cameron a hamm... [Published The Independent - May 15 2013]
David Cameron’s bloody nose brings an EU refere... [Published The Independent - May 15 2013]
March 2013 [Published Ingleton-Beer Associates - May 15 2013]
Electorate ‘did better than most’, Windsor says [Published Northern Daily Leader - May 15 2013]
Budget 2013: There is nothing but hope [Published ABC Online - May 15 2013]
County council elections [Published Eastbourne Herald - May 15 2013]

Blogs

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Bulgaria’s Hung Parliament Fails to Agree on Ca... [Published WSJ.com: Emerging Europe Real Time - 9 hours ago] Protracted backroom dealing to allow a functional government to emerge from Bulgaria's hung parliament is now likely after lawmakers in the country's newly elected National Assembly met Tuesday but failed to agree on a cabinet. ...
Bulgarians despair of their confused and unstab... [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - May 14 2013] Sunday's elections provided no respite for Bulgaria's growing legions of non-voters, nor those who were tempted to the polls Last Sunday's parliamentary elections failed to resolve Bulgaria's bitter political impasse . Worse, there is now a palpable ...
An inconclusive election at an unhappy time [Published Eastern approaches - The Economist - May 13 2013] THREE months after the resignation of the government of Boyko Borisov (pictured above) on the back of the biggest demonstrations in 16 years, Bulgarians went to the polls on May 12th. The result of the election will do little to give Bulgaria the ...
How Ed Miliband can move Labour forward to a ma... [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - May 10 2013] Miliband has a huge task ahead of him to achieve that all-important majority in 2015, and I propose this two-step plan Cinema audiences across the country next week will have the opportunity to see the National Theatre's production of James Graham's ...
David Cameron won't prosper by trying to outkip... [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - May 04 2013] Both the Tories and Labour have several reasons to be troubled by the Ukip surge – and one to be grateful for it Depending on who has been speaking, and their taste in hyperbolic metaphors, the surge to Ukip is either a "sea change" in British politics ...

Audio/Video

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Dolce Vita Finita: 'Hard life looms for Italy w... [Published Russia Today - YouTube - Feb 27 2013]
VIDEO: Italy protest votes create deadlock [Published BBC News Video - World - Feb 26 2013]
VIDEO: Where Italy's votes are counted [Published BBC News Video - World - Feb 26 2013]
Italy's first hung parliament? [Published CNN.com - Video - Feb 25 2013]
Berlusconi's Impact on the Italian Election [Published WSJ.com Video - News - Feb 21 2013]