PARIS (Reuters) - The French left will trounce the conservative UMP party of outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy in parliamentary elections next month after Francois Hollande won a presidential runoff vote at the weekend, two polls indicated on Friday. Hollande's Socialists and other left-wing partner parties could together win 45-46 percent of the vote in the June 10 first round of the election, compared with about one-third for the UMP. ... full story ![]()
ROME — Exit polls show Pier Luigi Bersani's center left coalition leading a national vote that is testing Italians' resolve to stay the course of painful economic reform.Sky Italia says Bersani's coalition has taken 35.5 percent of the vote for the lower house of parliament, ahead of the center-right coalition under former Premier Silvio Berlusconi with 29 percent.The poll...
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Italian comedian and blogger Beppe Grillo casts his vote in his hometown of Genoa, Italy. According to recent polls, his 5-Star Movement party could win 16 percent of the popular vote in elections that close today.
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The centre-left coalition led by Pier Luigi Bersani looks likely to win the Italian election, according to exit polls, with Beppe Grillo's anti-establishment movement likely to win around one fifth of the vote.
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SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian center-right party GERB held the lead in a Sunday election prompted by widespread protests, exit polls showed, and would have first chance at forming a government. GERB, which resigned from office during protests against low living standards in February, had about 31 percent support and was set for roughly 97 seats in the 240 member parliament,...
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PARIS (AP) — A violent outburst by Armenia supporters in the French parliament building has left two Azerbaijanis injured and drawn condemnation by French authorities.
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A violent outburst by Armenia supporters in the French parliament building has left two Azerbaijanis injured and drawn condemnation by French authorities.
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A violent outburst by Armenia supporters in the French parliament building has left two Azerbaijanis injured and drawn condemnation by French authorities.
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A violent outburst by Armenia supporters in the French parliament building has left two Azerbaijanis injured and drawn condemnation by French authorities.
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ROME (Reuters) - The center-left is on course to win Italy's election but it may have to form a coalition with outgoing premier Mario Monti, final polls before the Feb 24-25 vote showed on Friday.
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Feb.17 - The centre-left Democratic Party looks set to win Italy's upcoming parliamentary vote, but it's facing surprisingly stiff competition from a familiar face. Andrew Raven reports.
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