in BulgariaThe pro-European GERB-SDS (center-right), DPS (liberal) and PP-DB (center-right) won more than 50% of Bulgarian EP seats, but anti-European parties held a significant portion. The vote was tabled on June 9, when both EU and snap parliamentary elections were held. “The surprising thing about this election is that if you add in the votes of Russia-friendly parties, such as the far-right Vazhdane, BSP and Velichye, which entered parliament, these three parties actually win about a third of the votes. “Results of voting,” German political scientist Johanna Dymel said german waveQuoted in a Bulgarian newspaper capital.
Stephen Bartulica is the only nationalist among the 12 elected Croatian lawmakers, but that did not stop him from getting out of a Ferrari driven by a criminal convicted of attempted murder at the headquarters of the Fatherland Movement (far-right). “In that moment of celebration and euphoria, my judgment may not have been the best,” Bartulica told a Croatian news program. Dnevnik Nova TV As reported by the daily newspaper morning newspaper. Overall, HDZ, the center-right party led by Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, won a majority of votes. Together with another pro-European faction, the SDP (center-left), they received more than 60% of the vote. Croatiatrust.
Perhaps one of the biggest surprises came from these EU elections. Cyprus, YouTube personality Fidias Panayiotou has won a seat in the European Parliament after garnering around 20% of the vote. This figure is almost equivalent to DISY (center-right, 24.78%) and AKEL (left-wing, 21.49%). In the editorial, the daily cyprus mail It explained how “low respect for political parties and the political system” allowed Fidias to sweep the floor in EU elections.
Like the Cypriots, Romanian It also elected an independent member of parliament, European Green Party Vice President Nicu ştefănuţă (3.08% of the total vote). But the clear winner was the coalition of Social Democrats and Liberals, which won almost 50% of the vote. The far-right parties Alliance of Romania (AUR) and SOS recorded about 20% of the vote. like Razban Philip On a Romanian online news platform press oneAUR was disappointed that it did not reach 25% of the total votes.
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in Greece, New Democracy (center-right) received the most votes (28.31%), sending 7 out of 21 lawmakers to the Greek state. It is worth noting the “significant rise” of the Communist Party (KKE), whose voter turnout has almost doubled since the last EU elections (from 5.35% in 2019 to 9.25% in 2024). KKE Secretary-General described the increase in vote share as “a significant increase” as quoted by the Greek daily. Epimerida Tone Synaptic Tone.
Cloudy forecast for non-EU countries
Summer has arrived in Europe, but the weather in non-EU countries is not as bright. For example, Russia decided to expand its influence in Moldova just months ahead of the recent presidential election and an EU-consulted referendum scheduled for October 20. first, Victoria Borodin On the Moldovan Research Platform guard newspaper Former President Igor Dodon accuses pro-Russian oligarch Ilan şor and more public officials of aiming to spread misinformation about the reasons for the census to be held from April 6 to July 7, 2024. I did.
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And there’s more bad news. According to Nister’s grandmother from guard newspaper, Ilan Řor met in Moscow with pro-Russian agents such as Evghenia Guşul and Dmitri Constantinov to create a new political bloc called Victory, which sought to destabilize Moldova. “What happened in Moscow is nothing more than the actions of the secret service and other specialized agencies of the Russian Federation,” said political analyst Anatol Śăranu. guard newspaper‘S Victoria Borodin.
Erdogan’s Sultanate, an imitator of Russia?
Last month, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s regime once again demonstrated its authoritarian shortcomings. As reported in a Turkish daily republic, former center-left (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu reacted to calls for jail time he received for insulting Erdogan. In response, Kemal tells Erdoğan, “You cannot be sultan.”
In addition to jailing journalists and seeking to do the same to former rivals, Erdoğan recently changed the education system by adding a controversial new curriculum. same republic, Murat Aguirel “Religiousization is increasing and secondary education is moving away from European standards,” he explained. We know someone who doesn’t like European standards. Isn’t that right?
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