How to watch the Hungarian election like a pro – POLITICO

POLITICO’s Poll of Polls aggregates the numbers from different pollsters, and its projections put Magyar’s Tisza party at 49 percent, 10 points clear of Orbán’s Fidesz at 39 percent.  Poll of Polls — Hungary national election voting intention For more polling data from across Europe visit POLITICO Poll of Polls. POLITICO excluded some pollsters because they […]

Tips for identifying fake social media accounts as midterm elections ramp up :: WRAL.com

Advancements in artificial intelligence could help bad actors influence political discourse ahead of the midterm elections, a former North Carolina cybersecurity official warns.  Improvements in AI technology are making it easier for people to create accounts on social media that are controlled by bots, says Torry Crass, a cybersecurity analyst who previously worked for North […]

How to watch the runoffs like a pro – POLITICO

Ça va sans dire, the best place to follow the vote is POLITICO’s live blog, which will be back from Sunday. It’s not only about mayors Wannabe mayors are running alongside a host of candidates trying to get a seat in city councils. Seats are distributed proportionally to each list based on their vote share, […]

How to watch Sunday’s vote like a pro – POLITICO

Marseille, France’s second city, is. And the incumbent center-left candidate there faces a serious challenge from the National Rally. Other southern cities such as Nice, Toulon and Nîmes are also far-right targets, so keep an eye on those to get a sense of whether voters are ready to hand Le Pen or Jordan Bardella the […]

Starmer’s premiership is dying. Nobody knows how to save it. – POLITICO

The result, one of the worst in Labour’s recent history, has turbocharged the acrimonious debate about Starmer’s perilous position and the direction he is taking his party in.  Six government ministers, MPs and officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told POLITICO they don’t expect the prime minister to be ousted in the wake of the […]

How to watch Keir Starmer’s massive by-election test like a pro – POLITICO

Here’s everything you need to know about the battle for Gorton and Denton. Why it matters Gorton and Denton is the prime minister’s biggest electoral test since last May, when Nigel Farage’s Reform UK snatched Runcorn and Helsby (also in north west England) off Labour by just six votes. On the same night, Reform also […]

How to topple the British prime minister in 5 easy steps – POLITICO

They must win the support of 5 percent of Labour’s constituency parties, or at least three of the party’s formal “affiliate” bodies including two trade unions. This is not always a formality, as Emily Thornberry — now chair of the Commons’ foreign affairs committee — discovered when she failed to reach the local party threshold […]

How to watch British politics in 2026 like a pro – POLITICO

To turn it around, Starmer’s aides want to tackle problems baked into the state for years —on welfare, social care, backlogged courts, special needs support and glacial infrastructure development. Ministers will have to enact reforms they promised to the migration system, a political landmine that has wounded so many predecessors. Endless hurdles stand in Starmer’s […]

Brussels deadlocked over how to handle Brexit Britain – POLITICO

“We made an agreement in May — that should be the foundation for our conversation,” said a second person, an EU diplomat, also granted anonymity to speak freely about the talks. “So we shouldn’t then in November come back and try to add to it the contributions to cohesion funds that we didn’t agree in […]