(from the article `Croatia`) Ivica Racan, former prime minister (2000–03) and leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the single largest opposition party, died on April 29. ...
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(from the article `Czech Republic`) ...Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL), and the Greens—had a combined total of just 100 seats in the 200-member parliament, the confidence vote was ... ...political turmoil in 2006 as the parliamentary elections on June 2–3 ended in a stalemate, with the lower house split evenly between the left a...
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(from the article `Denmark`) The incumbent centre-right Liberal-Conservative coalition of Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen won the February 2005 general elections ... ...base at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba for two years of detention. In a vote seen as a backlash against the ruling Liberal-Conservative government for its ... Aft...
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(from the article `Estonia`) ...members in the parliament in May and Savisaar`s loss of the mayoralty in Tallinn in October following a vote of no confidence. The chief gainers ...
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(from the article `Hungary`) ...Hungary`s misfortunes. Feelings ran particularly high against the Jews, who had played a disproportionately large part in both revolutions, ... ...on `all its democratic elements.` The government contained only two communists; its other members were representatives of four noncommunist ... [2...
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(from the article `Iceland`) ...has been ruled by a coalition government. The only coalition to have lasted more than one electoral term without interruption was that formed by ...
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(from the article `Jiang Kanghu`) Upon the overthrow of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of the Chinese republic in 1911/12, Jiang began openly propagandizing for socialism. The ...
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(from the article `Kenya`) ...a multiparty state in the early 1990s, many political parties have been created, often reflecting ethnic alliances. The major parties are the ...
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(from the article `Madagascar`) ...of political inactivity followed until the 1950s. After the Overseas Territories Law of 1956 gave Madagascar an executive elected by the local ...
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(from the article `Montenegro`) In September a parliamentary election saw the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), headed by Milo Djukanovic, and its junior partner, the ...
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(from the article `Portugal`) Portugal suffered a year of turmoil in 2005. Pres. Jorge Sampaio called early elections following infighting in the centre-right coalition led by ... ...Barroso accepted, setting off a political crisis at home as his centre-right coalition squabbled with the three main opposition parties over the ... ......
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(from the article `Romania`) Adrian Nastase, a former prime minister, was formally charged with corruption in February. This led to a crisis within the Social Democratic Party ... ...the parliament in Romania was deadlocked, owing to the inconclusive 2004 elections, which resulted in a weak centre-right coalition government ... Roman...
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(from the article `Switzerland`) ...of the vote (up from 26.7% in the 2003 election) and increased its representation by 7 seats to give it the largest number of seats (62) in the ... ...among long-established democracies. From the 1950s until the early 21st century, Switzerland`s government was formed by a grand coalition of four ... ...
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a short-lived British political party that was formed in 1981 by a faction of the Labour Party in reaction to Labour`s domination by leftists and ... [6 related articles]
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British centrist political party 1981-90, formed by members of Parliament who resigned from the Labour Party. The 1983 and 1987 general elections were fought in alliance with...
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n] - a political party in Germany and Britain (and elsewhere) founded in late 19th century
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noun a political party in Germany and Britain (and elsewhere) founded in late 19th century; originally Marxist; now advocates the gradual transformation of capitalism into democratic socialism
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British centrist political party 1981–90, formed by members of Parliament who resigned from the Labour Party. The 1983 and 1987 general elections were fought in alliance with the Liberal Party as the Liberal/SDP Alliance. A merger of the two parties was voted for by the SDP in 1987, and the new party became the Social and Liberal Democrats...
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