Tag: party
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Japan’s incoming leader calls general election as he seeks to unify party
TOKYO — Japan’s incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said Monday that he will call a general election for Oct. 27 following his victory in one of the closest-ever leadership races for the governing Liberal Democratic Party. The poll, which will come a year early and ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November, will decide which party controls parliament’s…
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A far right party with Nazi roots is on the brink of power in Austria
Politics in a central European country of just 10 million people might not seem consequential. But that’s not the case in Austria, where there’s a good chance its election Sunday will be won by a far-right, pro-Russia party that was founded by former Nazis. A win for the Freedom Party, or FPÖ, would not just…