Sentences with phrase «european elections this time»

If there was any increase in the turnout for the European elections this time it came in the votes for fringe parties.

Not exact matches

At the same time, Merkel and other European leaders must recognize that Tsipras won an election on a promise to end imposed austerity.

Prime Minister Theresa May, weakened after losing her parliamentary majority in a June election, loses a loyalist at a time when she is trying to break a deadlock in talks to leave the European Union.

No doubt it will take time to repair the deep mistrust and reservations many Europeans feel about Trump himself, his controversial declarations during the presidential campaign, and his erratic behavior since the election.

As we are approaching a key electoral year, with the elections of the European Parliament as well as with national elections in several countries including Germany, it is about time to draw some lessons from what happened in Europe and to envisage a possible way to move forward.

Tory disdain for criticism from within the government could strain coalition tensions ahead of a difficult time for David Cameron and Nick Clegg, as the two parties prepare to go to war in what is expected to be an unforgiving and bitterly fought European election campaign.

Since McCartney's selection in March 2007 - «an absolute lifetime ago» - the Conservatives took 2,000 votes off the Lib Dems in the 2008 elections before topping the poll in the European elections «for the first time in living memory».

Very recently the UK Independence Party won the 2014 European elections, the first time in over 100 years that neither the socialist labour or conservative parties had won a national election.

«This time it's different,» promised the European Parliament in an awareness campaign ahead of the May 2014 elections.

This was the first time since the European elections of 1984 that the largest opposition party had failed to win the most seats.

At the European election in June the Conservatives beat Labour in the popular vote in Wales for the first time in living memory, and if the findings of this poll were replicated at the general election, it looks like being a close run thing again at the general election.

Griffin sparked angry protests in 2009 when he was invited onto the BBC's Question Time programme, the same year the party won two seats at the European elections.

The French president, François Hollande, has warned that Europe risks «regression and paralysis» if Eurosceptics and nationalists gain the upper hand in next year's European parliament elections, as an opinion poll for the first time put the anti-immigrant National Front (NF) well ahead of his country's mainstream parties.

The Ifop poll in the newspaper Le Nouvel Observateur gave Marine Le Pen's National Front 24 % in the European contest, five points ahead of Hollande's socialists and almost four times what the far - right party achieved in the last European election, in 2009.

During her PhD she spent time as a visiting fellow at the MZES (Mannheim Centrum for European Social Research) in Germany, and whilst there she was mentored by Hermann Schmitt (BES — British Election Study).

Both local and European elections generally result in around a third of the nation voting but there are concerns the number might slip below 25 per cent this time around.

The timing could hardly be worse for the Conservatives — it is too late for the by - election to be held on the same day as the European elections, so the by - election will presumably come fairly soon afterwards, at a time when UKIP will almost certainly be enjoying a big publicity boost from having done well in the European elections...

[2] In 2014 ECPM took part in the European Elections for the first time as a European Party.

Given the fact that UKIP won the 2014 European elections — gaining seats in England, Wales and Scotland — and has now elected a member of parliament for the first time, something big is really happening here.

The data shows for the first time that Hamilton spent around # 11,000 on transport during the European elections, while Farage spent # 350 on transport during the same campaign.

But the consensus around European issues in general tends to reduce the temperature of debate on the Belgian political landscape — and the fact that, for the first time, federal, regional and European elections will be contested on the same day makes the European parliamentary elections less visible to most people.

The SNP has won the largest share of the European election vote in Scotland for the first time, beating Labour into second place.

Mr Ashdown will step down as party leader after the June European elections, and retire as MP for Yeovil at the next general election, but his restless energy is unlikely to be satisfied solely by more time spent at his house in France and with his baby grandson.

The shift, agreed by the shadow cabinet, is designed to prevent Labour being portrayed as the anti-referendum party in the European elections in May at a time when hostility to Brussels is gaining public traction.

Mr Salmond said: «This is a historic result for the SNP - up 10 points from the last European election - and the first time we have ever won a UK - wide election in Scotland, with a much greater margin of victory than even the Holyrood win two years ago.

Counting in the European election will resume in Northern Ireland later today with officials facing heavy criticism over the length of time the process has taken.

Nigel Farage predicts that his party «will win a seat» for the first time in Scotland in the European Parliament elections

The local and European elections have seen a fundamental shift in Irish politics with Fianna Fáil obtaining the lowest share of the vote in its history and Fine Gael becoming the biggest party in a national election for the first time.

And it wouldn't even use up that much negotiating time - French and German elections are distracting European leaders in the first six months of Article 50 anyway.

Holding an election now, at the exact moment we trigger Article 50, would also use up valuable negotiating time in Europe and reduce our already precarious standing with European leaders.

260 days before the European elections, it is also time to think about the day after: how can a future Europe be shaped?

It should have agreed on an experienced interim leader who commands general confidence to take the party past the Scottish elections and the European referendum and into 2017, while preparing Labour — and its electoral system — for a proper contest between its next generation of leadership candidates in time for 2020.

That would give Tory leader David Cameron the time to instigate a referendum on the subject if he wins the next election, potentially bringing the entire European project to a standstill.

The last time there was a European election, Facebook had less than 100 million users.

This was the first time the main party of opposition failed to win a European elections contest since 1984, when Michael Foot's Labour slipped behind the Conservatives.

Two of those seats are ones where the first time Conservative incumbent is standing down, another is in London, where local and European elections suggest Labour are doing particularly well.

Members, who will no longer be called peers, will sit for a maximum of three five - year terms and elections will take place at the same time as European Parliament elections, using the same regional lists system of proportional representation.

Take the UKIP scores with a slight pinch of salt because the timing of the fieldwork (it was mostly done during or in the fortnight following the European elections, so when UKIP were on a bit of a publicity high), but it's another potential pointer as to where they could do well.

The SNP have topped the poll - for the first time ever in a European election in Scotland.

In five years time, when the next European elections take place, I want to be able to say to people across Europe — including Britain — that the European Commission has heeded their concerns and changed the EU for the better.

It is a straightforward matter of fact that, with some 6 % of the vote and the election of two MEPs in this spring's European elections — and with some success in local elections as well — the BNP has demonstrated a level of support that would normally lead to an occasional invitation to join the panel on Question Time.

In the European elections of June 7, 2009, the PSD stuned pundits by winning a European election for the first time since 1989, with 31.7 % of the votes.

Election boundary changes (for general and European elections) will be made on the basis of these, but this time are taking place in the context... Continue reading →

18 November 1998: Lords defeat European elections bill for fifth time, precipitating a constitutional crisis.

Given the subsequent Leave vote in the 23 June 2016 referendum, this is set to be the last time the United Kingdom participated in a European Parliament election.

Inside Politics (Irish Times radio): Studio discussion relating to the Irish Times - Ipsos MRBI poll and the overall Irish political landscape in the run up to the May local and European elections (9th April 2014).

Election boundary changes (for general and European elections) will be made on the basis of these, but this time are taking place in the context of a decision by government to advise a reduction in Dail seat numbers by between 6 (160 seats) and 13 (153 seats).

«They can't bring themselves to publish the report before the European elections because they would have to admit that freedom of movement is a good thing,» one official told the Financial Times.

Mr Wheeler who writes in The Sunday Times that the EU is more expensive than the recession, has said that he intends to support UKIP in June's European Elections but will vote Conservative in County Council elections on the same day and «is likely» to support Conservatives at the General Elections but will vote Conservative in County Council elections on the same day and «is likely» to support Conservatives at the General elections on the same day and «is likely» to support Conservatives at the General Election.

Although European elections are generally seen as second - order elections across all member states, the turn - out of 20.84 % in Croatia was especially low, but the often - heard explanation that parties did not invest much time or money in getting the vote out for a one - year term simply does not hold water.