Sentences with phrase «european elections this year»

I had taken a day off work to go campaigning on the day of the local and European elections this year.

At a conference in Munich last month, Alexander Tayler, Cambridge's chief data officer, dodged a question about whether Cambridge would work with far - right parties in European elections this year.

At a conference in Munich last month, Alexander Tayler, Cambridge's chief data officer, dodged a question about whether Cambridge would work with far - right parties in European elections this year.

Not exact matches

At the beginning of the year, possible far - right election victories in the Netherlands, France and Germany were perceived as the biggest threat to European politics.

But the biggest problem is a legal one: The U.S. courts are more protective of free speech than European courts, and in recent years have been hostile to election regulations, notably in the Citizens United decision of 2010.

In the first such event of a year crowded with European elections, the Netherlands prepared to go to the polls in mid-March, potentially providing an early reading of political sentiment among European voters following several populist upsets in 2016.

Second - quarter GDP figures for the eurozone confirmed what earlier data had indicated, namely that the region's economy was expanding at an impressive rate, amid a broad rebound in confidence following setbacks for European populist political parties in various elections earlier in the year.

In terms of a global picture, the EU is even further along than the US by 20 or 30 years, where you wont find a single advanced northern European nation that would for ANYONE that goes on about «God» (unlike the US, which seems to require it during elections)... you'd get laughed off the election circuit.

Campaigning for the French presidency last year, Nicolas Sarkozy ran hard against what Europeans still refer to as 1968, describing the post-1968 New Left as «immoral» and «cynical» and defining the choice before the French electorate in stark terms: «In this election, the question is whether the heritage of May «68 should be perpetuated, or if it should be liquidated.»

With European Parliament elections in June, and a new team of Commissioners in place by the autumn, 2009 will be a year of many personnel changes in Brussels, according to Tim Price, partner at GPlus Europe.

«My ambition is to lead Ukip into the European elections next year as a candidate, which I could not have done if I'd have chosen to stand in the House of Commons, and I believe in those elections next year we can cause an earthquake in British politics,» Farage said.

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.

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.

Earlier this year the French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP) asked a representative sample of Europeans the views they intend to express in their vote during the European elections in May (PDF).

The result will boost the confidence of observers who predict Ukip will fail to come first in the European elections later this year.

He said he had «absolutely no doubt» that Labour would reverse their opposition to a referendum in the run - up to the European elections next year.

Plus a demand for a straight In - Out EU referendum on the day of next year's European Elections, which only the Coalition could deliver, since it will still be the Government on that day.

In a speech launching Labour's local and European elections campaign, Miliband outlined his proposals to set up three - year tenancy agreements, introduce a ceiling on rent increases and build 200,000 more homes per year.

Interest in this year's European Parliamentary elections has been growing steadily: citizens» groups and political organisations started organising election panels and public debates by January — several...

Nick Bourne AM is pictured with David Cameron on the day after this year's European Elections when the Conservatives topped the poll across Wales (Photograph by Mark Jones).

Earlier this year they topped the poll in the European elections.

The European elections two years ago, the report concludes, were «the most successful to date for the far - right parties in the EU.»

His plan was that this year's UKIP conference would demonstrate it was a grown up party - not just ready to fight the European Elections, but gain momentum for the longer haul to May 2015.

The differentiation campaign would begin in April, during the European elections campaign, and continue until September and the Lib Dems» final autumn conference before next year's general election.

The election observation mission is led by a 32 - year old, inexperienced member of the European Parliament (MEP).

The anti-politics vote which propelled Ukip to an unprecedented victory in this year's European elections could play a decisive role north of the border next Thursday, too.

But the past month of British politics has seen local and European elections produce massive gains for the Eurosceptic anti-immigration UKIP, the publication of a report on the gradual rise in levels of racial prejudice in Britainover the past ten years and a scare about Islamic extremism in British schools.

Voters, perversely, have responded to the debate by firming up their support for Europe — despite handing Ukip victory in this year's European elections.

«Our priority now is to work together for success in the European elections later this year and in the general election in 2015.»

After all, in this year's European elections the Conservatives barely managed to notch up half the amount of votes won by Ukip.

This is something backbenchers have been pushing for over the past year — and there are more than 100 of them by one count — so not only would a Bill help the party on the doorstep when it comes to the European elections in 2014, but it will also cheer up MPs.

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.

Adrian Kavanagh, 25th September 2014 Now that the new European Election constituency boundaries have been decided on, in this post, I will be detailing the names of the candidates for next year's European Elections contests, by constituency.

Professor Green's briefing focused upon whether UKIP's success at the European Parliament elections in May this year would continue to herald success in the 2015 general election.

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.

Jean - Yves Camus, who is based at the Institute of International and Strategic Relations, in Paris, and is an expert on the European far - right, said: «All the ingredients are coming together for the NF to achieve a higher score than ever before in both the municipal and the European elections next year.

Analysis of the most recent British Election Study data demonstrated that while support for UKIP will fall after May's European Parliament elections, this decline will be by a much smaller margin than in previous years.

An inter-election internet panel across 8 waves over 4 years, including pre - and post-general election waves, a European Elections wave, and a Scottish referendum wave.

Yet, despite much of the media's frenzy, populist nativist parties have so far failed to make strong and consistent gains in recent years and it is unlikely that the upcoming European elections will see a change in this.

As they approach next year's European elections, when they will be making the case for an in - or - out referendum while fighting on two fronts, they should also be reassured.

Miliband was disappointed by his party's performance in this year's European elections and, more recently, by his party's responsibility for the failure to persuade Glasgow against independence.

The polls of Conservative - held Ukip targets found the party failing to make breakthroughs even in seats where they won their best results in last year's European elections.

In last year's European elections, Ukip won 28 % of the vote in Wales - just behind Labour.

The Lib Dems have had their worst European election result for 25 years, with only one seat to their name.

At next year's European parliament elections, UKIP will probably come first, again with a broad demographic spread.

Norwegians go to the polls next week to chose a new government, but the issue of joining the European Union is not one that has featured in this year's election campaigns.

All this is consistent with European, local and by - election results this year.

We all know that every year the European Court of Auditors fails to sign off (or as they say «give a positive statement of assurance on») the accounts of the European Commission and one question every candidate for the European elections next year will be asked is «what are you going to do to stop all the fraud, waste and maladministration, so that the accounts get signed off?»

This change takes place at the European Elections next year.

In particular, they have good reason to warn what will happen in next year's elections to the European Parliament.