Europe
A NEW GOVERNMENT IN FRANCE, YET MORE RIGHTWING THAN BEFORE – In the legislative elections of 7 July 2024, the left-wing components of the New Popular Front (NFP) got the most votes. Following this, political life became suspended for two months, while the so-called ‘resigned’ ministers continued more or less in their roles.
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UK ELECTIONS 2024: A PARTING OF THE WAYS INSIDE LABOURISM, NEVER MIND THE ELECTORAL SUCCESS – In the 4 July legislative election, the Conservative government suffered a crushing electoral defeat, and Rishi Sunak resigned. The Labour Party led by Keir Starmer won 411 (or 412) parliamentary seats out of 650, but did so with 3 million fewer votes than Jeremy Corbyn in 2017!
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IN FRANCE, IT IS PROVEN THAT THE LEFT WINS WHEN IT IS UNITED – Against all expectations, the New Popular Front (NFP) won the second round of the Legislative Elections on 7 July 2024. This frustrated all the polls and forecasts the major bourgeois medias had energetically broadcasted, according to which the National Rally (RN) was the first party of France and was going to win these elections.
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UNITED KINGDOM, ELECTIONS 2024: FORWARD TO PERMANENT POPULAR FORUMS – On 23 May, the Sunak Conservative government announced a snap parliamentary election for 4 July, leaving six weeks for the campaign. The arch Blairite Peter Mandelson (now Lord for services rendered) says that Sunak wanted quick elections to put a stop to the soaring popularity of far-right Farage and his Reform Party.
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THE AFRICAN COUNTRIES RISE UP AGAINST IMPERIALISM – Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine is at the heart of all changes in the global power relations. This was clearly expressed in March 2022 when 40 countries abstained or refused to vote the UN resolution condemning the so-called Russian “invasion” of Ukraine.
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