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| Italy
Setback for Berlusconi, hope for leftThe European Parliamentary elections in Italy were a defeat for the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. They also marked a setback, albeit a minor one, for European Commission president Romano Prodi’s plans to unite the centre-left and a success for Rifondazione comunista (the Party of Communist Refoundation, PRC). -> read article... |
| Poland
The elections that didn’t take placeIf not for the low rate of participation (20.87%), neither the liberals nor the radical right would have been able to hope for the good scores they registered at the European elections. Their triumph only reflects the depth of the social crisis in Poland. -> read article... |
| Latvia
Chauvinism triumphsRepresenting more than a third of Latvia’s inhabitants, the Russian-speaking minority (less than half have Latvian nationality and civic rights) polarizes political life in Latvia. Fighting for civic rights, its political party, the PCTVL, made a remarkable breakthrough at the 2002 parliamentary elections. It won a seat in the European parliament at these European elections. -> read article... |