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As French Elections Loom, Macron Tries to Strike a Balance
PARIS — Rarely has a modern French leader embraced the powers of the presidency as forcefully as Emmanuel Macron. From…
Silvio Berlusconi Angles for Italy’s Presidency, Bunga Bunga and All
ROME — Early this month, Silvio Berlusconi sat at a dining room table in his mansion with his girlfriend, more…
Italy Ponders a New Role for Draghi. Let the Politicking Begin.
The secrecy, and self-interested nature, of the vote makes it ripe for influence peddling. In recent days, opening gambits took…
Iraq Confirms Election Gains for Muqtada al-Sadr
Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court on Monday upheld the results of the country’s October parliamentary elections, resolving a dispute that had…
After Time in U.S. Prisons, Maria Butina Now Sits in Russia’s Parliament
MOSCOW — When Russia’s lower house of Parliament, or Duma, assembled last month for the first time following elections in…