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OFFICIAL 2016 Foreign Elections Thread

Which one? Kurz is old money conservative, definitely right wing but within the standard spectrum for Europe.

The problem is he will likely form a coalition with the FPÖ, and their leader Heinz-Christian Strache is a Nazi. Not borderline, but a guy who spent years in organizations like the Wiking-Jugend. He's a real life Nazi, not one of the stupid tiki torch carrying fake ass American ones.

Was originally asking about Kurz. But that team sounds like a real winner for progress. An old school Nazi extremist working with an impressionable 31 year old that voters approve of. What can go wrong?
 
Was originally asking about Kurz. But that team sounds like a real winner for progress. An old school Nazi extremist working with an impressionable 31 year old that voters approve of. What can go wrong?
Kurz is not impressionable. He's a ruthless political operator who has proven he's willing to do whatever to be Chancellor and he wants to have a major role in the EU. He will stick a knife into Strache's back faster than you can blink (he already gutted his party in a brutal power play, then broke coalition tanks to force this election).

Don't let his baby face and big ears fool you. The meme going around Austrian social media has been him wearing an old Hapsburg imperial crown and clothes, and his ambition isn't far off that.
 
Make Austria Hapsburg Again
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Wake Forest grads got nothing on Old Etonians. Sorry bkf.

This was a great post that I don't remember writing. I'm not surprised to discover that it is responding to a post now-deleted. bkf = king troll.
 
In Zimbabwe, a military takeover counts as an election.
 
In Zimbabwe, a military takeover counts as an election.

Actually, in Zimbabwe, it could be preferable to Mugabe winning another election. But we also said the same thing about the Arab Spring, so let's see.
 
It seems to be a fight over who should succeed Mugabe, his wife or former second in command. So probably a wash.

Emmerson Mnangagwa: The 'crocodile' who snapped back

But after Mr Mugabe lost the first round of the presidential election to his long-time rival Morgan Tsvangirai in 2008, Mr Mnangagwa was rumoured to have masterminded Zanu-PF's political campaign, co-ordinating the party's links with both army and intelligence.

The military and state security organisations unleashed a campaign of violence against opposition supporters, leaving hundreds dead and forcing thousands from their homes.

Mr Tsvangirai then pulled out of the second round and Mr Mugabe was re-elected.

Or worse.
 
Brazil looks to be returning to the dark ages unless Haddad pulls out a huge upset. Things could get really ugly there in the next few months.
 
Omar Hassan al-Bashir Is Removed as Sudan’s President

Sudan’s military has ousted President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who is wanted on genocide charges in connection with atrocities in Darfur, the defense minister announced on Thursday, after nearly four months of mass protests over his long, authoritarian rule.

The minister, Lt. Gen. Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf, said that Mr. al-Bashir had been taken into custody and that the government had been dissolved and the Constitution suspended. He said there would be a two-year transition period, with the military in charge, and announced a 10 p.m. curfew.

Sara Abdelgalil, a spokeswoman for the Sudanese Professionals Association, which has been organizing the protests, said the defense minister’s announcement fell far short of satisfying the demonstrators.

“What has been just stated is for us a coup, and it is not acceptable,” she said. “They are recycling the faces, and this will return us to where we have been.”

She said the demonstrations would continue “until there is a complete step down of the whole regime.”
 
Sudan General Steps Down as Transitional Leader a Day After al-Bashir’s Ouster

Only one day after Sudan’s longtime autocratic ruler, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, was ousted by his own defense minister — a close ally — the defense minister announced on state television that he was stepping down as head of the transitional government and would be replaced by yet another military leader.

The move was seen as an effort to assuage the thousands of protesters who have camped outside the country’s military headquarters in the capital, Khartoum, for the last seven days, demanding that a civilian government replace Mr. al-Bashir and his military coterie. This was the second time in two days that the protesters had forced the departure of a ruler they found unacceptable, but it was unclear whether another general would satisfy them.

The defense minister, Lt. Gen. Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf, had proclaimed on Thursday that he was assuming power in a transitional government that would be in place for two years. After protesters in Khartoum expressed outrage and refused to disperse despite an overnight curfew, General Ibn Auf announced on Friday evening that he would be succeeded immediately by Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdel Rahman, general inspector of the armed forces, as head of the transitional council.
 
Less than two months after his biggest-ever electoral victory, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed in a desperate bid to form a new government. The Knesset has now voted to hold a new election on Sept. 17.

Why it matters: This is a huge political defeat for Netanyahu. It's the first time since the founding of Israel that a prime minister has missed the deadline to form a coalition after winning an election. Netanyahu opted for new elections before Israel's president offered one of Netanyahu's political rivals an opportunity to form a government.

Context: New elections will prevent Netanyahu from passing laws giving himself immunity from three pending indictments for bribery, fraud and breach of trust.

Netanyahu's plans to pass legislation allowing politicians to override Supreme Court rulings will also be hampered.

https://www.axios.com/israel-new-el...ion-35122735-eec2-4f7c-a6fe-d1e200b91aa6.html
 
 
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