Merkel will use setbacks in regional elections to warn Germans against extreme and chaotic Left-wing coalition
Germany's CDU has become familar with losing election-winning leads in opinion polls. At the last election it saw a large… Read more »
Japan set to vote for more interventionist government
6pm: As expected the LDP has been crushed in Japan's election. The Democratic Party of Japan has won more than… Read more »
Centre right leaders on top of the polls in Europe’s four biggest powers
'The right' did very well in June's elections to the European Parliament. ComRes' regular summary of opinion across Europe has… Read more »
Increased support for Canada’s Conservatives cools election speculation
A new opinion poll puts Canada's minority Conservative government 39% to 28% ahead of the opposition Liberals. This Conservative lead… Read more »
Australia’s Liberals remain in the doldrums but are fighting back at the state level
Five update observations on our sister party in Australia, the Liberal Party: Current opinion polls suggest that Kevin Rudd will… Read more »
It’s far, far too early for the Republicans to start celebrating
After many months of deep gloom there are suddenly plenty of things to encourage America's Republicans in political terms: Obama… Read more »
Popular Merkel rules out tax rises to close Germany’s budget deficit
Current opinion polls point to Angela Merkel not only remaining Chancellor when Germany votes on 27th September but she should… Read more »
CDU poster features busty Angela Merkel
The poster for CDU candidate Vera Lengsfeld has the slogan: "We have more to offer"! A couple of weeks ago… Read more »
John Howard criticises the media for failing to challenge received wisdom on climate change
The former Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, gave a lecture to the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Advanced Journalism this… Read more »
Vote for the beach party?
With apologies for the rubbish photoshopping but imagine if the British Conservatives ran a poster campaign like this on the… Read more »
Sarkozy says Burkha is not welcome in France
France may have Western Europe's largest Muslim population – five million – but it was also the country that, five… Read more »
Does immigration explain the European Right’s electoral success?
The Economist's Charlemagne doesn't quite believe the argument but posts a possible explanation for why Europe's Right is benefiting from… Read more »
Europe swings rightwards in European Parliamentary Elections
When the recession struck many expected the Left to gain in global politics but in yesterday’s European Parliamentary elections, it… Read more »
Good news for Berlusconi and Wilders in European polling, less good news for Sarkozy and Merkel
On European Elections Day for Britain (not the rest of Europe) here are snapshots of opinion across the continent as… Read more »
Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party may top poll in Dutch European Elections
Some key numbers from the latest ComRes survey of European opinion: "Controversial nationalist politician Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party (NI), formed… Read more »