Rousseff Closer to Reelection After First Voting Round
Brazil’s president looks more likely to be reelected but still has to see off a centrist challenger next month.
Nick Ottens
Nick Ottens is a public affairs officer for the Dutch Animal Coalition and a board member for Liberal Green, the sustainability network of the Dutch liberal party VVD. He is a former political risk consultant and a former research manager for XPRIZE, where he designed prize competitions to incentivize breakthrough innovation in agriculture, food and health care. He has also worked as a journalist in Amsterdam, Barcelona and New York for EUobserver, NRC, Trouw, World Politics Review and Wynia’s Week, among others.
In Bid to Divide Europe, Russia Expands “Gas War” to Slovakia
Seemingly bent on dividing Europe, Russia cuts natural gas supplies to one of its former satellite states.
Unwilling to Reform, France, Italy Miss Budget Targets
Slow to structurally overhaul their economies, France and Italy continue to miss their fiscal targets.
Staking Out Middle Ground, Cameron Promises Tax Relief
In his election speech, David Cameron promises his next government will cut taxes.
Rousseff Retakes Lead as Voters Doubt Challenger
Brazilians aren’t enthusiastic about their president, but doubt if her challenger can do a better job.
Britain’s Osborne to Freeze Benefits, Cut Pension Tax
A next Conservative government will freeze benefits for working age Britons and overhaul pensions.
French Socialists Lose Upper House Majority
It’s another setback for President François Hollande.
Britain, Denmark Join Coalition Against Islamic State
The two NATO countries join the war in Iraq, but not in Syria.
Bashar Assad: Root of Islamic State’s Evil
A strategy to defeat the Islamists would be incomplete without a plan to remove its sponsor in Damascus.
Belgium, Netherlands to Support Air Campaign in Iraq
The two European countries join the war against the Islamic State but stop short of joining airstrikes against Syria.
As Allies Battle Islamists, Turkey Still Focused on Defeating Assad
Turkey supports the campaign against the Islamic State but insists Bashar Assad is part of the problem.
Hysterical Conference Speech Shows Miliband Is Unfit to Lead
The Labour leader’s recriminations say more about his own delusions than the ruling Conservatives he attacks.
Arabs, Americans Launch Strikes Against Islamic State
But airstrikes alone are unlikely to defeat the Islamist group.
Sarkozy Laments France’s “Humiliation” Under Hollande
The former president says he has “no choice” but to return to politics given the desperate situation France is in.
Miliband Won’t Link Scottish Devolution to English Autonomy
Labour rejects David Cameron’s proposal to give England and Scotland more autonomy at the same time.