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☆ Is 100 Days Enough Time to Pick a Leader? Around the World, Yes.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Josh Holder | Keith Collins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Is 100 Days Enough Time to Pick a Leader? But in many other democracies, an official election period sets out when candidates can debate, make speeches and run political ads (often with strict spending limits). “We know from other countries that 100 days is plenty of time for a healthy campaign,” said Mr. Tama. “Most campaigns in different countries are in the range of a few weeks to several months.”Even in India, the largest democracy in the world, the official campaign only starts a little over a month before voting begins. And in India in 2014, Narendra Modi had six months after his party chose him as leader to wage his successful campaign for prime minister.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum, Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Justin Trudeau, Italy Giorgia Meloni, Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Anthony Albanese, France Emmanuel Macron, Indonesia Joko, Keir Starmer, India Narendra Modi, Korea Yoon Suk Yeol, Japan Fumio Kishida, Donald J, Trump, Jordan Tama, “, ”, Tama, Biden’s, Lyndon B, Johnson, Harris, Narendra Modi Organizations: Voters, American University, American, United, Electoral College, Labour, Conservative Locations: Mexico, Philippines, Italy, France, Indonesia, India, Korea, Japan, Canada, United States

☆ From shining shoes in Africa to a seat in Italy's parliament
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Crispian Balmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"Sleeping rough in the streets was traumatic, especially when I realised that this was the result of a political decision that targeted the migrants," Soumahoro told Reuters. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterNow an Italian citizen, the 42-year-old has a unique opportunity to re-shape such decision-making -- from within parliament. "One thing I will try to do is make sure that no one ends up living in the streets like me. People need to be treated as human beings regardless of what passport they have," he said, speaking ahead of the Oct. 13 opening of parliament. He is reticent about his personal life, saying only that he has a young child and remains in touch with his family in Africa.

Summary Italy's LGBT community concerned by election resultFears government will only promote 'traditional' valuesRight promises not to roll back rightsROME, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The LGBT community has "very real fears" after a conservative bloc dominated by the far-right won Italy's general election, a leading gay rights campaigner told Reuters. "Unfortunately there are very real fears" about an erosion of civil rights under the new administration, Fabrizio Marrazzo of the Gay Party said. "The League and partly Brothers of Italy have in their manifestos things that are quite negative for our community, like stressing the importance of protecting only the traditional family," Marrazzo said. She presents herself as a defender of Christian values and an enemy of what she calls "gender ideology" and the "LGBT lobby". Leader of Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni speaks at the party's election night headquarters, in Rome, Italy September 26, 2022.

☆ Market reaction to Italy election
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Leader of Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni reacts at the party's election night headquarters, in Rome, Italy September 26, 2022. read moreFollowing is some of the initial reaction from market observers:LUCA CAZZULANI, HEAD OF STRATEGY RESEARCH; LOREDANA MARIA FEDERICO, CHIEF ITALIAN ECONOMIST, UNICREDIT"We expect a rather muted market reaction in terms of BTPs credit spread in the short term, as the election outcome was broadly in line with expectations. Some short covering is possible given investors entered the election moderately short BTPs and as the risk scenario of a landslide victory by the right is priced out. "The market knew this was how it was going to end and will remain focused at this stage on economic growth, monetary policy tightening and public finances, which remain a slippery slope for Italy." Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Italy bureau and London Markets Team; Compiled by Agnieszka FlakOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Leader of Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni speaks at the party's election night headquarters, in Rome, Italy September 26, 2022. It is from tomorrow that we must prove our worth," the 45-year-old Meloni told cheering supporters of her nationalist Brothers of Italy party early Monday morning. The other major conservative party, Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party, also scored around 8%, leaving Brothers of Italy the dominant partner. Despite its clearcut victory, the vote was not a ringing endorsement for the conservative alliance. The right took full advantage of Italy's electoral law, which benefits parties that forge pre-ballot pacts.

☆ Market reaction to Italy election outcome
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Leader of Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni reacts at the party's election night headquarters, in Rome, Italy September 26, 2022. It last traded at 234 basis points. "Today's upward movement is a continuation of the market reaction seen on Friday after Britain's mini-budget and sounds like a warning to the eurozone countries as well." LUCA CAZZULANI, HEAD OF STRATEGY RESEARCH; LOREDANA MARIA FEDERICO, CHIEF ITALIAN ECONOMIST, UNICREDIT"We expect a rather muted market reaction in terms of BTPs credit spread in the short term, as the election outcome was broadly in line with expectations." We continue to expect the 10-year BTP-Bund spread to trade close to 250 basis points until year end."

☆ Italy's Meloni calls for unity after election victory
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Leader of Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni walks on the stage at the party's election night headquarters, in Rome, Italy September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Guglielmo MangiapaneROME, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Giorgia Meloni, head of the nationalist Brothers of Italy party, said on Monday Italian voters had given a clear mandate to the right to form the next government and called for unity to help confront the country's many problems. "If we are called upon to govern this nation, we will do so for all Italians, with the aim of uniting the people, of exalting what unites them rather than what divides them," Meloni told reporters. "We will not betray your trust." Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Angelo Amante and Gavin Jones; Editing by Crispian BalmerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ "Finally!" Brothers of Italy militants in tears after victory
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Angelo Amante | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Leader of Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni waves at the party's election night headquarters, in Rome, Italy September 26, 2022. "It's a dream," Fabio Rampelli, a party founder, told Reuters as he hugged a tearful activist who whispered to him the single word, "finally!". She says the flame represents the evolution of the Italian right, while critics say it is a vestige of the old MSI who used the same symbol. Marco Marsilio, Brothers of Italy's president of the central Abruzzo region, said he had been waiting for this moment all his life. The Italian hard right has its historical strongholds in central and southern Italy, but some of its militants come from regions with a left-wing tradition.

☆ Italy's right-wing parties seen winning power -exit polls
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Leader of Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni votes at a polling station during the snap election in Rome, Italy September 25, 2022. REUTERS/Yara NardiROME, Sept 25 (Reuters) - A right-wing alliance led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party looks set to win a majority in the next parliament, exit polls said on Sunday after voting ended in an Italian national election. An exit poll for state broadcaster RAI said the bloc of conservative parties, that also includes Matteo Salvini's League and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party, won between 41 and 45%, enough to guarantee control of both houses of parliament. Italy's electoral law favours groups that manage to create pre-ballot pacts, giving them an outsized number of seats by comparison with their vote tally. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Crispian Balmer Editing by Keith WeirOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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