elections and campaigns

Farmer-citizen movement. Trump and Le Pen supported Dutch farmers, now they have caused an electoral shock.

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CNN: – In the Netherlands, a farmers’ protest party has caused a shock after winning state elections this week, just four years after it was founded. Could their rise have wider implications? The farmer-citizen movement, or BoerburgerBeweging (BBB), arose out of mass demonstrations against the Dutch government’s environmental policies, protests that saw farmers use their … Read more

Mexico’s Electoral Reform Bill. AMLO accuses the protesters of drug connections

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CNN: – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador dismissed concerns on Monday about his plan to downsize the country’s electoral watchdog, accusing protesters of links to drug traffickers. Images of a mass protest in Mexico City on Sunday showed tens of thousands of people wearing pink, the color of the National Electoral Institute (INE), which … Read more