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DEMOCRACY DIGEST: WHAT KEEPS POLISH VOTERS AWAKE AT NIGHT?

As Poland looks ahead to a general election, politicians are paying special attention to voters’ hopes and fears.
Polish Left need to unite for October election

The recent elections to the European Parliament showed that there is potential for a fully-fledged Green-Left progressive political movement in Poland.
Italian social democrat elected new European Parliament president

Italian social democrat MEP David Sassoli has been elected president of the European Parliament, completing the roster of top EU jobs.
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev elected Kazakhstan’s president with 70.96 percent of the vote

Incumbent President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev won Kazakhstan’s June 9 presidential election, receiving 70.96 percent of the vote (6,539,715 votes), said Central Election Commission (CEC) Member Lyazzat Suleimen at a June 10 CEC briefing on election results.
Spain’s Elections: What They Are About and What to Expect?

A heightened election season is starting with a jolt this weekend in Spain.
Russia's Foreign and Security Policy: An Update

Recent developments in Russia’s foreign policy reflect the country’s struggle to preserve its status as a “great power” through modernization. Dmitri Trenin of the Moscow Center discussed how the economic crisis, China’s rising power, and Moscow’s relations with its neighbors have affected its foreign and security policy. Carnegie’s Martha Brill Olcott moderated.
Elections shake up Hungary's political landscape

Twenty years after the transition to post-communist rule, Hungarian voters at the 11th of April radically changed the country's political landscape, sending the ruling socialists into opposition and laying the ground for the centre-right to win an absolute majority in parliament in the second round of national elections.
Yanukovych Faces Uphill Struggle for Control of Ukraine, Despite Victory in Presidential Election

As expected, opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has won the February 7 presidential election runoff. Unlike in 2004, when Yanukovych lost a controversial poll to Viktor Yushchenko and his supporters were accused of large-scale election fraud, this time international observers said the election was free and fair. However, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has not recognized her defeat. If Yanukovych fails to form a new coalition in parliament on the spur of the moment in order to oust Tymoshenko from the government, Ukraine will face several months of uncertainty and probably early parliamentary polls.
The Russian Factor in Ukraine’s 2010 Presidential Elections

The Russian factor in this year’s Ukrainian presidential elections is essentially a straw man and far less important key than five years ago. Russian political technologists openly worked for one candidate (Viktor Yanukovych), while Moscow allegedly sought to poison the opposition candidate (Viktor Yushchenko) and President Vladimir Putin visited Kyiv on the eve of the first and second rounds to endorse Yanukovych. Putin congratulated Yanukovych on his “victory” two days after the second round –and one day before the central election commission had released the official results.