Posts tagged with "European elections"

European elections: the pitchfork-wielding populists CM Regular Columnist

European elections: the pitchfork-wielding populists

May 30th, 2014 By Gwynne Dyer “THERE IS no doubt that many populist, Eurosceptic and even nationalistic parties are entering the European Parliament,” said the German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, after all the votes in Sunday’s election for the European Union’s parliament had been counted. He did not say that the barbarian...
Turkish Cypriots will resort to court over voting foul up Cyprus

Turkish Cypriots will resort to court over voting foul up

May 27th, 2014 By Elias Hazou TURKISH Cypriots who ran for MEP in Sunday’s vote have said they will take to the courts to challenge the legitimacy of the elections, after many eligible Turkish Cypriot voters were prevented from participating due to a bureaucratic cock-up. Under an amendment to the election law, passed last March, some 90,000...
Abstention at record levels (update 4) Cyprus

Abstention at record levels (update 4)

May 25th, 2014 Chief Returning Officer announced the final results of the European elections: Registered voters: 606.916 of which 266.891 casted their votes. The turnout reached 43.97% Left – wing AKEL party received 26,98% (69,852 votes), Democratic Party 10,83% or 28,044, right wing ruling DISY 37,75% (97,732), National Popular Front ELAM...
EU set for election 'Super Sunday,' with far-right vote in spotlight World

EU set for election 'Super Sunday,' with far-right vote in spotlight

May 25th, 2014 European elections reach their culmination on "Super Sunday" when the remaining 20 of the EU's 28 countries go to the polls, with the vote expected to confirm the dominance of pro-European centrists despite a rise in support for the far-right and left. Germany, France, Spain and Poland are among the major EU member states voting on...
Here’s to the day when the abstention rate hits 70 per cent CM Regular Columnist

Here’s to the day when the abstention rate hits 70 per cent

May 24th, 2014 By Johan van den Kerkhof MEET THE new Nostradamus: he is none other than the boss of DISY, Averof ‘Foulis’ Neophytou. Peering through his crystal ball, the likeable Foulis prophesied this week that Cyprus would exit the dreaded troika adjustment programme in late 2015, ahead of schedule. Say Foulis, while you’re at it, can I get...
Some 30,000 Turkish Cypriots will not be able to vote Cyprus

Some 30,000 Turkish Cypriots will not be able to vote

May 24th, 2014 By Angelos Anastasiou SOME 30.000 Turkish Cypriots who reside in the occupied areas have been excluded from the electoral roll due to a domino-effect bureaucratic deadlock. On the back of Turkish Cypriot journalist Sener Levent’s protest on Thursday, when he wrote an article calling for the postponement of the European Parliament...
All set for EP elections Cyprus

All set for EP elections

May 24th, 2014 By Angelos Anastasiou ALL IS in order for tomorrow’s European Parliament ballot, the election service announced on Friday, amid cries of foul play by Turkish Cypriots, thousands of whom have found themselves excluded from the electoral roll. At a news conference, Elections Commissioner Constantinos Nicolaides said that final...
Turkish Cypriot MEP candidate appeals over voter address regulations Cyprus

Turkish Cypriot MEP candidate appeals over voter address regulations

May 23rd, 2014 By Angelos Anastasiou TURKISH CYPRIOT journalist Sener Levent, running as an independent candidate for one of Cyprus’ six Euro MP spots in Sunday’s elections, said he was seeking to have the elections postponed as his son’s name was not included in the list of Turkish Cypriot eligible voters. In an article in local daily...
Two weeks before EU elections, 62% "not interested" World

Two weeks before EU elections, 62% "not interested"

May 8th, 2014 By Luke Baker Six out of 10 Europeans are "not that interested" in the European Parliament elections later this month, according to a poll released on Thursday, despite huge efforts by campaign managers to make the ballot more relevant. The survey of nearly 9,000 people in 12 EU countries found 62 percent were either "not at all"...
European Commission presidential hopeful praises Cyprus’ steady rise Cyprus

European Commission presidential hopeful praises Cyprus’ steady rise

May 3rd, 2014 By Constantinos Psillides JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER, the EPP candidate for the next European Commission president, has commended efforts by the Cyprus government to lead the country out of the crisis “slowly but steadily”. President Nicos Anastasiades, welcoming Juncker to Nicosia, said the former prime minister of Luxembourg and...
Update: 61 candidates to contest 6 MEP seats Cyprus

Update: 61 candidates to contest 6 MEP seats

May 3rd, 2014 By Constantinos Psillides A RECORD number of 61 candidates filed their candidacies on Friday, contesting one of the six seats allocated to Cyprus in the upcoming European parliament elections, scheduled to take place on May 25. In all, 53 candidates from ten parties or groupings, and eight independents submitted their applications,...
Our View: Voter apathy looms for European Parliament elections Opinion

Our View: Voter apathy looms for European Parliament elections

April 17th, 2014 THE CAMPAIGN for the European parliamentary elections officially begins today, even though the parties in Cyprus have already begun angling for votes, presenting their candidates and their election promises. Admittedly, there is nothing of substance for the parties to promise the voters as there are just six Cyprus MEPs in a 766-member...
Ruling alliance to win ‘at least 2 MEPs’ Cyprus

Ruling alliance to win ‘at least 2 MEPs’

April 12th, 2014 By Constantinos Psillides A POLL commissioned by state broadcaster CyBC shows the ruling coalition DISY and EVROKO taking the top spot in next month’s European elections, winning by 35,3 per cent of the vote, with main opposition party AKEL taking 22,5. By this measure, the DISY-EVROKO alliance would win at least two of the six...
Public apathy over European elections Cyprus

Public apathy over European elections

March 17th, 2014 By Constantinos Psillides ATHENS IS the only city abroad that for the time being meets the criteria of having a ballot box set up for the coming European Parliament elections for Cypriots to vote, said Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos on Monday. Hasikos clarified that that may change by election day, as more and more register to...
Sener Levent to stand for MEP Cyprus

Sener Levent to stand for MEP

January 27th, 2014 TURKISH Cypriot publisher and writer Sener Levent will stand as a candidate for Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the May euro elections, he said. It will be the first time a Turkish Cypriot has stood for MEP since Cyprus joined the EU in 2004. Last week, the government approved legislation that makes it easier for Turkish...
FM urges Turkish Cypriot participation in European elections Cyprus

FM urges Turkish Cypriot participation in European elections

December 21st, 2013 The Cyprus government and Parliament are taking measures to help Turkish Cypriots participate in the elections for the European Parliament in May, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Saturday. Speaking at an event hosted by the European Parliament office in Cyprus for the EP elections, Kasoulides said that the Turkish Cypriots...
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