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People shout slogans during a rally called by Republican People's Party or (CHP) against the arrest of Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Hundreds of thousands rally in Istanbul in support of imprisoned mayor

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Sebastian Kurz, left, head of the Austrian People's Party, OEVP, poses with Werner Kogler, right, head of the Austrian Greens after a press conference about the government program in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Austria’s Kurz optimistic new coalition will last full term

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Social democrats minister Sanna Marin speaks to the media after she was elected as the new Prime Minister of Finland, in Helsinki, Finland, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Finland’s parliament chose Sanna Marin as the country's new prime minister Tuesday, making the 34-year-old the world’s youngest sitting head of government. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

Vote to remove Estonia minister over jab at Finnish PM fails

By JARI TANNER - Associated Press

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz delivers his speech at parliament session in Vienna, Austria, Monday, May 27, 2019. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz faces a no-confidence vote at the parliament session. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Ousted by parliament, Austria’s Kurz vows to win job back

By DAVID RISING and PHILIPP JENNE - Associated Press

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz attends at parliament session in Vienna, Austria, Monday, May 27, 2019. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz faces a no-confidence vote at the parliament session. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

The Latest: Austria’s Kurz looks forward to fall election

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Ballots are being prepared ahead of Sunday's European Elections, in Rozzano, near Milan, Italy, Saturday, May 25, 2019. Some 400 million Europeans from 28 countries head to the polls from Thursday to Sunday to choose their representatives at the European Parliament for the next five years. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

The Latest: Salvini says populists will control 150 EU seats

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FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2017 file photo, Heinz-Christian Strache, chairman of the right-wing Freedom Party, FPOE, speaks at a news conference in Vienna, Austria. Two German newspapers are reporting that the head of Austria's far-right Freedom Party offered government contracts in return for support for his party from a potential Russian donor shortly before the Austrian's 2017 parliamentary election. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak,file)

The Latest: Austria to see early election after scandal

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FILE - In this file photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels. Nearly a million people are eligible to vote Sunday, March 3, 2019 to choose Estonia’s 101-seat Riigikogu legislature, where the outgoing prime minister and his Center Party is pitted against the center-right opposition Reform Party. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

The Latest: Center-right tops Estonia vote, populists gain

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Turkish legislator gets prison term for ‘aiding’ Gulen

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Santiago Abascal the national president of VOX delivers his speech during a rally of the fledging far-right party VOX in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. Thousands of Spaniards have attended a rally of the fledging far-right party VOX as it tries to grab a foothold in Spain's political spectrum. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Santiago Abascal, VOX leader, becomes Trump of Spain

By Martin Arostegui — Special to The Washington Times

Sen. Bernard Sanders identifies as an independent for voters back home in Vermont but caucuses with Democrats on Capitol Hill and is deeply invested in the party's politics. (Associated Press/File)

Liberals bail on Bernie Sanders in bid to launch new third party

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, head of Austrian People's Party, and his girlfriend Susanne Thier arrive to the polling station to casts their vote in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017, when about 6.4 million people are eligible to vote in the national elections. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

The Latest: Election tally shows Austria turning right

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Sen. Bernard Sanders "has not closed the door" on a third-party run as supporters rally for a Draft Bernie for a People's Party. (Associated Press)

Bernie Sanders under rising pressure to form third party

By Seth McLaughlin and Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, to deliver over million petition signatures demanding that President-elect Donald Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell "keep their hands off the American people's earned Medicare benefits." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Draft Bernie Sanders movement invites Keith Ellison to join new party push

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

'Tick Tock' Pablo Iglesias, leader of Spanish Podemos party, says time is running out for unpopular austerity measures. He hopes to emulate the electoral success of Greece's Syriza party. (Associated Press)

Podemos, Spain anti-austerity party, sees surge in support after Syriza win in Greece

By Meritxell Mir - Special to The Washington Times

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy speaks to the parliament in Madrid on Wednesday, July 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy beats back money scandal

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** In this photo from Sept. 6, 2011, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media in Ankara, Turkey. (Associated Press)

Turkey’s foreign policy in free fall

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Popular Party candidate Mariano Rajoy waves to gleeful supporters in Madrid on Sunday. With his party winning a huge majority in the Spanish parliament, Mr. Rajoy is set to become the nation's next prime minister. (Associated Press)

Center-right party ousts Socialists in Spanish vote

By Mike Elkin - Special to The Washington Times

** FILE ** Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero talks during a brief press conference in Madrid, on Monday, Aug. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Surplus of pessimism may cost Spain’s ruling Socialists at polls

By Mike Elkin - Special to The Washington Times

Turkey’s ruling party trailing in poll ahead of next year’s vote

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times