Political philosophy

Recep Tayyip Erdogan is currently facing challenging times, and alongside him, authoritarian leaders from around the world are concerned about his fate. Recent opinion polls indicate that he is on the verge of losing the upcoming May 14 elections.

The work carried out by the presidency to shape the government's work on the new constitution promises regulations such as allowing the public to participate in the legislative processes with a certain number of signatures.

President Katerina Sakellaropoulou will travel to London on Friday to attend the coronation of British monarch Charlies III.

French President Emmanuel Macron's highly unpopular pension law passed another hurdle after the Constitutional Council rejected the opposition's second proposal to hold a referendum to limit the retirement age to 62, Reuters reported.

Macron has defied fierce union opposition and weeks of sometimes violent protests against his plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.

China's manufacturing activity contracted in April, official figures showed yesterday, due to slack global demand and a slow domestic recovery after lifting COVID-related curbs.    

From a purely mechanistic and rather arbitrary point of view, the voting public is the sum total of "the people" who have close or loose ties to political parties of all stripes, plus the unaffiliated, the indifferent, and those who reject politics. Of course, every party and every party leader believes that under their banner they have amassed the genuine and virtuous people.

Italy's hard-right prime minister will mark Liberation Day on Tuesday, but those around her have repeatedly toyed with the historical facts surrounding Italian Fascism and those who fought against it.

The referendum, which was initiated by the pro-Russian party "Vazrazhdane" to postpone the adoption of the euro, cannot be held legally, if we speak in the field of law. Prof. Hristo Hristev, professor of EU law, stated this to the National Radio.

China's cooperation with Europe and other countries is as "unlimited" as its ties with Russia, the Chinese ambassador to the EU said, expressing confidence in China's neutrality with regard to Ukraine, Reuters reported.

The growing frustration with politics felt by most Greeks will be expressed in the upcoming elections with an increase in abstention and a tendency to reject systemic parties and strengthen fringe formations - phenomena that will make it more difficult to govern, while also affecting the legitimacy of any government.