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The history of the euro crisis is full of rising radicals and disgraced moderates. Not so much in Portugal. The country is heading for parliamentary elections on 4 October with no clear threat to the position of the mainstream parties in sight. It was not always...

Tomorrow, 5 September, marks 100 days since Muhammadu Buhari was inaugurated as president of Nigeria, after former president Goodluck Jonathan, was rejected at the polls. This election was a momentous point in Nigeria’s history, being the first time an opposition...

An old adage has it that a rightwing politician who ‘borrows’ progressive ideas is smart, while a social democrat who takes a leaf out of the book of commonsense conservatism is a traitor. Political parties are not pressure groups. Their aim is not to press government...

The next federal election in Canada takes place on 19 October – and it is pretty difficult to tell what will happen. The three major parties are running neck and neck in the public opinion polls – the Conservatives, the New Democratic party and the Liberal party. In...