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Sweden votes in a high-stakes election where the far-right Sweden Democrats seek a first-ever role in government, challenging a tight race between right- and left-leaning blocs amid heated campaigning and controversy; early voting is strong, results are due tonight with coalition talks likely to take weeks as voters cite healthcare, law and order, immigration and the economy.
The AfD won 44% in Saxony-Anhalt—the biggest postwar far-right victory—nearly securing a state government and forcing a reckoning with the firewall strategy, as mainstream parties weigh coalition options or a minority government ahead of Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern votes. The result deals a blow to CDU leader Friedrich Merz and fuels the AfD’s push for a stronger federal impact, with leaders signaling ambition toward around 40% in a future election while economic concerns dominated voter sentiment.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė and her cabinet resigned after about ten months in office, with Ruginienė set to return as social affairs minister in a new cabinet led by Mindaugas Sinkevičius. The tenure was marked by crises including balloon-smuggling incidents, drone incursions, a high defence budget, and ministerial dismissals, plus controversy over trips and leaked data. The reshuffle realigns the coalition, with Social Democrats retaining core ministries and Democrats For Lithuania rejoining; Sinkevičius’s nomination to Seimas is expected to be submitted soon.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is poised to begin a third term after forming a coalition government, with a firm stance on Greenland central to securing support from partners.
Mette Frederiksen clinched a third term as Danish prime minister by cobbling together a four-party centre-left minority coalition, aided by her predecessor Lars Løkke Rasmussen and bringing in the Green Left and Social Liberals after months of talks; the government will outline its policies soon, with focus on immigration, Ukraine support and Arctic security including Greenland discussions.
Mette Frederiksen will return as Danish prime minister, forming a four-party center-left coalition (Social Democrats, Moderates, Green Left, Social Liberals) after Denmark’s longest-ever coalition negotiations; the government platform will be unveiled soon and ministerial names revealed next, following an election that gave Frederiksen’s party its worst result in over a century.
Exit polls place Rumen Radev's Progressive Bulgaria around 37% in Bulgaria's eighth general election in five years, well ahead of GERB at about 16%. Radev, a former president and air-force chief who pledges anti-corruption reforms, will need coalition partners to govern. He pursues a pragmatic, sometimes pro‑Russian stance toward EU sanctions and Ukraine while highlighting Bulgaria's role in European defence; his government-friendly stance includes ties to private arms production, such as a Rheinmetall VMZ Sopot venture. The result signals a shift away from the traditional parties and a push for stable governance through alliances.
Denmark’s Social Democrats led the parliamentary vote but won less than a quarter of the ballots, leaving Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in the strongest position to form a new government though her party’s worst result in over a century signals a bruising, coalitions-building process. Analysts say she may need concessions to either the left or the right, with The Moderates’ swing-vote status key to securing a majority; her stand against Trump over Greenland boosted her profile, but domestic issues and voter fatigue could complicate efforts to deliver a stable government.
Denmark’s parliamentary vote is neck‑and‑neck as PM Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats ride domestic issues like a wealth tax, while a fractured coalition keeps the red and blue blocs nearly even; the Moderates could be kingmakers, and Greenland/Faroe Islands seats may swing the result. Exit polls likely won’t yield a clear winner quickly, and forming a government could take weeks in a likely coalition.
Thailand's election defied polls as Anutin Charnvirakul's conservative Bhumjaithai party won about 190 seats and looks set to form a government with coalition partners, while reformist Move Forward and its allies faltered. The result reflects Thailand's mixed electoral system, strong rural networks for conservatives, the absence of a unifying issue this time, and legal barriers that hamstring reformists, with turnout dipping to about 65%.
Thailand's early general election pits the reformist People's Party, Bhumjaithai, and Pheu Thai in a three-way race, with polls showing no clear winner and a likely coalition government; voters also decide on a referendum to start drafting a new constitution amid nationalist sentiment and slow growth.
John Steenhuisen says he will not seek re-election as leader of South Africa's Democratic Alliance in April, opting to focus on his agriculture minister duties amid controversy and a severe foot-and-mouth outbreak; the move could affect the DA-ANC coalition’s stability, with Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis seen as a potential successor.
Centrist liberal D66, led by Rob Jetten, has won the Dutch general election, gaining 26-27 seats and positioning itself as the leading party to form a coalition government, while defeating far-right PVV led by Geert Wilders.
Rob Jetten's centrist liberal party narrowly won the Dutch election, surpassing populist Geert Wilders, and Jetten is poised to become the country's youngest prime minister, though forming a coalition may take months.
Dutch voters face a complex election with 27 parties competing for 150 seats, reflecting deep political fragmentation. The large ballot paper and multiple parties make voting and coalition formation challenging, with recent polls indicating a close race among various political factions, including the far-right Party for Freedom led by Geert Wilders.