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The governing NFP suffered a serious setback at legislative elections held on April 13, not only losing its majority in the 300-member National Assembly, but also losing its status as the largest party, which has been claimed by the liberal MPK, which won a total of 123 seats, one more than the NFP. Read Entire Entry

On June 23, British voters went to the polls to decide whether the UK will remain a member of the EU, and, against expectations, a comfortable majority voted to leave the bloc. Although polls indicated that the result would be close, market behavior ahead of the vote indicated that investors were Read Entire Entry

With the next presidential election now less than a year away, the country remains under a state of emergency, a legacy of the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris late last year, and a renewed bout of union militancy underscores the degree to which President François Hollande’s Socialist Read Entire Entry