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The Arab parties were the story of election night. They look to have defied expectations and could gain a record 19 seats - helped by an unprecedented turnout from Israel’s Arab population, who account for about one-fifth of the country and often describe themselves as Palestinian citizens of Israel.

How could Israel break election deadlock? Here are four scenarios

Israel looks to be in political deadlock.

Lula’s return was remarkable because it was not a conventional victory for the left. After years of economic turbulence, corruption scandals and deep political polarisation, Brazil appeared trapped in a bitter culture war. Rather than appealing exclusively to his traditional union base, Lula reached out to centrists, moderates and even former political rivals.

What Europe’s Centrists Can Learn From Brazil’s Lula and Serbia’s Student Rebels

As progressives in France, Germany and the United States struggle to reconnect with voters in the face of challenges from right wing populists, the victories of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil and Serbia’s anti-establishment student movement offer a lesson: broad coalitions and democratic renewal matter more than ideological purity.

Germany, diplomats said, believes von der Leyen’s proposal confuses the debate about enlarging the EU to the east by using the term ‘member’ for a looser relationship at a time when the EU is negotiating full accession with countries such as Ukraine.

Berlin nails new wording to unblock EU-Canada stalemate

Germany has resisted offering ’associate member’ status to Canada as EU talks went to the wire

On Monday, Mr Burnham declared that he wanted to see Britain rejoin the EU during his lifetime, and Downing Street has kept the door open to rejoining without a second referendum.

Burnham ‘reopening old wounds’ on Brexit

Andy Burnham is facing growing Labour anger over Brexit, with a minister warning him against “reopening old wounds” on Europe.

We should be honest about where things stand. There is no evidence yet of a sustained wave of global family office money flowing into CEE. What the evidence does show is a set of increasingly sophisticated local family investors, solid underlying economies and a global investor community actively rethinking how and where it diversifies. That combination does not stay open forever.

Go East: CEE and the rise of family office investment

Why Poland and Romania deserve a place on the map of global family capital

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