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The Danish parliamentary election
by rebecca.jarvis on 21st September 2011
Denmark bucked the current European trend towards the right in its general election on 15 September. Danes voted in a left-wing ‘Red Alliance’ coalition headed by Social Democrat leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt, defeating the Liberal-Conservative coalition, which had been in power for ten years.
Europeans voice dramatic loss (-51%) of trust in governments across Europe after two years of economic crisis – but trust in the European Commission and European Parliament falls by much less
by rebecca.jarvis on 22nd June 2011
Steep decline in trust in national governments over the past two years, with the biggest decline showing in countries where the economic and financial crisis has hit hardest (Portugal, Greece and Spain)
Trust and Purpose Survey 2011
by rebecca.jarvis on 21st June 2011
Burson-Marsteller commissioned Penn Schoen Berland (PSB), the global market research and
consulting firm, to carry out the Trust & Purpose survey. PSB completed 3,161 online interviews
among the general population in the following countries from 5 May to 16 May, 2011:
Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Data was weighted to age and gender
demographics for each country.
Italy’s local elections – Is the sun beginning to set on Berlusconi’s government?
by rebecca.jarvis on 9th June 2011
Italy’s ruling People of Freedom party (PdL), led by Silvio Berlusconi, has lost local elections in Milan to the opposition centre-left Democratic Party (PD). Meanwhile Naples, a key city for the centre-left, saw the election of Luigi De Magistris, the candidate of the Italy of Values (IdV) party and the Chair of the European Parliament’s Budgetary Control committee.
The Portuguese general election
by rebecca.jarvis on 8th June 2011
Portugal moves to the Right and faces an austere future
The Portuguese general election of 5 June has ushered in a new political era in Portugal. The centre-right Social Democratic Party (PSD) will lead a right-wing majority government, under Pedro Passos Coelho – but it will face economic difficulties and social turmoil in the near future.
Spain’s regional and local elections
by rebecca.jarvis on 26th May 2011
In the last major elections before the general election (scheduled for March 2012), the people of Spain have delivered a damning verdict on the Socialist (PSOE) government’s handling of the economic crisis and decisively handed control of regional government to the centre-right Popular Party (PP).
Statement
by rebecca.jarvis on 12th May 2011
The following statement was released by Burson-Marsteller on 12 May 2011 regarding our work with Facebook in the USA.
Estonia keeps it course as the Right is re-elected
by rebecca.jarvis on 8th March 2011
Despite an economic downturn and severe public spending cuts, Estonians have returned the ruling right-wing coalition to power.
Ireland’s politics turned upside down as Fine Gael wins election
by rebecca.jarvis on 4th March 2011
Voters in Ireland have delivered a devastating verdict on the ruling Fianna Fáil party in the Irish general election.
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