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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.
Burson-Marsteller Launches integrated Government and Political Services Group
by rebecca.jarvis on 17th February 2011
Washington DC and New York, February 14, 2011 – Burson-Marsteller (www.burson-marsteller.com), a leading global strategic communications company, announced today the launch of a Government and Political Services Group, a global specialty practice designed to bring together leading political and government practitioners from its family of companies – Burson-Marsteller (public relations and public affairs), Penn Schoen Berland (polling/ political campaign management), and Prime Policy Group.
The European Commission 1 Year On: so far not so good!
by Mayssa Badr on 10th February 2011
One year ago the Barroso II Commission took office. To mark the Commission’s 1st Birthday, we asked actors from across the world of EU policy-making to tell us how you thought they did.
More than 320 respondents from all corners of the EU policy making world took part in our online survey, which asked questions about achievements of the European Commission as a body, as well as for each of the 27 individual Commissioners.
The results were presented on 9 February in Brussels by a panel composed of John Wyles (Senior Advisor, EPC), Jim Currie (Chairman, Burson-Marsteller Brussels), David Earnshaw (CEO, Burson-Marsteller), Tim King (Editor, European Voice) and moderated by Karen Massin (COO, Burson-Marsteller Brussels).
Survey results: The European Commission 1 Year On – so far not so good!
by Mayssa Badr on 9th February 2011
One year ago the Barroso II Commission took office. To mark the Commission’s 1st Birthday, we asked actors from across the world of EU policy-making to tell us how you thought they did. We received responses from across the policy-making spectrum, both in and outside of Brussels. Today we launched the results.
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