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Egypt - Parliamentary Elections

(01/06/2010 to 01/06/2010)

Elections for the Shura Council, the upper house of the Egyptian parliament, will be held in Egypt on June 1, 2010. From a total of 264 seats 88 are up for election every three years, another 44 are appointed by the president.

Description of government structure:
Chief of State: President Mohamed Hosni MUBARAK
Head of Government: Prime Minister Ahmed NAZIF
Assembly: Egypt has a bicameral Parliament consisting of the Advisory Council (Majilis Al-Shura) with 264 seats and the People's Assembly (Majlis Al-Sha'b) with 454 seats.

 

UN - World Environment Day 2010

(05/06/2010 to 05/06/2010)

World Environment Day (WED) was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.

Commemorated yearly on 5 June, WED is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. The day's agenda is to:

Give a human face to environmental issues;
Empower people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development;
Promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues;
Advocate partnership which will ensure all nations and peoples enjoy a safer and more prosperous future.

 

Holland - General Elections

(09/06/2010 to 09/06/2010)

On 19 February, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende officially dissolved the government and called early elections, rather than waiting until the beginning of 2011.

Since February 2007, Christian Democrat Balkenende has been leading a coalition government made up of his party (CDA), the labour party PvdA and the Calvinists of the CU.

The decline of Balkenende’s Executive occurred when the labour ministers withdrew from the coalition following a prolonged disagreement over whether or not Dutch troops should stay in Afghanistan for a further year. The labour representatives were not in favour of extending the mission, not even in order to train Afghan soldiers as NATO suggested.

Slovakia - Parliamentary Elections

(12/06/2010 to 12/06/2010)

A parliamentary election will be held in Slovakia on June 12, 2010. In the elections 18 parties will be running -8 parties in Slovakia stand a chance of winning seats in parliament in the elections-. If the Central Election Commission doesn’t exclude any of the candidates, a total of 2,401 candidates would compete for parliamentary seats.

Description of government structure:
Chief of State: President Ivan GASPAROVIC
Head of Government: Prime Minister Mikulas DZURINDA
Assembly: Slovakia has a unicameral National Council of the Slovak Republic (Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky) with 150 seats.

Description of electoral system:
The President is elected by direct popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
In the National Council of the Slovak Republic (Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky) 150 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.

Population:
Population: 5,439,448 (July 2006 est.)

 

Legislative branch:
Unicameral National Council of the Slovak Republic or Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky (150 seats. Members are elected on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms)

Elections: last held 17 June 2006.

Belgium - General Elections

(13/06/2010 to 13/06/2010)

Belgium will go to the polls on June 13 in an early election. The new government will be responsible for carrying out a substantial state reform, which will not be easy given the growth of nationalist and secessionist supporters in Flanders.

A survey made public in early May placed the separatists of N-VA (New Flemish Alliance) at the top of the voting intentions list. With 22.9% of the votes, it would replace the CDV (Flemish Christian Democrats), the party of resigning Prime Minister Yves Leterme.

EU - European Council

(17/06/2010 to 18/06/2010) Brussels, Belgium

At the second summit of the year, the EU will analyse the Commission’s report on exit strategies for the global financial crisis.

During the meeting, European leaders should define the so-called Strategy 2020, to mark the EU's economic course of this decade. This is one of the main priorities of the Spanish presidency, debate that has been relegated in recent weeks due to the financial rescue plan for Greece.

Colombia - Presidential Runoff

(20/06/2010 to 20/06/2010)

The pro-government candidate Juan Manuel Santos (PMU) beat his main rival, Antanas Mockus (PV) by a wide margin to win the elections on 30 May, defying all the predictions that foresaw a tie between the two candidates.

Santos received 46.6% of the votes while Mockus obtained 21.5%. The two candidates will face each other again in the second round on 20 June.

Poland - Presidential Election

(20/06/2010 to 20/06/2010)

The ultra-conservative Polish politician Jaroslaw Kaczynski, twin brother of the deceased president Lech Kaczynski, will stand for the elections called on June 20, seeking to succeed his brother, who died on April 11 in a aeroplane crash.

The sudden participation of Jaroslaw Kaczynski in the battle for the presidency has provoked doubts about who the eventual winner will be, although polls indicate that the leader of the Law and Justice party (conservative right, Eurosceptic and ultra-nationalist) will have to work hard to catch up with the current favourite.

All signs indicate that until now the clear favourite is the President of Parliament,Bronislaw Komorowski, of the Civic Platform (liberal right and pro-European). This party has been in government since the end of 2007, when then-Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski lost the parliamentary elections.

EU - Spanish Prime Minister before the European Parliament plenary session

(22/06/2010 to 22/06/2010) Brussels, Belgium

Spanish Prime Minister befoe the European Parliament plenary session.

G-8 Summit

(25/06/2010 to 26/06/2010) Muskoka, Canada

The 36th G-8 summit is to be held in Canada in June 25-26, 2010. The meeting will take place in Muskoka region. It will be the fifth G8 Summit hosted by Canada since 1976.

The G-8 Summit has evolved beyond being a gathering of world political leaders. The event has become an occasion for a wide variety of non-governmental organizations, activists and civic groups to congregate and discuss a multitude of issues.

 

 

G-20 Summit

(26/06/2010 to 27/06/2010) Toronto, Canada

The Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (known as the G-20 and also the G20 or Group of Twenty) is a group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies: 19 countries, plus the European Union. The current chair country of the G-20 is South Korea.

Collectively, the G-20 economies comprise 85%[4] of global gross national product, 80% of world trade (including EU intra-trade) and two-thirds of the world population.

The G-20 is a forum for cooperation and consultation on matters pertaining to the international financial system. It studies, reviews, and promotes discussion among key industrial and emerging market countries of policy issues pertaining to the promotion of international financial stability, and seeks to address issues that go beyond the responsibilities of any one organization.

With the G-20 growing in stature since the 2008 Washington summit, its leaders announced on September 25, 2009, that the group will replace the G8 as the main economic council of wealthy nations.

Heads of states of G-20 members meet biannually at the G-20 Summit. The nest 2010 G-20 Summit is scheduled to be held in Seoul on November 11-13.

The G-20 operates without a permanent secretariat or staff. The chair rotates annually among the members and is selected from a different regional grouping of countries. The chair is part of a revolving three-member management group of past, present and future chairs referred to as the Troika. The incumbent chair establishes a temporary secretariat for the duration of its term, which coordinates the group's work and organizes its meetings. The role of the Troika is to ensure continuity in the G-20's work and management across host years.

Guinea Conakry - Presidential Elections

(27/06/2010 to 27/06/2010)

A presidential election will be held in Guinea on 27 June and 18 July 2010. It was originally scheduled to held on 13 December 2009 (with a run-off on 27 December 2009, if necessary) following the 2008 Guinean coup d'état. Civilian and political groups later proposed to hold them in December after legislative elections in October 2009. The government agreed to set the election date for 13 and 27 December in late March 2009, but it was then again delayed until 31 January 2010.

While junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara had initially stated he would not run in the election, he declared on 16 April 2009 that he, like every citizen, had the right to stand in the election. On 10 May 2009, however, he stated again that neither he nor any of the other officers involved would stand in the election. Despite this vow, supporters of Camara held a rally in August 2009 to call for him to take off his uniform and run in the elections. The United States feels that he must abstain from running in the election to ensure a free and fair election.

After Camara was shot in early December 2009 and Konaté took over as the country's leader, an agreement was reached on 16 January 2010 which stipulated that Camara would remain out of the country (where he had been treated for his gunshort wounds), that a transitional government would be formed and that presidential elections would be held within six months.

Kyrgyzstan - Constitutional Referendum

(27/06/2010 to 27/06/2010)

A constitutional referendum will be held in Kyrgyzstan on 27 June to reduce presidential powers and strengthen democracy in the wake of the 2010 Kyrgyzstani riots, during which the incumbent President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was ousted by protestors and an interim government led by Roza Otunbayeva was formed.

Burundi - Presidential Elections

(28/06/2010 to 28/06/2010)

A presidential election will be held in Burundi on 28 June, with a second round on 26 July, if necessary. Unlike the 2005 election, it will be a direct election by all voters, not by parliament. In early March 2010, the run-up to the election was called "explosive" due to a combination of demobilized former combatants and violence between youth activists in the ruling CNDD-FDD and opposition FRODEBU.

On 1 June 2010, five opposition candidates, including Agathon Rwasa (considered the strongest contender against the incumbent), withdrew from the election, alleging that the government intended to rig it.

Hungary - Indirect Presidential Elections

(29/06/2010 to 29/06/2010)

An indirect presidential election will be held in Hungary on 29 June 2010. Nominations are due by midday of 25 June 2010; the Hungarian Socialist Party nominated university lecturer and Hungarian ambassador to Thailand András Balogh on 6 June 2010.

Germany - Indirect Presidential Elections

(30/06/2010 to 30/06/2010)

An indirect presidential election will be held in Germany on 30 June following the surprise resignation of Horst Köhler as President of Germany on 31 May 2010. The governing coalition comprising the Christian Democratic Union, Christian Social Union of Bavaria and Free Democratic Party will have 645 to 647 of the 1244 seats in the Federal Convention, giving it a clear majority.

On 3 June 2010, Christian Wulff (CDU), the incumbent Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, was nominated as the candidate of the government parties (CDU, CSU, FDP)[3]. Prior to this, federal minister Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) had been considered the front-runner for the nomination of the government parties.

The opposition, the Social Democratic Party and The Greens, nominated non-partisan Joachim Gauck, an anti-communist activist from East Germany and the first Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Archives, as their presidential candidate the same day.

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