Snap election

The Greek security markets have greeted with enthusiasm the European and regional election results on Sunday and the calling of a snap general election in late June, as on Monday morning stock prices are soaring in the Athens bourse and the Greek bond yields are diminishing rapidly.

The failure of the three main parties to agree on a future government means all possible scenarios are on the table, including snap elections.

Kosovo's president is ignoring a court ruling over who gets to sit on the country's Central Election Commission, just as the ruling coalition slides towards a snap election.

Turkey has never seen an election campaign like this one for the snap elections of June 24.

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has ruled out the possibility of calling another snap election after the June 24 polls. 

The controversial relocation of ballot boxes will affect a total of 144,000 voters in the June 24 snap elections, Supreme Election Board (YSK) chairman Sadi Güven stated on May 28.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was threatened with no-confidence motions and demands for a snap election on May 25 over a graft trial involving members of his party in which a judge cast doubt on his testimony.

If elected, İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener promised on May 18 "to lift Turkey's state of emergency the day after the snap elections." 

İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener has vowed to be the "unifying" president of Turkey if elected as the head of the nation in the June 24 snap elections, while unveiling her election manifesto for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary polls.

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has proposed a “democratic decentralization” model in its election manifesto for Turkey’s upcoming July 24 snap elections, saying this model does not contradict with the country’s unitary state structure and democratic parliamentary system.