Snap election

The leader of Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement dismissed proposals for a stop-gap government to reform the electoral law and repeated his call for a snap election in June, according to a newspaper interview on May 4.

Investors welcoming Turkey's decision to hold snap polls cementing the transition to a presidential system is triggering a large inflow of funds to the country, said Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek on April 30.

Opposition parties have slammed the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) debt restructuring and handout package announced on April 30, saying the package worth up to $6 billion is a part of "pre-election bribery" ahead of snap elections to be held on June 24.

The opposition İYİ (Good) Party on April 30 vowed to host the “reopening of Wikipedia,” which has been banned in Turkey for over a year, a day after snap elections on June 24.

Supreme Election Board (YSK) Chairman Sadi Güven on April 30 sought to assure the security of ballot boxes ahead of Turkey's upcoming snap election. 

The Supreme Board of Election (YSK) on April 20 denied the authenticity of a document that claimed the opposition İYİ (Good) Party would not be able to enter snap elections scheduled for June 24.

The bill on holding snap elections on June 24 was submitted to the office of Parliament Speaker İsmail Kahraman on on April 18.

Azerbaijan strongman Ilham Aliyev has secured a fourth consecutive term in a snap election boycotted by the main opposition parties, near-complete results showed.

Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister has to resign or else she will force a snap election next month, a senior member of the opposition party propping up the country's minority government said on Nov. 27.

Theresa May overcame another hurdle in her battle to get Brexit legislation through the House of Commons late Tuesday, Politico.eu writes.