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Little has changed since the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) agreed on 2 November 2022 to cease hostilities and return to constitutional order. The 2-year civil war has killed thousands of people and seriously aggravated the country's already disastrous humanitarian situation. The conflict erupted in November 2020, after the Ethiopian army attacked Tigrayan troops, who had taken control of military headquarters in Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray region, in ...

This study was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee. It analyses the consequences of the judgment of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal for the legal relationship between Poland and the EU, compares it to the case law of other Member States’ highest courts and makes policy recommendations on how to deal with the judgment.

Ce document du service de recherche du Parlement européen analyse la mise en œuvre de l’accord de retrait du Royaume-Uni dans trois domaines considérés par l’Union comme étant essentiels afin de garantir la sortie ordonnée du Royaume-Uni de l’Union: le règlement financier, les droits des citoyens et le protocole sur l’Irlande et l’Irlande du Nord. Les dispositions relatives aux droits des citoyens contenues dans la deuxième partie de l’accord de retrait visent à protéger tant les droits des citoyens ...

Since the overthrow of Muammar al-Qaddafi in a 2011 uprising, Libya has been mired in a civil war that has divided the international community and set several internal factions against one another. The ceasefire proclaimed on 23 October 2020 opened a path for a political process wherein an interim government led by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah was able to lead the country to agreed presidential and parliamentary elections, to be held on 24 December 2021. These elections will be the first since ...

Kyrgyzstan is the most democratic but also the least stable of the former Soviet Central Asian republics. The most recent upheaval resulted in the cancellation of the October 2020 parliamentary elections. New elections scheduled for November 2021 are likely to consolidate the position of Sadyr Japarov, the country's new president. A controversial new constitution raises concerns over the future of Kyrgyz democracy.

Since 1991 the Republic of Slovenia has had a parliamentary system composed of the Državni zbor (National Assembly) and the Državni svet (National Council). The Slovenian Parliament has the features of an 'incomplete bicameral system', based on 'asymmetric duality' – the National Council has less authority and fewer competences than the National Assembly, in accordance with Chapter IV of the Constitution. The National Assembly is described as the 'supreme representative and legislative institution ...

At 13.00 EST on 6 January 2021, the 117th United States Congress and US Vice-President Mike Pence assembled in the Capitol Building, seat of the US Congress in Washington, DC, to tally the electoral votes certified by the 50 states and the District of Columbia, thereby declaring Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, respectively, US President-elect and Vice-President-elect. The ceremony was interrupted when an angry mob, seemingly encouraged by President Donald Trump in a speech earlier that day, broke into ...

La présente étude a pour objet la réponse normative des 27 États membres de l’Union européenne lors de la première phase de la pandémie de COVID 19 (de mars à la mi-juin 2020) et le contrôle parlementaire sur les mesures adoptées. L’étude révèle que les réponses normatives des États membres face à la pandémie ont globalement été efficaces, étant donné que très peu d’États n’étaient pas dotés, à titre préventif, d’un ensemble de règles permettant aux autorités nationales d’adopter les mesures de confinement ...

Le 28 mai 2020, le Congrès national du peuple (CNP) de la République populaire de Chine a autorisé son Comité permanent à adopter une loi sur la sécurité nationale à Hong Kong, sans passer par le Conseil législatif, l’organe parlementaire de la ville. La loi, qui devrait entrer en vigueur avant les élections législatives de Hong Kong, prévues en septembre 2020, pourrait représenter un tournant au regard du «degré élevé d’autonomie» dont bénéficie la ville et une mise en œuvre prématurée du processus ...

Bolivia's Evo Morales was probably the most successful among the presidents belonging to the left-wing movements that swept across the Latin American region in the early 2000s. However, his insistence on clinging to power in defiance of the Constitution and the will of the majority of Bolivians, including many of his former supporters, ultimately led to his demise and sparked political conflict. Nevertheless, the agreement reached between all parties to call new elections gives hope for the future ...