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The election in India

Narendra Modi is sworn in for rare third term

Narendra Modi has now been sworn in again as the Prime Minister of India. This is reported by international news agencies.

The BJP leader is now entering his third term. He becomes the second Indian Prime Minister – after Jawaharlal Nehru – to be elected to the office for the third time.

Modi's party failed to secure a majority in parliament and has therefore formed a coalition government.
 

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Death of Ebrahim Raisi
Hard-nosed Guardian Council selects six presidential candidates

Only six conservative politicians meet the requirements to run in Iran's upcoming presidential election, according to the powerful Guardian Council's assessment. This is reported by several media.

80 people had expressed interest in running in the tightly controlled election, which was hastily called after President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash.

The Guardian Council only approves candidates who are not expected to upset the country's strict Islamic rule. Among other things, former president Mahmud Ahmadinejad, who has fallen out with the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, gets no.

The favorite tipped among the six approved is Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, the speaker of the parliament and with a reputation as a hardliner.

Right now, the power struggle is seen as particularly interesting as Khamenei is believed to be looking for a suitable successor.

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EU electionsEurope votes
Economists: The position as a power factor is at stake

Sunday's election is not only about which 720 members will sit in the EU Parliament for the next five years, but also about which direction the Union will take on difficult issues such as Ukraine and a possible Trump victory, writes Bloomberg.

The next EU parliament will have to tackle the productivity gap between the EU and the US, the news agency's economists say. "If you fail, you will jeopardize your position as a global power factor," they write.

The new parliament needs to find a balance between fiscal policy and sustainability and a greener future.

"And it also needs to put its foot down regarding its trade and defense policy in a time of extreme geopolitical uncertainty," write the economists.

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The election in the USA The electoral movement
Biden taps into Trump on economic issues

Donald Trump's lead over President Joe Biden on economic issues has narrowed from 11 to 4 percentage points since February. That's according to a new survey from the Financial Times and the University of Michigan.

According to the poll, 41 percent of registered US voters trust Trump more when it comes to managing the economy, while 37 percent prefer Biden. 17 percent answered that they do not trust any of the candidates.

The survey was conducted shortly after Trump's criminal conviction in New York.