Yesterday, on 9th of November the US presidential election took place. Donald Trump won 276 of electoral votes and thus became the 45th president of the United States. In comparison his main rival Hilary Clinton received 218 votes. The new president will be sworn into office on 20 January, 2017. Whereas, the new Vice President-elect nominated by Trump is the Indiana governor Mike Pence. He is known as the representative of the most conservative wing of the Republican Party.
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Late in October Prime Minister Victor Orban has submitted a constitutional amendment proposal, which would prohibit relocation of immigrants on the territory of Hungary imposed by the EU migrant quota system. However, today in Hungarian Parliament MPs rejected the amendment as a result of the voting. Ruling coalition of the Fidesz- Hungarian Civic Union party and the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) consists of 131 members in the Parliament, while 133 votes were needed to achieve a two-thirds majority required to make any modifications of the constitution. Among 199 MPs only 134 members have voted, whereas the rest of the assembled company abstained from voting.
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Montenegro Parliamentary elections were held on 16th of October, 2016. The night before twenty Serbs were detained on a charge of terrorist activity according to the coup d’état attempt. DPA agency informed that also on the territory of a neighboring Serbia several arrests took place.On Sunday, the Montenegrin Chief Special Prosecutor for organized crime and corruption Milivoje Katnić said that during the election day armed Serbian citizens made an attempt to overthrow the government of Montenegro. The Serbian group was organized and led by the Russian Nationalists. "We have evidence that two nationalists from Russia were organisers," Mr Katnić said.
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Ceasefire which has been announced by Russia on Wednesday has started today at 09 a.m. local time and will last for the next 10 hours. This period of time is aimed at giving rebels and civilians an opportunity to leave the East part of the city of Aleppo without the fear of getting caught in the crossfire. Russian army committed to open a safe humanitarian corridors which would allow people to get out of the beset town.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May had already decided that by the end of March the governement will trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to leave the EU and formally notify the EU of the UK`s intention to leave. Then once Art. 50 would be invoked, May plans on negotiating the Brexit for two years until 2019. But now the High Courts judgment ruled that May cannot bypass the Parliament. It has been ruled that the Prime Minister does not have the right to trigger Article 50 without parliamentary approval and involving the votes of MEPs and peers.
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The most controversial free trade agreement CETA between the EU and Canada has been signed. After difficulties due to the veto from Belgium`s Wallonia, the deal was signed with a three-day delay. On Sunday, the top representatives of both parties finally signed the seven- year long negotiations about CETA. The Agreement on the Reduction of Customs duties and other barriers to trade will now enter into force as soon as possible. Only a few parts in which national parliaments, have a say, will only be applied after their approval.
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The Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has been re-elected and ended 10 months of deadlock. In a vote of confidence, a simple majority of MEPs voted in favor of the 61-year-old in Madrid and freed the way for a minority government of his conservative People's Party. 170 deputies voted in favor of Rajoy and 111 against him. There were 68 abstentions. Rajoy's election had become possible because the opposition Socialists had urged their deputies to abstain from the voting.
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The African Group for Justice and Accountability (AGJA) express its concern about plans of some African countries to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). The group -made up of lawyers, prosecutors, judges, academics and human rights activists – postulate reconsideration of the aforementioned decision addressing this plea to countries’ authorities. Burundi was the first country that declared will to resign from the membership in the ICC last week. They have been strongly criticizing the statement made by the court's prosecutor who wanted to open an investigation against the government. Burundi decision was followed by South Africa and Gambia.
Read More Today, the Belgian government reached an agreement on the controversial points of the free trade deal between the European Union and Canada. Officially the deal was supposed to be signed on 27 October 2016, however, after Belgium announced its veto due to opposition from Brussels city and Wallonia, the ratification of CETA had to be postponed. Thus, the Canadian Prime Justin Trudeau cancelled his trip until the EU will be ready to sign the deal. Now, the Belgian parliaments reached an agreement and this agreement is now being sent to the European Union and the various parliaments in Belgium. If they agree, the road to signing the CETA agreement at EU level will be free.
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On October 27 in New York United Nations disarmament and international security committee has called a meeting concerning the problem of a nuclear arms prohibition. Negotiations on a treaty to ban all nuclear weapons was initiated by Austria, Brazil, Ireland, Mexico, Nigeria and RPA. As a result of the meeting 123 states voted in favor of the resolution, 38 were against and 16 abstained from voting. Nations which have an access to nuclear weapon, among others, USA, Great Britain and France were opposed to the negotiations.
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