#Political parties

EU Commission: new laws on political advertising and funding of political parties. Jourova, “more transparency”

Protests in Latin America: Carriquiry (former PCLA Secretary-Vice President) to SIR, “subversion of social order. Crisis of neoliberalism and the left

UK: Labour Party looking for new leader. Mr Fielding (Nottingham Univ.) “Keir Starmer favourite”

UK: Boris Johnson, elected Tory leader, will be next Prime Minister. “Brexit done on 31 October”

Germany: popular parties in crisis, but German democracy remains solid

The outcome of the vote in Bavaria signaled a heavy loss for CSU, a traditional ally of Chancellor Merkel’s CDU.…