Bloomberg Hungarian PM Viktor Orban, emboldened by the surge of right-wing parties across Europe, called for a united front by “illiberal” forces to win control in next year’s European Parliament elections. Having solidified his rule at home in the past eight years and reelected in April, Orban set his sights on wider dominance for his version of “Christian democracy”, that ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was dealt a blow by Australian voters in by-elections held that boosted the main opposition Labor Party. Labor was returned in four of the five electorates up for grabs even after polls showed that Turnbull’s Liberal-National coalition had a chance to win two. A minor party retained the one seat it already held. The bulk ...

Bloomberg Cambodian PM Hun Sen extended his more-than-three-decade run in power, easily winning a boycotted election on Sunday after he disbanded the main opposition party last year. Khieu Kanharith, the government’s top spokesman, told the Associated Press that the ruling Cambodian People’s Party won at least 70 percent of the vote. The results were never in doubt after Hun Sen moved ...