September 6: Election dramas outside the US

In which, elections across the world shape an unstable future, China and Russia seek to destabilize the US, and the US economy may be stable… or not.

Election dramas outside the US

With political media in the US hyper focused on every twist and turn in the US election (stay tuned for next week’s first Harris-Trump debate), there’s a lot of election dramas around the world getting ignored.

In France, President Macron has finally appointed a Prime Minister to head the legislative branch, but the appointment seems to be a “least bad option” appointment that doesn’t do much to blunt Marie Le Pen’s right wing coalition ongoing pressure on Macron.

In the German state of Thuringia, the right wing Alternative for Deutschland notched its most substantive electoral victories to date signaling that party’s continuing, and growing, appeal in Germany.

In crisis crippled Venezuela, ongoing opposition claims of electoral victory have been met with brute force from the Maduro regime and an arrest warrant put out for the opposition leader.

Algeria’s upcoming election is likely to be the quietest of the recent spate of elections, but for all the wrong reasons.

Yes, America’s election will have an outsized effect on world politics coming 2025, but the ongoing election dramas around the world are shaping an increasingly unstable environment that the American electoral process and outcome will be impacting.