As expected, the long-awaited Turkish presidential election will give rise to a second round. The final results of the first round, which was held on May 14, are therefore known. Even if the gap between the two candidates is 5%, the outgoing Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his opponent Kemal Kiliçdaroglu have already claimed to be able to win in the second round to decide between them.
According to the near-final results, the former prime minister's Likud came out on top by a wide margin. Binyamin Netanyahu is very likely to form a new government and wants a new Knesset speaker to be sworn in even before November 15.
3.9 million Lebanese were called to the polls on May 15, for the first legislative elections since the protest movement of October 2019. The FL (Lebanese Forces) are the big winners, while Hezbollah could lose its majority. Abstention is higher than in 2018. Ecomnews Med gives you an update on results and the forces involved.
