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Socialist and centre-right European parties have picked each other as prime targets for the EU election campaign, with new TV debates between Martin Schulz and Jean-Claude Juncker scheduled for May. Last week, several German television channels announced two new debates between the candidates for

The ruling Fidesz party does not see an opportunity for a television debate between Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Attila Mesterhazy, the leftist parties’ joint candidate for premier, because “the Left does not have a candidate suitable for government,” Fidesz said in a statement on Sunday.

The Prime Minister Joseph Muscat labeled Opposition leader Simon Busuttil a ‘liar’ for claims which he made during last Friday’s Leader’s Debate on local current affairs television programme Xarabank.

A second debate between the leaders of Quebec's four main political parties has been announced. Pauline Marois of the Parti Quebecois, the Liberals' Philippe Couillard, the Coalition for Quebec's Future's Francois Legault and Francoise David of Quebec solidaire will square off on the TVA network for

Next year’s general election could feature four televised leaders’ debates, after Channel 4 said it had secured agreement from other broadcasters that it should be involved.

Channel 4 wants to host one of the televised party leader debates in the run-up to next year's UK general election for the first time - after feeling "excluded" from the 2010 broadcasts by the BBC, Sky and ITV.

The seventh annual Cayman Islands Commonwealth Youth Parliamentary meeting Monday took up the controversial topic of cyberbullying during its morning meeting and, somewhat surprisingly, voted down a proposal that sought to criminalize the issue.

The leaders of Quebec's four main political parties will square off in a televised debate next week. It will be broadcast on Radio-Canada and Tele-Quebec on March 20.

Parti Québecois leader Pauline Marois says she won't participate in an English leaders' debate, even if she's allowed to speak in French.

Lincoln-Douglas. Kennedy-Nixon. Obama-Romney. Those elections for U.S. president — or in the case of Lincoln-Douglas, for a U.S. Senate seat portending a presidential race — were largely defined by debates between the candidates.

Tasmania's leaders have clashed in a pre-election debate over Prime Minister Tony Abbott's claim that too much Australian forest has been "locked up".

The two candidates for Deschutes County district attorney met Tuesday for the first time in an election event, challenging each others’ leadership styles, qualifications and experience.