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In World Trade Online, our Antonio Ortiz-Mena, PhD discusses Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum’s cabinet appointees, including Marcelo Ebrard, who has been tapped as the country’s next economy minister, and the role the cabinet will play in navigating U.S.-Mexico trade relations and fostering foreign investment opportunities. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/ePANCyj5

Can Joe Biden withstand calls to leave the U.S. presidential race? Our Chris Cillizza joined NewsNation’s “On Balance with Leland Vittert" to share his views. Watch here: https://lnkd.in/eYeFGPaq

Thanks to Evie Barrett of PRWeek UK for featuring the expanded roles of Grégoire Poisson, Katherine Morgan, James Melville-Ross and Kieran O'Keeffe at DGA Group. Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/epfJWTFY

DGA announces expanded roles for four of its senior leaders, including the appointment of a new global public affairs lead #pr #comms Grégoire Poisson Katherine Morgan, James Melville-Ross and Kieran O'Keeffe

We are delighted to announce expanded roles for Grégoire Poisson, Katherine Morgan, James Melville-Ross and Kieran O'Keeffe to further fuel our growth in public affairs and across Europe. Grégoire will take on the role as Global Head of Public Affairs, Katherine as Europe Head of Public Affairs, James as Europe Head of Complex Communications Advisory, and Kieran as Co-Head of the Brussels office. Big congrats & thanks to them for taking on these new responsibilities that will further strengthen our ability to deliver excellent results for clients.

Our Chris Cillizza breaks down the pivotal week ahead in Washington as Congress reconvenes and leading Democratic lawmakers are poised to decide and publicly announce whether or not they support Joe Biden's re-election bid.

🇫🇷 Yesterday, the second round of the snap General Elections took place in France. 🔎 Despite a significant growth, the far-right party RN only arrived third, with the left-wing coalition coming up first, slightly ahead of the presidential majority. Therefore, the perspective of a RN government unexpectedly fades away. 💡 Given this fragmented Parliament, next days and weeks will be decisive, with high uncertainty regarding possible coalitions and what the government could look like, especially with the upcoming Olympic Games. 🗨 Feel tree to get in touch with Erwann Le Page, Managing Partner France, if you would like to know more ! DGA Group DGA Public Affairs - France

🇫🇷 Following the EU elections results and President Macron's decision to dissolve the National Assembly, provoking anticipated General Elections in less than three weeks, French politics have been taken in a turmoil. 🔎 Up to the elections, the Paris Public Affairs team will analyze the situation, through our weekly "Paris Insights" newsletter. 💡 This week : Between the two rounds, strategies from the left and center to counter the far right, leading to fewer seats to be expected for the RN ; uncertainty over the future government and the rest of President Macron's term ; the first round reassured the markets but the impact on businesses yet to be determined. 🗨 Feel tree to get in touch with Erwann Le Page, Managing Partner France, if you would like to know more ! DGA Group DGA Public Affairs - France

Overnight, The Labour Party secured a landslide majority in the UK General Election. This election has redrawn the political map and unleashed a sea-change in British politics, giving the Labour Party a commanding mandate. The Conservative Party, now in Opposition, will need to rebuild and reform with many leading figures having lost their seats, while power in Scotland and Wales has been rebalanced. Here is DGA UK’s immediate reflections on the outcome, our expectations for Labour’s Programme for Government and first Budget, and the likely make up of Keir Starmer’s new Cabinet. For further analysis on the impact, please get in touch.

How big of an issue is voter integrity in the UK election? Ahead of Thursday’s poll, our experts analysed online activity by prospective candidates since the beginning of the campaign and found that concerns around fraud and interference are being driven by a small number of influential voices rather than widespread public outcry. Matthias Jarosz Filipe Zuluaga Pritika Datta