On 25 November, the Bundestag adopted a draft budget; for the fourth time in succession, Germany will not run a budget deficit.

On 23 November the Estonian parliament swore in a new government consisting of the Centre Party, the Social Democratic Party and the conservative IRL.

On 24 November, the European Parliament passed a resolution calling for a freeze in Turkey’s process of accession to the EU.

Angela Merkel announced that she would again seek re-election for the office of chancellor as her party’s candidate. 

The European Commission’s decision has removed one of the barriers on the way to the implementation of the Hungarian-Russian project.

Even now, some time after the election in USA, shock still dominates both the media coverage and the statements by representatives of the political elite.

The Christian Democratic parties have accepted the proposal made by Social Democrats to back Frank-Walter Steinmeier as a candidate for the German presidency.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation issued a statement on the detention of Aleksei Ulukayev, the minister for economic development.

The Bulgarian presidential elections have been won by Rumen Radev, a non-party candidate, who ran with the support of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party. 

On 13th November the runoff of the direct presidential election was held in Moldova.