Institutions · Vote Timeshttps://votetimes.com/en/section/instituciones/All the institutions coverage from Vote Times, with context and rigour.enMadrid police clear Puerta del Sol camp: 334 removed, 2 arrestedhttps://votetimes.com/en/2026/11/03/madrid-puerta-del-sol-camp-cleared-police/https://votetimes.com/en/2026/11/03/madrid-puerta-del-sol-camp-cleared-police/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:30:00 GMTThe central government's delegation says it passed without violent disorder; the camp's spokespeople call it violent. There is no official injury count.InstitutionsMerz wants Germany's next head of state to be a womanhttps://votetimes.com/en/2026/11/03/germany-steinmeier-successor-merz-candidate/https://votetimes.com/en/2026/11/03/germany-steinmeier-successor-merz-candidate/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:50:00 GMTThe chancellor told CDU officials on 2 November he will put forward a joint candidate. The CSU already backs Ilse Aigner, and the vote is set for 30 January 2027.InstitutionsUnresolved: Trump asks Supreme Court to set aside California ballotshttps://votetimes.com/en/2026/11/02/california-ballots-supreme-court-noncitizen-list/https://votetimes.com/en/2026/11/02/california-ballots-supreme-court-noncitizen-list/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 21:00:00 GMTThe request covers the mail ballots of more than 20,000 voters the administration says are likely not citizens. Two courts refused it, California calls the list unreliable, and the justices have not ruled.ElectionsDeficits: ten of the eleven EU states at 3% or more are under watchhttps://votetimes.com/en/2026/11/02/eu-deficit-rule-governments-brussels-procedure/https://votetimes.com/en/2026/11/02/eu-deficit-rule-governments-brussels-procedure/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:45:30 GMTEurostat's figures are no longer just bookkeeping: Belgium's budget row has reached the king, France seeks 54 billion euros with parliament still to convince, and Italy missed leaving the procedure by a decimal point.InstitutionsNew Democracy alone carries Greece's under-15 social media banhttps://votetimes.com/en/2026/11/02/greece-passes-social-media-ban-under-15/https://votetimes.com/en/2026/11/02/greece-passes-social-media-ban-under-15/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:10:13 GMTPASOK abstained and five parties voted against. The government now answers the opposition with a Brussels decision that delays other national laws and spares the Greek one.GovernmentsEuropean Parliament awards the Sakharov Prize to the ICChttps://votetimes.com/en/2026/11/02/sakharov-prize-2026-international-criminal-court/https://votetimes.com/en/2026/11/02/sakharov-prize-2026-international-criminal-court/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:10:13 GMTThe 2026 prize comes about two weeks after Washington announced new sanctions against the court. Brussels is weighing how to shield it.InstitutionsFrench Senate votes to make violent protesters pay for the damagehttps://votetimes.com/en/2026/11/02/french-senate-passes-rioters-pay-bill/https://votetimes.com/en/2026/11/02/french-senate-passes-rioters-pay-bill/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:33:25 GMTThe 'casseurs-payeurs' bill would let the state claim up to €10,000 per person and seize part of their benefits. It now goes to the National Assembly, its more uncertain test.InstitutionsPolice outside Poland's top court as Tusk and Nawrocki clashhttps://votetimes.com/en/2026/11/02/poland-constitutional-tribunal-standoff-police/https://votetimes.com/en/2026/11/02/poland-constitutional-tribunal-standoff-police/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:33:25 GMTThe announced suspension of Tribunal president Bogdan Święczkowski has produced two rival accounts of who runs the court: restoring the rule of law, or a coup.Institutions