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The coalition of broadcasters bidding to stage the party leader debates is on the verge of unveiling a revised set of proposals in an effort to ensure that David Cameron will take part.

The Nigeria Elections Debate Group on Monday in Abuja said the 2015 presidential debates would hold between January 28 and February 5.

The Nigeria Election Debate Group, NEDG, says it has completed a tour of all the political parties to inform them of the need to participate in the forthcoming election debates.

What are you afraid of boys? The Green Party posed this question on Westminster’s College Green this morning as they launched a new poster campaign (driven around on pedal bikes, natch) calling for the Greens to be involved in the TV leaders debates. Leader Natalie Bennett also announced that the

GOP candidates weathered 21 debates in the 2012 presidential primary cycle. But to enforce new limits, the party will have to stick to its rule to bar candidates who participate in unsanctioned debates from future sanctioned debates.

As a prelude to the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria, February5 has been scheduled for Presidential elections debates. The platform will provide aspirants ample opportunity to explain their mission and vision to the citizens.

En poco más del 80 por ciento los argentinos quieren que los aspirantes a la Presidencia de la Nación tengan la obligación de debatir al menos una vez antes de enfrentarse en los comicios generales del presente año.

Les candidats républicains à l'investiture présidentielle américaine en 2016 auront moins d'occasions de se déchirer en public qu'en 2012, le parti ayant annoncé que seuls neuf débats seraient autorisés, contre une vingtaine il y a quatre ans.

The broadcasters can't "empty chair" the Prime Minister - he may well get what he wants.

Los debates son el único momento en que podemos ver a los candidatos presidenciales en una situación en la que no están totalmente preparados y no tienen control de la situación.

The Republican National Committee announced Friday that it will sanction at least nine presidential primary debates, starting this August in Ohio and continuing through March 2016, with the potential to add three more.

David Cameron is yet to commit to taking part in a televised leaders’ debate before this year’s general election and is engaged in a semi-public negotiation with the other parties and the broadcasters about whether a debate will take place and, if so, what the lineup and format should be.