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These are some of the notable events relating to politics in 2024.
In 2024, 60 countries, representing nearly half of the global population, vote on national governments and legislatures.[1] Various sources have called 2024 the "year of democracy".[2][3]
January
1 January
All works published in 1928 (except for sound recordings, from 1923), entered the public domain in the United States.[4]
Farmers block highway access roads in parts of Germany, launching a week of protests against a government plan to remove tax breaks on diesel used in agriculture.[19]
25 January – Kenneth Eugene Smith, an American convicted murderer, is executed by means of nitrogen hypoxia. He was the first person in the world to be executed by this particular method.[21]
10 June – French president Emmanuel Macron dissolves the national assembly, setting fresh elections for 30 June 2024 (first round) and 7 July 2024 (second round).
21 July – President of the United States Joe Biden announces he will not seek re-election and endorses his Vice President Kamala Harris to be the democratic candidate. [31]
3 December – South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law in a televised address in which he accused the Democratic Party of conducting "anti-state activities." The National Assembly votes unanimously to lift martial law, despite efforts by the South Korean Army to prevent the vote. Yoon and his cabinet then lifted martial law after six hours, and later issues an apology.[33]
