A new parliament will be elected in the UK on July 4. This was announced by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London on Wednesday. „Now is the time for Britain to decide its future“, said Sunak. He is therefore calling the elections earlier than was widely expected. Many observers consider this to be a risky maneuver, as Sunak’s Conservative Party is around 20 percentage points behind the Labour opposition in the polls. After 14 years in government, the Conservative Party is thus threatened with an end.