- Portuguese Presidential Elections: The Anatomy of a Predestined Race
The Portuguese system of government includes both the office of President and the office of Prime Minister. In this semi-presidential system, the president often fades into the background. Power is… - CDU Leadership Election: Angela Merkel’s Heir in Germany
Armin Laschet (left), Friedrich Merz (centre) and Norbert Röttgen (right), the three candidates for the centre-right CDU (EPP) leadership // Photos, from left to right: Christliches Medienmagazin (CC BY-SA 2.0),… - EU Parliamentary Projection: Rounding Up the Tumultuous 2020
Politically, 2020 was different in many ways. In Europe, it was marked by voters returning to support parties organised in the two major groups in the EU Parliament—the centre-right European… - Podcast: 2021 Preview
Happy New Year from the Europe Elects’ podcast team and everyone at Europe Elects! In the second half of our holiday episodes, we dive into what we expect out of… - Podcast: 2020 in Review
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To view this content, you must be a member of EuropeElects’s Patreon at $1 or more Unlock with PatreonAlready a qualifying Patreon member? Refresh to access this content. - Netherlands: The Rise and Fall of Forum for Democracy
In the Netherlands, national-conservative Forum for Democracy (Forum voor Democratie, FvD-ECR) currently finds itself in an existential crisis. The man who founded the party, Thierry Baudet, got in an ever-widening… - Podcast: Executive Approval vs Voting Intention (w/ Ryan Carlin)
Returning from our well-deserved time off, we bring you news from all around Europe in a jam-packed episode. Gabriel Hedengren is joined by Europe Elects’ Romania correspondent, Andrei Miclea, in… - EU Parliamentary Projection: The Right-Wing in Retreat
Donald Trump has lost the US Presidential election, with many swing states having certified their respective results. The political earthquake of an incumbent President of the most powerful country in… - European Union: Legally Binding Rule of Law Mechanism in the Works
Introduction For years the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have expressed their worries over the degradation of the rule of law and the rise of illiberal tendencies within certain… - Brazil Local Elections: Thousands of Municipalities, Wide Alliances
This is a guest article from our sister project America Elects, covering the local elections taking place on 28 November in Brazil. As such, the labels and colouring of parties… - Podcast: Surfing the Green Wave (w/ Mar Garcia)
In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe—and there are a lot—and they also discuss the elections in the US and what it means for the… - Live Blog: United States Elections 2020
This is a guest post from our sister project America Elects, covering the elections taking place on 3 November in the United States. As such, the labels and colouring of… - EU Parliamentary Projection: Talent-Show Judges, Folk Singers, and Eastern Europe
What do a talent show judge, a former prime minister, and a folk singer have in common? What sounds like the unpleasant start of a dad joke provokes a surprising… - Georgian Parliamentary Election: Elections Amidst Pandemics
On 31 October, Georgians are heading to the polls to elect the tenth convocation of the national Parliament. This election comes after 8 years of rule by Georgian Dream (S&D).… - The Shifting Political Winds in the Azores Regional Parliament
The Azores make up one of Portugal’s two far-flung archipelagos and autonomous regions. A cornerstone of that autonomy is a regional parliament—which Azoreans elected this Sunday. Regional politics, unlike their… - COVID-19, the Spring of European Independence Movements
On March 15, the day of the first round of French municipal elections, Corsican independence movement paled. For the first time, the unionist right won an absolute majority of votes… - Kyiv Local Elections: Five More Years of Klychko (UDAR-EPP) on the Horizon
On 25 October, the first round of municipal elections will be held all over Ukraine. The previous Ukrainian local election occurred in 2015, with Poroshenko’s party ‘Solidarity’, known today as… - Podcast: Georgia (the country) On My Mind (w/ Ido Vock)
In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and we are witnessing the triumphant return of our beloved “Who is Who? European Commission Edition” segment. Later… - Lithuanian Parliamentary Elections: Second Round, Two Camps Battling for the Victory
On 25 October, the majority of Lithuanians are again asked to return to the polls for the second round of the Lithuanian parliamentary election. A majority of the 141 seats… - Polls: Europeans Favour Biden Over Trump by Wide Margins
Note: this article is continuously updated as additional data accumulates. If you have more data for us to include in the coverage, please send it to our team working on… - Podcast: 494 Days Later (w/ Olga Richterová)
In this episode, our hosts go through all the news from all around Europe and our Belgium correspondent, Filip Van Laenen (@filipvanlaenen) joins Euan (@euanspeaks) to fill us in about… - Live Blog: Lithuanian Parliamentary Election
- Lithuanian Parliamentary Elections: Two-Rounds, Zero CertaintyOn 11 and 25 October, Lithuanians will head to the polls to elect their national parliament—the Seimas—in a two-round election. A majority of the 141 seats in the national parliament—71…
- EU Parliamentary Projection: Second Wave of the Pandemic and Europeans Rally No More
When the Coronavirus arrived in Europe in February, governments took historic measures to stop its spread. Voters were on board and most national government parties gained in polls up until… - Podcast: Seven Elections and a Referendum (w/ Silvia Borrelli)
In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by Europe Elects new Russia correspondent, Cyrille Amoursky (@punk_cyrille), to discuss anything… - Russian Elections: After the Results, the System Craves for a Reset
A proper analysis of the outcome of Russia’s September 13 regional elections constitutes a difficult task, as the results are of an ambiguous message. If one wants to acclaim it… - Podcast: Russian’ to Vote (w/ Henry Foy)
In this episode, Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by Europe Elects new Russia correspondent, Filip Rudnik (@RudnikFilip), and the Financial Times Moscow Bureau Chief, Henry Foy (@HenryJFoy), to fill us… - Russian Elections: Protest, Fraud and Changes Amidst the Regional Elections
On Sunday, Russia holds regional elections. Russians will cast ballots in order to elect their municipal or regional representatives in around 9,000 electoral races across 83 regions, including 17 direct… - Live Blog: Russian Elections 2020
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