Serbia: The Ways To Hide the Opposition
This is a guest post by Aleksandar Ivković, a political scientist and journalist from Serbia. He has earlier worked, among others, for European Western Balkans portal covering Serbia. If you take a look at recent polls from Serbia, you might struggle to find the opposition. You would see a complete…
Podcast: Germany 1871 (History Corner)
The History Corner has broken free from the confines of the standard Europe Elects Podcast episodes! You don’t need to do anything to continue listening to it; as long as you’re subscribed to the Europe Elects Podcast, the History Corner will continue to appear in your feed every month alongside…
Podcast: Super Mario Draghi (w/ Ido Vock)
In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and a new addition to our segment “On the Flip Side”, where our hosts present two parties seemingly at the opposing ends of the spectrum on a different niche politics topic every time! In this episode we visit…
Trustworthy but Meaningless Votes: A Look at How Russians View Their Own Elections
January 2021 has been a momentous period for politics in Russia: as poisoning victim and anti-corruption campaigner Aleksey Navalny (Rossiya Budushchego, RB-*) returned from Germany, he was met with an arrest warrant executed before he had even collected his luggage. This sparked off weeks of protest over his arrest, the…
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Liechtenstein Elections: Minute Shifts, Significant Consequences
On Sunday 7 February, the lowly subjects of His Serene Highness the Prince Hans-Adam of the Principality of Liechtenstein headed to the polls to elect a new parliament, the Landtag. Since mail voting—which accounts for above 97% of casted ballots—is extremely prevalent, it would actually be more precise to say:…
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Catalan Regional Election: Three Things To Look At
Catalans will head to the polls on 14 February to elect a new parliament, in a critical juncture for both the independence movement and those opposing it in Catalonia. This election will resolve which party leads the independence push among the centre-left ERC (G/EFA) and Junts (NI), while also testing…
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Portuguese Presidential Elections In-Depth: Strange Bedfellows, a Landslide Victory and Signs of Political Realignment
Last week, the Portuguese kicked off the 2021 electoral calendar with an election with few surprises. Just under 40% of eligible voters went to the polls. In some ways, this is good news. There were serious questions about the propensity of electors to face the hazards of in-person voting during…
Podcast: Big Election in a Microstate (w/ Christian Frommelt)
In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and Gabriel Hedengren is joined by Europe Elects’ Estonia correspondent, Otto-Kristjan Vanajuur in a discussion about the new government in the Baltic country. Later in the episode, we take a little break from current affairs with, Mathew Nicolson,…
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Podcast: Happy New Governments! (w/ Emilie Enger Mehl)
Returning from our well-deserved time off for the holidays, we bring you news from all around Europe in a jam-packed episode. Then Gabriel Hedengren is joined by Europe Elects’ Portugal correspondent, Celso Gomes in a discussion about the upcoming presidential elections and later in the episode, Emilie Enger Mehl, Norwegian…
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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 largely exercised by the prime minister and the government they form, with the president being tasked only with broadly ceremonial…
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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), Olaf Kosinsky (CC BY-SA 3.0) and Wolfgang Henry (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE). Germany is preparing for an extraordinary election year.…
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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 People’s Party (EPP) and the centre-left Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)—which had both suffered a significant decline in…
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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 2021! Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) and Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) are once again joined by EuropeElects’ founder and fearless leader, Tobias Gerhard…
Podcast: 2020 in Review
In our Christmas Special, we dive into polls, elections and politics in a review of 2020! Gabriel Hedengren and Euan Healey are joined by EuropeElects’ founder and fearless leader Tobias Gerhard Schminke to discuss what has occurred all across Europe during the year. Later in the episode, Mathew Nicolson once…
Podcast: ‘Twas the vote before Christmas
In our last regular episode for 2020 we bring you news from all over Europe and a brand new segment! Gabriel is once again joined by Europe Elects’ Romania correspondent, Andrei Miclea (@AndreiMiclea9), in a discussion about the parliamentary election results and the new government and later in the episode…
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 rift with the rest of FvD following right-wing extremism in chats by members of the youth organization. He therefore resigned…
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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 a discussion about the upcoming parliamentary elections in the southeastern european country. Later in the episode, we take a little…
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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 the world losing an election—as the polls had long suggested—seems to have ripple effects across the Atlantic on parties such…
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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 member states of the European Union (EU). On 7 October a Slovak Member of European Parliament, Michal Šimečka from the…
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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 in this article may differ from Europe Elects’ labelling. By Humberto Benedito Domingues Filho and Liam Meisner Electoral System On…
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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 polling industry and our continent.Then our hosts visit Cyprus in a return of our “On the Flip Side” segment and…
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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 parties in this liveblog may differ from Europe Elects’ labelling.
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 response: Personalities from all three métiers have shown that they can disrupt the political party landscape in European countries in…
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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). No political group has stayed in power after two consecutive terms in modern Georgian history and this fact brings additional…
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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 national counterpart, have been fairly stable since the return to democracy in 1974. The centre-right PSD (EPP) ruled the islands…
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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 in the Corsican capital, Ajaccio—without any of the four nationalist lists getting more than 13% of the votes. In Bastia,…
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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 YeS (EPP), leading with 19.4% nationwide, followed by Batkivshchyna (EPP) with 12% and the pro-Russian OPPZh (~S&D) with 11.5% of…
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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 in the episode, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by the New Statesman international correspondent, Ido Vock (@idvck), to fill us…
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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 in the national parliament—71 to be precise—are determined in single-member constituencies with a majoritarian system in two rounds. The first…
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 the story via email: editor@europeelects.eu. Last updated: November 3, 2020 With the US Presidential election being only a couple of…
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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 the government formation in the country. Also, Europe Elects’ Deputy Editor, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi) joins in for a new instalment…
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Lithuanian Parliamentary Elections: Two-Rounds, Zero Certainty
On 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 to be precise—are going to be determined in single-member constituencies with a majoritarian system in two rounds. The first round…
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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 around June. The Europe Elects polling average shows, for example, that Angela Merkel’s centre-right CDU/CSU alliance (EPP) jumped from 26%…
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 and everything about the elections in Russia. Later in the episode, Euan and Gabriel revisit our new segment “On the…
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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 as a victory of the non-systemic, anti-Putinist forces, the claim won’t be false. By the same token, Medvedev—the head of…
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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 in on the elections in Russia, while Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Europe Elects’ Deputy Editor, Mathew Nicolson (@SkeggiEyjar),…
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 elections of regional governors. Subnational races are far from being irrelevant—in 2018, in four out of 22 governor’s elections, the…
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Live Blog: Russian Elections 2020
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Latvia: Major Political Earthquake in Riga Elections
This Saturday’s snap local elections in the capital city of Latvia, Riga, turned out to be a major political earthquake, with centre-left Harmony (Saskaņa, S-S&D) and Honour to Serve Riga! (Gods Kalpot Rīgai!, GKR-S&D) losing their decade-long majority in the City Council. Conversely, the alliance between the liberal Development/For! (Attīstībai/Par!,…
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Podcast: From Riga to Podgorica–Elections in a Late August Weekend
In our last summer episode the Europe Elects Podcast is packed with electoral and political news from all around the continent and even has a brand new segment! In this episode, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Europe Elects’ correspondent from the Balkans, Luka Ivan Jukić (@lijukic), to discuss anything…
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EU Parliamentary Projection: No Domino-Effect Caused by Brexit in Sight
Brexiteers in the United Kingdom often predicted that other countries would follow suit once the UK leaves the European Union. Some even predicted the end of the project altogether. Half a year after the official Brexit date, there is no evidence that voters in other EU countries have changed their…
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Montenegro Parliamentary Election: Toppling the Hegemon
Sunday brings a busy Summer of Balkan elections to a close. Following Serbia and Croatia’s elections in June and July, Montenegro will hold its own on 30 August. The 30 year revolving door rule of Milo Đukanović (DPS-S&D) is under a serious threat after a year of protests sparked by…
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Latvia: Exceptional Riga Local Election
On Saturday, 29 August, Latvian capital Riga will head to polls in a snap municipal election to choose a new Riga City Council—the parliament of the capital city. Riga has always had a significant role in Latvian politics, as almost a third part of all Latvian population lives in the…
The Perpetual Struggle to Form the Belgian Government
This is the story of how Belgium—451 days after the last election—still finds itself in the middle of a government formation. Already thirteen so-called informateurs and preformateurs, tasked with investigating and exploring which parties would be willing to form a government, have been appointed by the king to investigate nine…
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Podcast: Europe’s Last (?) Dictatorship (w/ Franak Viačorka)
After a short summer break the Europe Elects Podcast crew is back with electoral and political news from all around the continent. In this episode we focus on the events in Belarus with Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) speaking with our correspondent, Leon Liesener (@laliesener), and Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) sitting down with…
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EU Parliament Projection: Centre-Right EPP Would Win EU Election
Europe Elects produces a monthly projection on how voters in the European Union would vote, should there be an EU Parliament election today. When comparing seats and popular vote projected to the election result in this article, we contrast them to the EU27 scenario—meaning we exclude the United Kingdom. Our…
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Small German EU Parliament Parties One Year Ahead of National Parliament Election
Seven minor German parties entered the EU Parliament after the 2019 European election. German polling institutes, different from their European counterparts, religiously insist on not publishing polling data for parties that reach less than three per cent of the vote. A well-established narrative claims that this has statistical reasons related…
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Belarus Presidential ‘Election’: Rigged, but Opposition Remains Hopeful
Belarus, the country dubbed ‘the last dictatorship in Europe’, is heading to polls on Sunday to ‘elect’ their next president. The elections are not free or fair by any definition, but the unabashedly and publicly authoritarian president Alaksandr Łukašenka has faced larger protests and backlash than ever before. Since 1994,…
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In the Spotlight: Three Take-Aways From Galician and Basque Elections
On 12 July, the Spanish regions of Galicia and the Basque Country held regional assembly elections. Here are our three main take-aways: 1) Centrist leaders maintain their large support base in both regions In Galicia, regional president Alberto Núñez Feijoo (PP-EPP) achieved his fourth consecutive absolute majority by keeping a…
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The Many Forms of Celebrity Populism in Eastern Europe
From Bulgaria to Croatia, celebrity politicians have ascended in Eastern Europe in recent times. Despite the similarities on a surface level, the two characters have chosen different paths when it comes to their respective movements. Their predecessor in Ukraine chose yet another one. This, in turn, greatly affects how the…
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North Macedonian Parliamentary Election: Kingmakers and Coalitions
The small landlocked country of North Macedonia in the Western Balkans was yet another country to go to the polls in 2020 after having first postponed its elections because of the coronavirus pandemic. Originally planned for April 12th, the snap parliamentary elections took place on July 15th with early voting…
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EU Parliament Projection: EPP Growth Continues, Greens Steadying Their Ship
Europe Elects produces a monthly projection on how voters in the European Union would vote, should there be an EU Parliament election today. When comparing seats and popular vote projected to the election result in this article, we contrast them to the EU27 scenario—meaning we exclude the United Kingdom. Our…
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Podcast: Elections! Elections! Elections! (w/ Guy Hedgecoe)
In this episode we once again catch up with politics and elections from all around the continent. Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by Europe Elects’ correspondent from Poland, Michał Konarski (@mkonarski3) to catch us up with what happened in the second round of the presidential election and what the result…
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Live Blog: Polish Presidential Election (Second Round)
Read the live blog of the first round of the presidential election here.
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Spanish Regional Elections: Test for the First Coalition Government
In 2019, Spain saw elections at the local, European and national level, the latter triggered by the fragility of the standing government and the inability to form a new one during the summer. At the same time, the majority of regions (Autonomous Communities) went to the polls and opted for…
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In the Spotlight: Voters Stay Home in Croatian Elections and Give the Ruling HDZ a Decisive Victory
On July 4th it seemed like the only certainty for Croatia was uncertainty. Expectations were that the parliamentary elections on the following day would result in a total deadlock. But instead July 5th brought an unexpected result and with it a stable political future for the country. The ruling centre-right…
Podcast: La République n’est pas En Marche (w/ Philippe Marlière)
In this episode, we jump back into politics and elections from all around the slowly reopening but still coronavirus-ridden Europe. Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Europe Elects’ correspondent from Poland, Michal Konarski (@mkonarski3) to catch us up with what happened in the first round of the presidential election and…
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Croatian Parliamentary Election: Establishment Challenged From Left and Right
Croatia is about to get a new government. On July 5th voters will brave the pandemic conditions to decide which parties will enter the Parliament. But the final shape of the government may be out of voters’ hands, with polling suggesting an uncertain outcome. Whatever the exact result, the question…
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In the Spotlight: Serbia’s Elections Bring Domestic Certainty and International Uncertainty
No surprises were expected in Serbia’s 2020 parliamentary elections and in the end none came. The ruling Serbian Progressive Party (Srpska napredna stranka, SNS-EPP) won over 60% of the vote in the election on June 21st, giving it a supermajority in Parliament. A larger majority than even past dictator Slobodan…
Serbian Elections: In Extraordinary Circumstances, Ruling Party Looks to Solidify its Grip on Power
With some pandemic-induced delay, Serbs will go to the polls to elect a new national parliament on the 21st of June, postponed from the original date in late April. It will be the first national election held in Europe since the continent was gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic in February,…
Podcast: Yes We Balkan (with Nikola Burazer and Nikolaos Tzifakis)
In this episode, we once again catch up with politics and elections from all around the slowly reopening but still coronavirus-ridden Europe. Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by the Programme Director at the Centre for Contemporary Politics and Executive Editor at the European Western Balkans, Nikola Burazer (@NikolaBurazer), to talk…
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Lebanon: Sectarian Politics and Electoral Unrest
In the early days of Lebanon’s protest movement, back in the fall of 2019, one of the main demands of the protesters was the end to the sectarian political system, and by extension the electoral system that enabled it. In recent weeks the protests have taken on a much stronger…
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EU Parliament Projection: One Year After the EU Election
Europe Elects produces a monthly projection on how voters in the European Union would vote, should there be an EU Parliament election today. When comparing seats and popular vote projected to the election result in this article, we contrast them to the EU27 scenario—meaning we exclude the United Kingdom. Today…
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The Struggle Over the Soul of Slovakia’s Social Democracy
“Smer” is Slovak and means “direction” in English. It is also the name of Slovakia’s social-democratic party. But strategically for the future, Smer – sociálna demokracia seems undecided about which ideological direction to take. The party that sits with the centre-left S&D Group in the EU Parliament is deeply fragmented…
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Podcast: It’s Election Day Somewhere
In this episode, we once again catch up with politics, elections and changes in the electoral schedule from all around the coronavirus-ridden Europe. Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by Europe Elects’ correspondent from Poland, Michal Konarski (@mkonarski3) to talk about what is going on in Poland and the upcoming presidential…
Podcast: Europe Day Special (with Ulrike Guérot)
In this Europe Day Special episode, we celebrate our continent. First, we catch up as always with politics and electoral news from all around coronavirus-ridden Europe. Then Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Professor Ulrike Guérot (@ulrikeguerot), who is the Head of Department for European Policy and the Study of…
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Polish Presidential Election: Pandemics and Boycott Threats
Even though most of the world has suspended electoral campaigning in the face of the global pandemic, Poland has so far opted not to change the date for their Presidential elections, scheduled to happen next Sunday, 10 May. Such a (lack of) decision was not reached without controversy and even…
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EU Parliament Projection: Government Parties Still Gaining
Europe Elects produces a monthly projection on how voters in the European Union would vote, should there be an EU Parliament election today. When comparing the seats and the popular vote projected in this article, we contrasted them to the EU27 scenario of the European Parliament election 2019—meaning we excluded…
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Podcast: The Right in Power (with Edit Inotai)
In this episode, we catch up with politics and electoral news from all around the coronavirus-ridden Europe. Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Europe Elects’ expert on Estonia, Otto-Kristjan Vanajuur, to talk about EKRE, the only ID Group Party currently in power. Otto-Kristjan also wrote an article on this! Later…
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The Only ID Group Party in Power—Estonian Government One Year On
The 29th of April marks the first full year for the second cabinet of Prime Minister Jüri Ratas (K-RE) in Estonia. The period has been one marked by remarkable turmoil and outrage within Estonian society—some of it justified and some of it less so. The handling of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Podcast: “War-time spirit” in Europe (with Cas Mudde)
In this episode, we catch up with politics, elections and changes in the electoral schedule from all around the coronavirus-ridden Europe. Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Europe Elects’ Deputy Editor, Mathew Nicolson (@SkeggiEyjar), and our correspondent from Poland, Michał Konarski (@mkonarski3), to talk about the coronavirus pandemic and its…
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EU Parliament Projection: Corona Rallies Europeans Around the Flag
Europe Elects produces a monthly projection on how voters in the European Union would vote, should there be an EU Parliament election today. When comparing the seats and the popular vote projected in this article, we contrasted them to the EU27 scenario—meaning we excluded the United Kingdom. The Corona pandemic…
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Coronavirus: European Leaders Enjoy Surging Approval Ratings Amid Crisis
After weeks of anxiously watching the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 throughout China, March was the month European leaders were finally forced to confront the reality of this intensely contagious disease. On 1 March, Europe’s five largest countries—Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Spain—registered a combined 1,500 cases;…
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Podcast: Pod in the Time of Corona
In this episode, we catch up with politics, elections and changes in the electoral schedule from all around the coronavirus-ridden Europe. Later in the episode, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) and Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) are joined by Adam Lawless (@adam1310uk), the Team Leader of Europe Elects’ sibling account Asia Elects (@AsiaElects), in…
Podcast: Freedom in Europe (with Noah Buyon)
In this episode, we catch up with politics and elections from all around the coronavirus-ridden Europe and our expert in Slovakia, Tomas Bálint (@tmsblnt), joins Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) to provide an overview of the elections in Slovakia. Later in the episode, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Freedom House’s research…
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European Parliament Projection: Ireland, Thuringia, and the Aftermath
Europe Elects produces a monthly projection on how voters in the European Union would vote, should there be an EU Parliament election today. When comparing the seats and the popular vote projected in this article, we contrasted them to the EU27 scenario—meaning we excluded the United Kingdom. Our projection for…
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In the Spotlight: Slovak Parliamentary Election in Three Minutes
The parliamentary elections in Slovakia have come to an end. In case you have been busy and are looking for a simple summary of the results and their consequences without needing to read a lengthy analysis, you’re in luck. Europe Elects condensed all the relevant bits into a package of…
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Podcast: Keeping up the PACE (with Dr. Andreas Nick & Miroslava Širotníková)
In this episode, we catch up with politics and elections from all around Europe and later in the episode, Dr. Andreas Nick (@DrAndreasNick), Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and German MP, joins Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) in an interview about PACE and its role in…
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Slovak Parliamentary Election: Killed Journalists and Unstable Governments
On 29 February 2019, 4,450,000 eligible voters in Slovakia will have the opportunity to elect the 150 members of the unicameral Slovakian national parliament, known as the National Council of Slovak Republic. Members of Parliament (MPs) will be elected in a single, nation-wide constituency by proportional representation. The election threshold…
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In the Spotlight: Irish Parliamentary Election in Three Minutes
The parliamentary elections in Ireland have come to an end. In case you have been busy and are looking for a simple summary of the results and their consequences without needing to read a lengthy analysis, you’re in luck. Europe Elects condensed all the relevant bits into a package of…
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Podcast: Valentine Elects (with Seán Defoe)
In our Valentine’s episode, we catch up with politics and elections from all around Europe discussing the latest news from Germany, Romania and Azerbaijan. Later in the episode, our hosts go over the election results from Ireland with Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) discussing with Europe Elects’ Ireland expert Seán Glennon (@SGlennonB)…
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Ireland Election: Could Sinn Féin overtake Varadkar’s Fine Gael?
Background Since Ireland’s last general election in 2016, the centre-right Fine Gael (EPP) has led a minority government in Ireland’s national parliament, the Dáil Éireann. The Government coalition is made of Fine Gael and Independents members of parliament (MPs) and has survived the past four years due to an agreement…
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Podcast: From Ireland to Azerbaijan (with Dr Kevin Cunningham & Anar Orujov)
In this week’s episode, we catch up with politics and elections from all around Europe discussing the latest news from Italy, Austria, Slovenia and Greece. Later in the episode, Dr Kevin Cunningham (@kevcunningham) of Ireland Thinks joins Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) in an interview about the political system and the upcoming…
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European Parliament Projection: The EU Parliament Post-Brexit
Europe Elects produces every month a projection on how voters in the European Union would vote should there be an EU Parliament election today. When comparing the seats and the popular vote projected in this article, we contrasted them to the EU27 scenario—meaning we excluded the United Kingdom. Our projection…
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2019 Elects (Year in Review)
In this week’s episode, our hosts Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) and Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) are joined by Europe Elects’ Luka Ivan Jukić (@lijukic) to discuss anything and everything about the Croatia Presidential elections. Later in the episode, Europe Elects’ founder and team leader Tobias Gerhard Schminke (@TobiasSchminke) helps us review the…
Taiwan Elections: A Referendum on Democracy?
On Saturday 11th of January, both presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Taiwan. The presidential election saw the incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen of the liberal and pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) winning a second term in the office. Tsai successfully defeated a challenge from the conservative and pro-Beijing Kuomintang…
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European Parliament Projection: National-Conservative ECR Up, Greens/EFA Down
Europe Elects produces every month a projection on how voters in the European Union would vote, should there be an EU Parliament election today. In this January 2020’s projection, the national-conservative ECR Group has seen—as in October, November and December— significant gains. As a result, ECR is now the third…
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Croatian Presidential Election: Second Round and a Traditional Match-Up
The first round of the Croatian presidential election on December 22nd saw Zoran Milanović (pictured) of centre-left SDP-S&D and centre-right Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (*-EPP) moving on to the runoff with 29.6% and 26.7% of the votes, respectively. With an upset victory over the incumbent Grabar-Kitarović, all eyes are on former Prime…
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In the Spotlight: The First Round of the Croatian Presidential Elections in Three Minutes
The first round of the presidential elections in Croatia has come to an end. In case you have been busy with the Christmas holiday preparations and are looking for a simple summary of the results and their consequences without needing to read lengthy analysis, you’re in luck. Europe Elects condensed…
Brexit, but for real this time (with Fabio Riccardo Colombo)
Every episode hosts Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) and Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) take us across Europe talking politics, polls and a whole assortment of general nerdiness. In this week’s episode, we catch up with politics and elections from all around Europe discussing the latest news from Romania, Croatia, Finland and Greece. We…
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Croatian Presidential Election: Three Candidates Down to the Wire
Featured title picture: Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, President of Croatia (2015-2020) Photo credit: European People’s Party on Flickr with Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
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In the Spotlight: UK Parliamentary Election in Three Minutes
The elections in the United Kingdom have come to an end. In case you have been busy and are looking for a simple summary of the results and their consequences without needing to read lengthy analysis, you’re in luck. Europe Elects condensed all the relevant bits into a package of…
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Established Parties Hijacking the Protest Vote: New Electoral Patterns in Bulgaria
The recent trend of widespread political distrust and low turnout in Bulgaria are, like in so many cases around Europe, in little favour for the traditional political parties. The old parties seem to have, however, found a way to circumvent the distrust and inconvenient frustration of voters while simultaneously maintaining…
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UK’s Christmas Election (with Matt Singh)
Every episode hosts Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) and Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) take us across Europe talking politics, polls and a whole assortment of general nerdiness. In this week’s episode, Europe Elects’ deputy editor-in-chief Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi) joins our crew to help us contextualise the upcoming UK election and the state of…
UK General Election: the Three Fights Defining the Christmas Election
Ninety-six years ago, the United Kingdom headed to the polls for only the second time under its current borders, and for the last time in December until 2019. The incumbent Conservative Prime Minister called the election in an attempt to gain a fresh mandate for his policy agenda, as the…
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Introducing the Europe Elects Podcast
Introducing the podcast of the poll aggregator Europe Elects. Every two weeks Europe Elects’ head of communications Euan Healey and team member Gabriel Hedengren will take us across Europe talking politics, polls and a whole assortment of general nerdiness. In this introductory episode, Europe Elects’ founder and team leader Tobias…