Starting from theoretical notions, this paper analyses the practice of direct democracy in selected transitional countries, which could be instructive […]
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Category: National Politics
Nothing new in French politics? Why Emmanuel Macron is the most Gaullist of all candidates for the French presidential elections of 2017, Matthias Waechter (CIFE)
The French presidential campaign of 2017 turns very much around the buzzword of renewal: Renewal of the political elites, the […]
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Xi Jinping Makes a Stop-over in Finland on his Way to the USA: Finland and China launch “a new type of partnership”, Jyrki Kallio (FIIA, Finland)
It is a feat of Finnish diplomacy to have Helsinki included in President Xi’s itinerary. The decision may be thanks […]
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Moldova’s Election of a pro-Russian President: Implications for Europe, Elvira Melin (UI, Sweden)
In November 2016, Moldova elected Igor Dodon as president in the first presidential elections since 1996. In his campaign, Dodon […]
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The Saint in the Office: How to Help the Government to be Right, Junjie Ma (CIFE)
Today, the EU is faced with multiple challenges, and it is impossible to count on governments alone to solve all […]
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The European ‘Other’ in Poland’s Conservative Identity Project, Molly O’Neal (IAI, Italy)
Since taking office in November 2015, Poland’s conservative government has pressed for a sweeping reinterpretation of the past, and a […]
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Sociologie plurielle des comportements politiques: Je vote, tu contestes, elle cherche…, Olivier Fillieule, Florence Haegel, Camille Hamidi, et al (eds.) (Sciences Po, France)
Je vote, tu contestes, elle cherche… La montée de l’abstention, celle des partis d’extrême droite, l’émergence d’une consommation engagée ou […]
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Scandales et corruption dans le discours médiatique français: la partie émergée de l’iceberg?, Sofia Wickberg (Sciences Po, France)
This article is concerned with how corruption is socially constructed in the French press media, both from a problem definition […]
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Think Tanks in Germany and Ukraine: Differences and Perspectives for Cooperation, Ljudmyla Melnyk, Magdalena Patalong and Oleksii Sydorchuk (IEP, Germany)
Which difficulties are Ukrainian think tanks facing today in Ukraine? What does the cooperation between German and Ukrainian think tanks […]
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Les agriculteurs face à la paperasse: policy feedbacks et bureaucratisation de la politique agricole commune, Blandine Mesnel (Sciences Po, France)
Based on a fieldwork in the French agricultural sector, this article analyses the political and social consequences of red tape […]
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The Spanish Exception: Unemployment, inequality and immigration, but no right-wing populist parties, Carmen González-Enríquez (Elcano, Spain)
Very few European countries have proven immune to the appeal of right-wing populism. Despite economic crisis and fast-eroding political trust, […]
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Pourquoi détestons-nous autant nos politiques?, Emiliano Grossman and Nicolas Sauger (Sciences Po, France)
Nous sommes parfois séduits par leurs promesses, mais, très vite, ils nous déçoivent. Si cette séquence se répète régulièrement depuis […]
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Italy and Spain: a tale of two countries, Sebastián Puig and Ángel Sánchez (Elcano, Spain)
While Italy is still more economically powerful than Spain, it displays more structural imbalances and declining trends. http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano_en/contenido?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/elcano/elcano_in/zonas_in/commentary-puig-sanchez-italy-and-spain-tales-of-two-countries
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Eight recommendations for the II National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, María Solanas Cardín (Elcano, Spain)
The II National Action Plan for the implementation of Resolution 1325, currently being prepared by the Spanish Government, should build […]
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Brexit: Reasons and challenges, Zsuzsánna Biedermann & Miklós Somai (IWE, Hungary)
This paper reviews the deeper societal and economic reasons behind the British choice of leaving the European Union. We address […]
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