The European elections of 23-26 May take place at a crucial moment in the history of the European Union (EU): […]
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“Europe’s choice: what lies ahead?”, Ilke Toygür (Elcano, Spain)
Europe’s choice: what lies ahead?, Ilke Toygür 27/2/2019 The world is changing, and so is Europe. It is clear that in […]
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“Nigeria’s 2019 elections: so many choices, so difficult to choose”, Ojobo Ode Atuluku (Elcano, Spain)
Nigeria’s 2019 elections: so many choices, so difficult to choose, Ojobo Ode Atuluku. ARI 23/2019 – 22/2/2019. The 2019 Nigerian elections […]
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“What Agenda for the Next European Parliament? Policy Papers” – Special Edition (RSCAS, EUI, Italy)
What Agenda for the Next European Parliament? Policy Papers – Special Edition, 2019 European Parliament elections in May 2019 come […]
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“Italy and the EU: On a Collision Course?”, Ferdinando Nelli Feroci (IAI, Italy)
Ferdinando Nelli Feroci, Italy and the EU: On a Collision Course?, IAI Commentaries, 19:15, IAI, February 2019 The present Italian […]
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“European Parliament election preview: Romania’s EU elections will be a battleground for reformist forces”, Bianca Toma & Alexandru Damian (CRPE, Romania)
The 2019 European Parliament elections will be held on 23-26 May. Ahead of the elections, we will be previewing the […]
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“Ukraine 2018-2019: cautious optimism before elections”, Yakymenko Yu. et al. (Razumkov, Ukraine)
UKRAINE 2018-2019: СAUTIOUS OPTIMISM BEFORE ELECTIONS (Assessments) 2018 was quite controversial. Along with undisputable achievements in different spheres, this year […]
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“Ukraine on the eve of election year: public demand, positions of political actors, outline of the new government”, the Razumkov Centre (Ukraine)
Ukraine on the eve of election year: public demand, positions of political actors, outline of the new government The Razumkov […]
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“Negotiating Venezuela’s future: First agreement, then elections”, Mikael Wigell & Mikko Pyhälä (FIIA, Finland)
Mikael Wigell & Mikko Pyhälä, Negotiating Venezuela’s future: First agreement, then elections, 02 2019 Venezuela needs a transition government with […]
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Lecture “Ukraine Between Elections: The New President and the October 2019 Parliamentary Vote”, 24 April 2019 (IIR, Czech Republic)
Lecture: “Ukraine Between Elections: The New President and the October 2019 Parliamentary Vote” When? 24th of April 2019 Where? IIR […]
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The 2019 EUI State of the Union will take place in Florence, 2-4 May 2019 (RSCAS, EUI, Italy)
State of the Union, 2-4 May 2019 in Florence, Italy The State of the Union, organised by the European University Institute […]
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Event “What Agenda for the Next European Parliament?”, 19 March 2019 (RSCAS, EUI, Italy)
What Agenda for the Next European Parliament? 19 March 2019, in Brussels European Parliament elections in May 2019 come at […]
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Spaceu2019, a project aiming at informing on how mobile citizens living and working in another EU country can vote in the upcoming EP elections (RSCAS, EUI, Italy)
We are proud to announce that our project Spaceu2019 has a website, aimed at informing European citizens on how mobile […]
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Razumkov Centre experts took part in the XII Forum “Europa – Ukraina” in Rzeszow (Razumkov, Ukraine)
Razumkov Centre experts took part in the XII Forum “Europa – Ukraina” in Rzeszow On 24-25 January 2019, the XII […]
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Interview de Florence Haegel, Directrice du Centre d’études européennes et de politique comparée de Sciences Po sur le cycle de Conférences Elections européennes (SPCEE, France)
Européennes 2019 : renaissance ou repli de l’Union ? Directrice du Centre d’études européennes et de politique comparée de Sciences Po, Florence […]
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“2017: Europe’s Bumper Year of Elections”, Brigid Laffan, Lorenzo Cicchi (RSCAS, EUI, Italy)
“2017: Europe’s Bumper Year of Elections“, Brigid Laffan, Lorenzo Cicchi December 2018 On 8-9 March 2018, the European Governance and […]
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“Ukraine-2019: Cautiously Optimistic” (Razumkov, Ukraine)
2019 will be the year characterized by peculiar political processes. The presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for March and October […]
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Roundtable “Ukraine on the eve of elections: popular demand, key challenges and possible outcomes” organised in December (Razumkov, Ukraine)
On 18 December 2018 the Razumkov Centre together with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Ukraine held the roundtable “Ukraine on […]
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“Us versus Them: EU Compliance in Times of Populism”, Felix Reich (SPCEE, France)
“Us versus Them: EU Compliance in Times of Populism“, Felix Reich, Les cahiers européens de Sciences Po n° 02/2018 Les […]
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“Spain no longer bucks the trend on far-right parties”, William Chislett (Elcano, Spain)
William Chislett, “Spain no longer bucks the trend on far-right parties”, 11 December 2018 The recent snap election in Andalucía saw […]
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“Tunisia’s magic reform bullet? Decentralisation is being developed to upend the legacy of a highly centralised state”, Wolfgang Mühlberger (FIIA, Finland)
Wolfgang Mühlberger, Tunisia’s magic reform bullet? Decentralisation is being developed to upend the legacy of a highly centralised state, 11 […]
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“Eastern European Insights – Op-Ed: ‘Presidential elections in Georgia showing signs of state capture'”, Paata Gaprindashvili, Mariam Tsitsikashvili (IEP, Germany)
Georgia held its last direct presidential elections on 28 October 2018. As no candidate reached 50% of the vote, there […]
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“Electoral Sentiment Monitoring in Ukraine” (Razumkov Centre, Ukraine)
The study was conducted by three companies: Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, the Razumkov Centre and Sociological Group “Rating” Audience: population […]
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TEPSA Brief “German elections 2017 – Low voter turnout in the context of the upcoming European elections 2019”, Michael Kaeding & Stefan Haußner
TEPSA is happy to present its new policy brief “German elections 2017 – Low voter turnout in the context of the […]
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TEPSA-LIIA Public Discussion “Latvia in the United States of Europe?”, Ogre (Latvia), 14 September 2018
What do the parties, taking part in the 13th elections of the Saeima on October 6, 2018 think of the […]
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Researchers at the Schuman Centre present reflections on some of the national elections and referendums in Europe since 2017
Today, the political scenario across Europe is indeed turbulent. The Great Recession had a profound impact on democratic politics in […]
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“Turkey’s choice: an election that might be too close to call”, Ilke Toygür (Elcano, Spain)
How can one write a pre-election comment when there is so much at stake, society has become so polarised and […]
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“Voting at 16 in Austria: a possible model for the EU?”, Paul Schmidt, Johanna Edthofer (Elcano, Spain)
Austria has been the only country in the EU that allows voting at the age of 16 at all political […]
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TEPSA Brief: “Talking Europe: How did Italians do it in the latest election campaign and what will come next?”, Nicoletta Pirozzi
TEPSA is happy two present a new policy brief on “Talking Europe: How did Italians do it in the latest […]
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“The sustainability of the questionable US presidency: The Trump era might last longer than expected”, Mika Aaltola (FIIA, Finland)
The 2020 US presidential election could be a close call with a narrow margin of victory. Many key factors underlying […]
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“Turkey’s snap elections: Why in such a hurry?”, Ilke Toygür (Elcano, Spain)
A clear victory for President Erdoğan might not be so sure if the economy turns bad, national pride fades away […]
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“Putin after Putin”, Mira Milosevich-Juaristi (Elcano, Spain)
What have been the keys to the victory of Vladimir Putin in the presidential elections held on 18 March? Does […]
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“Costa Rica: big election surprises, increased polarisation and eroding governability?”, Saúl Weisleder (Elcano, Spain)
The parliamentary elections in Costa Rica, together with the first round of the presidential elections, have opened up a new […]
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TEPSA Explainer: “The meaning of the Italian elections for European migration policies”, Anja Palm (IAI, Italy)
Moving from the results of the Italian elections of March 2018, this TEPSA Explainer analyses the role played by migration […]
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“Welfare Democracies and Party Politics : Explaining Electoral Dynamcs in Times of Changing Welfare Capitalism”, Manow, Philip, Palier, Bruno, Schwander, Hanna (SciencesPo-CNRS, France)
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018. 352 p. Europe’s political landscapes are in turmoil, and new radical parties challenge the established […]
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“Italy’s 2018 Elections: A Hung Parliament and Four Government Scenarios”, Alessandro Marrone, IAI Commentaries, 18:15, March 2018 (IAI, Italy)
The Italian elections have sanctioned the success of the conservative coalition – made up of an alliance between the Lega, […]
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“A guide to undestanding Italy: the 2018 elections and beyond”, Ilke Toygür (Elcano, Spain)
The Italian elections of March 2018 –which have become a case study for populism– have caused much anxiety in Europe; […]
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Uncertainty in the Italian election: Towards a political stalemate?, Marco Siddi (FIIA, Finland)
On 4 March, Italians will elect a new parliament. While forming a government will prove difficult, a radical change in […]
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Yearbook article “Italy” (IEP, Germany)
On 4 March 2018, Italy elects a new parliament. In their article from our “Yearbook of European Integration”, Alexander Grasse […]
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Three lessons from the Czech presidential election, Jan Rovny (CNRS-SciencesPo, France)
in: Blog LSE – EUROPP – European Politics and Policy, February 2018 Miloš Zeman won a second term as Czech President on […]
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The elections in Chile and Honduras and regional political trends in 2018, Carlos Malamud, Rogelio Núñez (Elcano, Spain)
in Analyses of the Elcano Royal Institute (ARI), 2 February 2018 Chile and Honduras have kicked off an intense electoral period […]
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“Franco-German cooperation: A compromise between vision and reality?”, Paul Schmidt (ÖGfE, Austria)
The problems with forming a government after the 2017 German federal election have provided an opportunity for French President Emmanuel […]
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The Price of the Russian Elections: Easy to achieve, Putin’s victory will have huge costs, Arkady Moshes (FIIA)
Voters will give Vladimir Putin the mandate to continue great power politics. This does not augur well for any deconfliction […]
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After the Election of No Alternatives: The Kremlin’s domestic political challenges from 2018 onwards, Jussi Lassila (FIIA)
Whereas the presidential election in March 2018 hardly poses any serious challenges to Vladimir Putin, after the election the Kremlin […]
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“Grade inflation? Brexit and Canada + + +”, Blick, Andrew, December 2017 (The Federal Trust, UK)
The Federal Trust’s Senior Research Fellow Dr Andrew Blick argues that the concessions that the UK enjoys as an EU […]
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“Brexit is a blank sheet of paper that can never be filled in”, Donnelly, Brendan, December 2017 (The Federal Trust, UK)
The Federal Trust’s director Brendan Donnelly argues that the ambiguous and variously defined terms “soft” and “hard” Brexit have outlived […]
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“A new referendum, but this time about reality?”, Donnelly, Brendan, January 2018 (The Federal Trust, UK)
The Federal Trust’s director Brendan Donnelly explains why he thinks why there will be and should be another referendum before […]
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“Catalonia secessionist parties regain control of the region´s parliament”, William Chislett, December 2017 (Elcano, Spain)
Despite of the attempts of Rajoy to call elections in Catalonia in order to stop the secessionism reclaims. Once […]
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“Trump and what caused him”, Andrés Ortega, January 2018 (Elcano, Spain)
Why did Trump arrive in the White House is still at the heart of the debate. The plenty of causes […]
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“Latin America at the beginning of a decisive electoral triennium (2017-19)”, Rogelio Núñez, December 2017, (Elcano, Spain)
The elections that will take place in Latin America between November 2017 and the end of 2019 will serve to […]
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“Austria in Europe: dynamic perceptions and ambiguous politics”, Paul Schmidt (Elcano Iinstitute, Spain in collaboration with ÖGfE, Austria)
Trust in national and European politics has suffered simultaneously over the past decade in Austria. Euroscepticism and discontent with the […]
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“Germany‘s New Instability” – CIFE Policy Paper N°63, Hartmut Marhold (CIFE)
The political system of the Federal Republic has been one of the most stable and solid among Western democracies since […]
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“Democracy’s Eleventh Hour: Safeguarding democratic elections against cyber-enabled autocratic meddling”, November 2017, Mika Aaltola (FIIA, Finland)
Recent elections in the US, France and Germany indicate an emerging practice whereby autocracies meddle in democratic elections by hacking […]
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Could Austria join the Visegrád Group?, Paul Schmidt (Austrian Society for European Politics – ÖGfE)
The leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), Heinz-Christian Strache, has previously proposed that Austria could join the Visegrád […]
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Germany shifting to the right, Alexander Görlach (Elcano Institute)
And now Germany: similarly to most other European countries, the Federal Republic will now also have a right-wing party decisively […]
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Les enjeux européens dans la présidentielle française, Comptes-rendus, Olivier Rozenberg (Sciences Po, France)
in Les Cahiers européens de Sciences Po n° 02/2017 L’Europe d’aujourd’hui est confrontée à de très nombreuses crises. L’événement majeur que […]
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Kremlin’s Puzzle: How To Frame Putin’s Re-election?, Mark Galeotti (IIR, Czech Republic)
This autumn marks the start of an insecure election year in Russia. On 18 March 2018 Putin will most likely […]
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Merkel is Germany, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
Elcano Blog, September 2017 Angela Merkel is not only German, she is Germany. Her latest victory in the elections, while […]
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Crisis in Social Democracy, crisis in Europe?, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
Elcano Blog, October 2017 The competition that has characterised European politics for years has been between a centre-left and centre-right. […]
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Merkel pays a high Price for her fourth term, Miguel Otero-Iglesias (Elcano, Spain).
Expert Comments, October 2017 The German exception has come to an end. Like its neighbours, the German people, and their […]
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Russian foreign policy: the art of avoiding choices is in high demand, Arkady Moshes (FIIA, Finland)
Vladimir Putin’s re-election campaign may not be comfortable about addressing Russia’s foreign policy situation. Skirting the issue would, however, shift […]
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The 2016 parliamentary elections in Morocco: context and interpretations, Bernabé López García and Miguel Hernando de Larramendi (Elcano, Spain)
On 7 October 2016 the Justice and Development Party revalidated its victory in the Moroccan parliamentary elections. Link:http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano_en/contenido?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/elcano/elcano_in/zonas_in/ari17-2017-lopezgarcia-hernandodelarramendi-2016-parliamentary-elections-morocco
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