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10 02, 2025

Historical shift of power in Liechtenstein

2025-02-11T10:35:39+00:00February 10th, 2025|

By Wilfried Marxer (Liechtenstein Institute) Parliamentary elections were held in Liechtenstein last Sunday, 9 February 2025. The election Sunday ended very differently for the two traditionally dominant parties, which have been in office in a joint governing coalition almost without interruption for decades: the Vaterländische Union (Patriotic Union; VU), as the majority party in government, [...]

21 01, 2025

Talk in Moldova

2025-01-24T20:06:43+00:00January 21st, 2025|

Presentation on "Managing Successors to Prohibited Political Parties: the Spanish Case" at the Roundtable on "Prevention of Negative Phenomena in Elections: International Practices and the Case of the Republic of Moldova" organised by the Central Electoral Commission in Moldova (Chisinau). View LINK

17 01, 2025

Talk in Indonesia

2025-01-17T16:39:30+00:00January 17th, 2025|

Presentation at the Public Discussion Forum on "Reimagining Democracy: Revitalizing Representative Democracy in Indonesia and ASEAN" organised by The Habibie Center, in collaboration with the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS Malaysia) and supported by the UK Mission to ASEAN (Jakarta). View LINK Watch PRESENTATION

14 01, 2025

International Conference (Malaysia)

2025-01-16T01:17:05+00:00January 14th, 2025|

Presentation on "Comparative Perspective on Transparency and Disclosure in Political Financing: Lessons for Malaysia" at the Political Financing International Conference 2025 Conference on Prospects, Challenges and Opportunities for Political Financing Reform in Malaysia, organised by the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), the Prime Minister Office of Malaysia, and the British High Commission in [...]

6 12, 2024

Irish General Election 2024: More of the same

2024-12-06T15:09:14+00:00December 6th, 2024|

By Jonathan Arlow (University of Liverpool) The General Election continued the trend for fragmentation in the Irish party system, with the three big beasts of Irish politics – Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, and Sinn Féin – all winning between 19 to 22 per cent of the vote share. The Irish electorate has also bucked the [...]

5 12, 2024

Government coalition loses power in Iceland – as in five out of six elections since the bank crash of 2008

2024-12-06T16:50:28+00:00December 5th, 2024|

By Ólafur Th. Hardarson (University of Iceland) Parliamentary election took place in Iceland last Saturday, November 30th 2024. The government coalition – which had been in power since 2017, lost its majority with a big bang. In 2021, the governing parties, the left-socialist Left Greens, the conservative Independence Party and the centre-right Progressive Party obtained [...]

2 12, 2024

ODIHR meeting (Warsaw)

2024-12-04T21:38:38+00:00December 2nd, 2024|

Presentation on "ODIHR's Mapping of Integrity Systems in Political Parties: Research Result" at the Expert Meeting on ODIHR's Public Ethics and Integrity Toolkit: Guidelines for Political Parties in Warsaw (Poland).