By Martin Mölder (University of Tartu) The Estonian parliamentary elections of 2023 stand out in several respects. Perhaps the most important change in comparison to the 2019 elections is an increase in turnout. If one looks at the reported proportions of turnout, then this fact can be overlooked, but in 2023 about 50 000 voters [...]
Interview on the resignation of the "Windsor Framework" (EU-UK agreement). Watch INTERVIEW (from minute 1:35:49)
Presentation at the Department of Political Science and International Relations in the University of Oxford (UK). View LINK
Honourable mention for the 2022 Prize to the Stein Rokkan Prize awarded by the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) for "Party System Closure: Party Alliances, Government Alternatives and Democracy in Europe" (Oxford University Press, 2021). View LINK 1 View LINK 2
OSCE/ODIHR representative in the Venice Commission delegation to examine Azerbaijan's new Party Law.
By Félicitas Guillot (IE-EI, Nice) On February 5th, national elections were held in Monaco. The campaign started officially the 14th of October 2022 with the presentation of one list, a list of of national alliance : l'UNM - l'Union Nationale Monégasque. This alliance relates to representants of three lists of the previous elections in 2018 [...]
By Tim Haughton (University of Birmingham) Some things never change. The new Czech president will be another man with a five letter surname. Following in the footsteps of Havel, Klaus and Zeman will be either (Petr) Pavel or (Andrej) Babis, both of whom won 35% of the vote in the first round at the weekend. [...]
Interview for Diari d'Andorra (Andorra). View LINK 1
Presentation at the Andorran National Library of "Party Politics in European Microstates" with the participation of Prof. Patrick Dumont (ANU, Canberra) and Dr Juli Minoves-Triquell (University of La Verne, USA). View LINK View NEWSPAPER
Part of the OSCE/ODIHR group of international experts meeting an Ukrainian parliamentary delegation to discuss political ethics and party regulation
