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8 10, 2021

A Historic Bundestag election and SPD’s comeback

2021-10-08T11:18:47+01:00October 8th, 2021|

By Catrina Schläger, Martin Güttler and Jan Niklas Engels (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung) The Bundestag elections 2021 stand out in a number of respects. For the first time (with the exception of the first Bundestag election in 1949) there was no Chancellor seeking re-election. Furthermore, three parties were fielding a candidate for Chancellor. On top of that, the [...]

1 10, 2021

PhD. Thesis Committee (UK)

2025-12-15T16:15:49+00:00October 1st, 2021|

Member of a PhD. Thesis Committee, together with Dr Stuart Fox (Brunel University London). The PhD. Thesis, titled "Preferences for Financing Political Parties in a New Democracy: A Case Study of Political Parties in Indonesia", was successfully defended by Rhevy Putra (Brunel University London).

30 09, 2021

Government coalition survives in Iceland – for the first time since the bank crash of 2008

2021-10-01T09:46:17+01:00September 30th, 2021|

By Ólafur Th. Hardarson (University of Iceland) Parliamentary elections took place in Iceland last Saturday, September 25th 2021. The government coalition survived with a slightly increased majority. One of the government parties, the Progressive Party, was the main winner of the election, gaining 6.6%. The party of the prime minister, the Left-Green Movement, lost 4.3%, [...]

20 09, 2021

FES Report

2021-09-20T11:51:36+01:00September 20th, 2021|

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) Report on the "Institutionalization of Political Parties in Mongolia". Download PDF (in English and in Mongolian)

15 09, 2021

The left wins, but is more fragmented than ever: the 2021 Norwegian general elections

2021-09-15T09:30:59+01:00September 15th, 2021|

By Peter Egge Langsæther (University of Oslo) For the last eight years, Norway has been governed by various right-wing coalitions led by the Conservative party and their leader, Prime Minister Erna Solberg. As in many other countries, the main governing party received a decisive boost to its support as the corona pandemic threw Norway into [...]