By Teodora Yovcheva (University of Sofia) Yesterday’s parliamentary election in Bulgaria was the first regular one since 2009. The results surprised everyone. GERB won the elections but it looks like the anti-establishment and protest parties and coalitions won more than it was predicted for them by the polls. The biggest oppositional party in the parliament [...]
By Ingrid van Biezen (University of Leiden) Liberal parties on the rise After a tame and uninspiring campaign, Prime Minister Mark Rutte led his party (VVD) to win the Dutch elections for the fourth time in a row. With over 88 per cent of the vote counted,* the liberal-conservatives look to obtain 36 seats (out [...]
Seminar lecture at the Department of European and International Studies of the King's College London (KCL) on "Facing the Anti-establishment Challenged"
Seminar lecture at the School of Law, Politics and Sociology of the University of Sussex on "Party System Institutionalization and Democracy"
Lecture at University San Pablo CEU on "Facing the Populist Challenge in the EU".
Debate with Mr. Daniel Ioannisyan (member of the Constitutional Reform Commission in Armenia) on the "Re-introduction of semi-presidentialism in Armenia" for "Civilnet" (Armenian TV station). WATCH INTERVIEW (in Armenian) WATCH INTERVIEW (in English)
By Peter Učeň (independent researcher, policy analyst, consultant and evaluator) and Oľga Gyárfášová (Comenius University in Bratislava) Previous general election in Slovakia took place on February 29, 2020. While there is no formal reason to celebrate the recent anniversary, the glance on how the party scene changes during that one year of the “Corona governance” [...]
By Kaltrina Beqiri (Independent scholar, graduated at the University of Prishtina) Only sixteen months after his last electoral success, former Prime Minister Albin Kurti has managed to lead his party, Self-determination Movement (LVV), to an even greater success. The context After the fall of Kurti’s government in March 2020, his junior coalition partner was able [...]
OSCE/ODIHR representative in the Venice Commission delegation to examine Georgia's legislative changes to the Electoral and Party Laws. View LINK (in Georgian)
By Gianluca Piccolino (University of Trieste) and Leonardo Puleo (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies) It is still unclear whether Mario Draghi will lead the next Italian government. The attempts to form another government led by Giuseppe Conte failed for the same reasons which led to the collapse of his second cabinet, namely the resoluteness of [...]
