Interview for “Iranian Labour News Agency”
Talking about the Catalonian crisis. View LINK
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04, 2018
17
04, 2018
Another sweeping victory for Fidesz: a staggering blow to Hungarian democracy
By Gergő Medve-Bálint (Centre for Social Sciences-Hungarian Academy of Sciences) On 8 April, at 7pm sharp, voting at the 2018 Hungarian general elections officially ended. However, it was not until 10:55pm when the first results were announced by the National Election Office. Millions of voters were anxiously and later angrily waiting for the results that [...]
11
04, 2018
ECPR Joint Sessions (Cyprus)
Co-director (with Dr. Angela Bourne, Roskilde University) of a workshop on "Rethinking ‘Militant Democracy’ in the Age of Populism in the Age of Populism" at the 46th European Consortium for Political Research Joint Sessions of Workshops in Nicosia.
30
03, 2018
Interview in “El Correo Gallego”
Talking about politics and academic life in one of Galicia's leading newspapers. View LINK Read ARTICLE (PDF)
25
03, 2018
Seminar in UK
Seminar lecture at the School of Politics and International Relations of the University of Leicester (UK).
15
03, 2018
Same same but different? Germany’s way to a new-old grand coalition
By Sophia Hunger and Theresa E. Gessler (European University Institute) In September 2017, Germans went to the polls - almost half a year later, Angela Merkel was elected as chancellor governing with another round of the previous grand coalition government. In this post, we discuss how this new-old government came about, why coalition formation took [...]
13
03, 2018
Seminar in Spain
Seminar lecture at the Department of Political Science in Faculty of Law of the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) in Spain.
12
03, 2018
Roundtable in Spain
Participation in a Roundtable on "Europe and Spain in the Time of Populism" at the Autonomous University in Madrid
7
03, 2018
The EU nightmare comes to life: Italian populist forces above 50%
By Vincenzo Emanuele (Luiss Guido Carli) and Bruno Marino (Scuola Normale Superiore) A new electoral tsunami has hit Italy in the 2018 general election, after the already-astonishing results of the previous general election. As highly expected by many pundits, the election held on the 4th March has ended up in a hung Parliament, with no [...]
6
03, 2018
Monegasque national elections of 2018, rooted in the past and geared towards modernity
By Félicitas Guillot (IE-EI, Nice) Monegasque national elections took place on the 11th of February. The election campaign started quite early, in July 2017, with the announcement of Jean-Louis Grinda as chief candidate for « l’Union Monegasque » (Monegasque Union, center). The second chief candidate was Béatrice Fresko-Rolfo for Horizon Monaco (center-right), declared in September [...]