By Seán Hanley (University College London) On 13 December, Czech President Miloš Zeman formally appointed a minority government led by the billionaire-politician Andrej Babiš, whose ANO movement emerged as the clear winner of parliamentary elections on 20-21 October, gaining 78 seats in the 200-member Chamber of Deputies. The October elections saw no fewer than nine [...]
By Eva H. Önnudóttir (University of Iceland) and Ólafur Th. Hardarson (University of Iceland) An early election to Althingi, the Icelandic parliament, took place on October 28th 2017 – only a year after another early election in the fall 2016, and the third early election since 2008. In September 2017, Bright Future, which was first [...]
Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR Joint Opinion on the Legal Framework of the Republic of Moldova Governing the Funding of Political Parties and Electoral Campaigns Download PDF (ENGLISH)
Discussion paper on "Political Party Funding Regulation in Europe, East and West: A Comparative Analysis" prepared for OSCE/ODIHR Download PDF (ENGLISH)
Post on the representative politics in an era of everyday mobilisation. View link
Workshop on "Democracy in Europe one Year After Trump" in Berlin (Mercator Stiftung). View LINK
Keynote speech on "The Crisis of Political Parties and Democracy" at the 2017 International Model United Nations (NottsMUN) Conference in Nottingham (United Kingdom). View LINK
An analysis on the level of polarisation in Western Europe. View LINK
Interview on the "Catalonian crisis" in Spain for "Free Space", an DIA TV (Georgian Television) Politics Show (begins around the 3rd minute). WATCH INTERVIEW
Presentation at the International Black Sea University (Tbilisi) on the "Peril of Semi-presidentialism and the Future of Georgian Politics".
