Visiting Lecture (Georgia)
Presentation at the International Black Sea University (Tbilisi) on the "Peril of Semi-presidentialism and the Future of Georgian Politics".
Presentation at the International Black Sea University (Tbilisi) on the "Peril of Semi-presidentialism and the Future of Georgian Politics".
Presentation of the findings and conclusions of the DRI-GYLA (Democracy Reporting International-Georgian Young Lawyers Association) project on "Political Polarisation in Georgia" in Tbilisi. View LINK
One of the main rapporteurs at the World Forum for Democracy (WFD) organised by the Council of Europe (CoE) in Strasbourg. View link Watch VIDEO
OSCE/ODIHR Annual Meeting of the Core Group of Experts on Political Parties (Warsaw). View link
By Ólafur Th. Hardarson (University of Iceland) An Althingi election in Iceland took place on October 28th 2017 – only a year after the 2016 election. In September, Bright Future decided to leave their government coalition with the conservative Independence Party, and the new right-of-centre Reform Party. Bright Future claimed that a serious breach of [...]
OSCE/ODIHR Opinion on Laws Regulation the Funding of Political Parties in Spain. Download PDF (ENGLISH) Download PDF (SPANISH)
Post with Angela Bourne on the consequences of party banning in Europe. View link
By Vlastimil Havlik (Masaryk University) and Tim Haughton (University of Birmingham) Two initial observations stand out with the first glance at results of the last parliamentary election that took place in the Czech Republic last week. First, confirmation of stability instability dating back to the 2010 “earthquake election”. Second, a clear victory of an anti-establishment [...]
Interview on "the application of art. 155 in Catalonia" for "The Breakfast Show" of "Voice of Islam Radio UK (begins after 1:43:45). LISTEN TO INTERVIEW
Interview on the “Catalonian crisis” in Spain. View LINK