By Simon Otjes (University of Groningen) The Dutch elections were on March 15, 2017. 225 days, later a government was formed. That was the longest government formation period in the Netherlands. So why did the talks last so long? What did the talks result in? And will the coalition last? Longest Formation Talks in Dutch [...]
Interview on the "Catalonian crisis" in Spain for "PanoramaTVShow", an Iberia TV (Georgian Television) Politics Show. WATCH INTERVIEW
Presentation about "Parliamentary Turnover and Party Crisis in East Central Europe" in Przemysl (Poland). View LINK
OSCE/ODIHR representative in the Venice Commission delegation to examine Moldova's party and finance regulation. View LINK View VIDEO
By Martin Lausegger (University of Oxford) On the 15th of October Sebastian Kurz, leader of the centre-right People’s Party (ÖVP), celebrated a clear ‘start to finish’ victory. Ever since the 31-year old took over the ÖVP earlier this year, he consistently led the polls throughout an election campaign whose fundamental driving forces were immigration, the [...]
Lecture at the Moldovan State University (Chisinau) on the "Crisis of Political Parties and Representative Democracy".
Interview on "Brexit negotiations" for La Razon View LINK
A reflection on the independence of Catalonia in one of Galicia's leading newspapers. View LINK
Interview on "F.C. Barcelona's role in the catalanist movement" in the Daily Express. View LINK
By Shqipe Mjekiqi (R.I.T Kosovo) The new Government of Kosovo under Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj was constituted on September 9th; nearly three months after parliamentary elections took place on June 11th. Although the Government took less time to form than it did following the elections of 2014, the reasons for the delay were pretty much [...]
