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29 03, 2017

International Conference (Georgia)

2019-05-20T12:58:13+01:00March 29th, 2017|

Speaker at an International Conference co-organised by TI (Transparency International), DRI (Democracy Reporting International), Open Society and International IDEA (Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance) on "Constitutional Reform in Georgia" in Tbilisi. Panel I – Powers of the President and Election Procedure Moderator: Jerome Leyraud – IFES Speakers: ● Keynote speaker: Irakli Kobakhidze – Chairman [...]

29 03, 2017

The 2017 Bulgarian elections: A Dead-end street?

2019-05-20T12:58:13+01:00March 29th, 2017|

By Emilia Zankina (American University in Bulgaria) Sunday (March 26th) parliamentary elections in Bulgaria mark the third early elections in the country in four years. Three elections and six governments (three of which care-taker) later, Boyko Borissov and his GERB party (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, with the symbolic acronym meaning “coat of arms”) [...]

16 03, 2017

A flattened political landscape in the flat country. The Dutch elections of 2017

2019-05-20T12:58:13+01:00March 16th, 2017|

By Simon Otjes (Documentation Centre Dutch Political Parties University of Groningen) For the first time in almost two decades a Dutch cabinet lasted its entire term. Despite the fact that Liberal-Labour coalition lacked a majority in the Senate, it was able to implement an impressive policy agenda oriented at welfare state reform without a cabinet [...]

8 03, 2017

International Conference (UK)

2019-05-20T12:58:13+01:00March 8th, 2017|

Presenting on "Institutionalization and Democracy: Aiding Parties or Party Systems?" at the International Conference on "Deliberating Democratisation" organised by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) and the University of Birmingham at the British Academy (BA) Headquarters (London) View LINK

7 02, 2017

The 2017 elections in Liechtenstein: Slight changes and a stronger parliamentary opposition

2025-02-04T13:00:17+00:00February 7th, 2017|

By Sebastian Wolf (Medical School Berlin, formerly Liechtenstein-Institut, Bendern) The national election in the Principality of Liechtenstein on February 5th, 2017 was a regular election. About 19.800 citizens had to vote a new Landtag, Liechtenstein’s unicameral part-time parliament with only 25 seats. Although it is a duty to vote according to the microstate’s law, only [...]