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17 10, 2017

Towards the Right: Austria’s Nationalratswahl 2017

2019-05-20T12:58:09+01:00October 17th, 2017|

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 [...]

2 10, 2017

Persistence paid off – the recent government formation in Kosovo

2017-10-02T22:15:11+01:00October 2nd, 2017|

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 [...]

26 09, 2017

The 2017 Bundestagswahl in Germany – Heading for Jamaica?

2019-05-20T12:58:10+01:00September 26th, 2017|

By Sophie Karow (University of Düsseldorf) Germany just voted for a new national parliament. The election results are regarded as historical. After 4 years of a grand coalition, the Conservatives (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD), the two largest parties in Germany, face dramatic losses. The smaller parties are considered as winners of this election, [...]