By Dane Taleski (University of Graz) On January 15, EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn came to Macedonia to seal the deal on the agreement paving the way out of the crisis via early elections in April 2016. However, the main opposition party, SDSM, objected to the elections, expressing doubt that conditions are sufficient for them to [...]
Speaker at the Roundtable on “Parties and Mobilisation” (Madrid) Speakers: Prof. Gianfranco Pasquino, University of Bologna (Emeritus) Prof. Francisco José Llera, University of the Basque Country Dr. Fernando Casal Bertoa, Nottingham Research Fellow (University of Nottingham) Moderator: Dr. Javier Redondo Rodelas, University Carlos III View LINK WATCH ROUNDTABLE
A summary analysis (with Simona Guerra) of the last Polish parliamentary elections (25 October 2015) View LINK
Co-editor (with Ingrid van Biezen) of the Routledge Book Series on Political Parties and Party Systems View LINK
Commentator at EUROPP (London School of Economics' Blog) during the coverage of the 2015 Spanish legislative elections. View link
A brief analysis of the five post-electoral scenarios Spanish political parties will face when trying to form a government View LINK
A brief analysis on the present and future of Polish politics View LINK
By Michał Kotnarowski (Polish Academy of Sciences) In mid-2014, a year before presidential and parliamentary elections almost everything looked good for the ruling party PO (Civic Platform), which had been governing the country together with its junior coalition partner PSL (Polish Peasant Party) for seven years. Economic indicators were very good - a continuous increase [...]
By Gabriela Borz (University of Strathclyde) On Tuesday the 17th of November, a new technocratic government led by Dacian Cioloş was approved by the Romanian Parliament with 389 votes in favour and 115 against. Invested with a short mandate of one year, it is the third technocratic government Romania has had in the last 25 [...]
By Dimitris Sourvanos (London School of Economics) and Kyriaki Nanou (University of Nottingham) Last week Euclid Tsakalotos gave a talk at the LSE discussing from his own experiences – as (the current) finance minister in Greece and as a lifelong Marxist – the difficulties that left-wing parties are faced with when governing under severe constraints. [...]
