By Kamil Marcinkiewicz (formerly University of Hamburg) In the parliamentary election on October 15th, 2023, Poles voted for 460 members of the lower house of parliament, the Sejm, and 100 members of the upper house, the Senate. The authoritarian Law and Justice (PiS) is expected to win according to the late polls roughly 36% of [...]
Interview on the rise of populism and polarisation in Europe. Listen to the INTERVIEW
By Marek Rybář (Masaryk University) Robert Fico, the leader of Smer-Slovak Social Democracy (Smer), has made a resurgence. Following the electoral setback in 2020, the popularity of his party plummeted to some 8 percent. His erstwhile protégé, Peter Pellegrini, who assumed the role of Prime Minister in the Smer-led coalition government in 2018 after Fico [...]
Batory Foundation/EPDE Report on "The upcoming 2023 referendum and parliamentary elections in Poland: key concerns about the “double celebration” democracy day". Download PDF (in English) Download PDF (in Polish)
Interview for Oriental Daily (Malaysia). View LINK 1 View LINK 2 View LINK 3
Presentation for the Agora Society Malaysia CSO on "Political Funding Regulation and Corruption: an Institutional Problem" (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). Watch full PRESENTATION
Presentation on "The Crisis of Representative Democracy: Causes, Consequences and Remedies" at the Agora Society Malaysia and Aliran & Penang Forum in Penang (Malaysia). View LINK
Presentation on "Political Party Finance Reform" at the Bar Council (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).
Interview on political party finance reform in Malaysia Listen to the INTERVIEW
By José Javier Olivas Osuna (UNED) Thanks to the high degree of political polarisation, Spain finds itself in a paradoxical situation. Although the electoral results were bad for most populist parties, they have all increased their capacity to influence governance after the last General Elections on 23 July 2023. Far right Vox lost 19 seats [...]
