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3 04, 2019

Conference (Georgia)

2019-05-20T12:58:03+01:00April 3rd, 2019|

Presenting on the "Causes and Consequences of Polarisation" at the Georgian Institute of Politics (GIP) Annual Conference (Tbilisi). View LINK View SPEAKERS View PROGRAM

21 12, 2018

Presentation in Georgia

2019-05-20T12:58:03+01:00December 21st, 2018|

Presentation on "The Causes and Consequences of Political Polarization" at the "Communicathon 2018, organised by DRI (Democracy Reporting International) in collaboration with GYLA (Georgian Young Lawyers Association) and Forset in Tbilisi. Watch VIDEO View LINK

17 12, 2018

First Coalition Minority Government in Slovenia: 100 days evaluation

2019-05-20T12:58:04+01:00December 17th, 2018|

By Alenka Krašovec (University of Ljubljana) Introduction A bit more than three months after the elections in June 2018, a new government in Slovenia was formed on 13 September 2018. Given the PR electoral system and rather low parliamentary threshold (4 %), another coalition government in Slovenia was not a surprise. However, some novelty can [...]

10 10, 2018

OSCE/ODIHR Opinion (Lithuania)

2019-05-20T12:58:05+01:00October 10th, 2018|

OSCE/ODIHR Opinion on Certain Provisions of the Law on Funding of and Control of Funding of Political Parties in Lithuania. Download PDF (ENGLISH)

9 10, 2018

Latvia’s Same Old Story: the rise of new parties and a never-ending inchoate party system

2019-05-20T12:58:05+01:00October 9th, 2018|

By Ryo Nakai (The University of Kitakyushu) Latvia had a general election on 6 October 2018. The results awarded seats in the Saeima, the parliament of the Republic of Latvia, to seven parties including three newcomers. Some notable aspects of the election include the following: the current government parties were defeated, a party friendly to [...]

10 09, 2018

Swedish elections: All claim success but there is no obvious winner

2019-05-20T12:58:05+01:00September 10th, 2018|

By Thomas Sedelius (Dalarna University) The polling stations closed on Sunday, 9 September, at 8pm as Sweden voted on all available parliamentary positions on the same day: the 291 municipal councils (Kommunerna), the 23 provincial chambers (Landstingen) and the 349 seats in the national parliament, the Riksdag. Here is my brief post-election comment focusing on [...]