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Torn between a „Europe that protects“, a „Europe of nations“ and a „People’s Europe“French citizens are being called on to elect the 79 representatives who will represent them in the European Parliament on 26 May 2019. This election will be critical not only with regards to the recalibration of political forces in the European assembly and the subsequent political project to be carried out by the future President of the European Commission. It will also reconfigure the national political forces in the context of a deep social crisis and ...
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Torn between a „Europe that protects“, a „Europe of nations“ and a „People’s Europe“French citizens are being called on to elect the 79 representatives who will represent them in the European Parliament on 26 May 2019. This election will be critical not only with regards to the recalibration of political forces in the European assembly and the subsequent political project to be carried out by the future President of the European Commission. It will also reconfigure the national political forces in the context of a deep social crisis and ...
read more "France in the run-up to the European Parliament Election"
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Torn between a „Europe that protects“, a „Europe of nations“ and a „People’s Europe“French citizens are being called on to elect the 79 representatives who will represent them in the European Parliament on 26 May 2019. This election will be critical not only with regards to the recalibration of political forces in the European assembly and the subsequent political project to be carried out by the future President of the European Commission. It will also reconfigure the national political forces in the context of a deep social crisis and ...
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Increased Polarisation and Fragmentation in the Shadow of National Electoral Politics2019 marks the beginning of a new electoral cycle: general elections, regional elections, local elections and European Parliament electionsThe European Parliament elections will take place just one month after crucial general electionsLeft-wing parties are entering the electoral cycle in very different positions: PSOE recovered, the radical left greatly weakened The political and electoral context ahead of the 2019 European Parliament (EP) elections in Spain could ...
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European elections have always been treated as the poor relation in Greece compared to general elections. Since 1981, when they took place for the very first time, they have always attracted less political interest and participation – naturally, the same goes for many other EU countries. Both those tendencies (lesser interest and a lower turnout) are expected to be reaffirmed in the coming election of 26 May 2019, although there are three factors that could moderate, but not reverse, these. The first one is that, since the outset of the crisis ...
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European Parliament elections generally attract little attention in Germany, and this is reflected in low turnouts. The turnout for the 2014 European elections was just 47.9%, although this was an improvement on 2004 and 2009, when it was around 43% a piece. This compares with 76.2% in 2017 and 71.5% in 2013 for elections to the German federal parliament (Bundestag). In the most recent state parliament (Landtag) elections in Hesse and Bavaria, the turnout was 67.3% and 72.3% respectively. Spitzenkandidaten One measure designed to counter the low ...
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As a small and compromise-based country, Belgium has always played a central role in the history of the European Union. Never has membership been questioned, never have there been harsh criticisms on its policies. This may now be changing, as a consequence of right-wing populism and left-wing activism. It still does not mean however that European politics and European elections have any meaningful place in today’s political discourse and debates. The direct reason is very simple: on the 26th of May Belgium will also have national and ...
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After the 14 April parliamentary elections the Finnish parliament is more left-wing, more gender equal and younger. Among 200 MPs 91 are now women. Left Alliance got its first victory in 24 years and Social Democrats in 20 years, while Green League got its best result in parliamentary elections. According to voter advice applications the new MPs of almost all parties are more left-wing than those in former parliament. This is especially remarkable in parliamentary groups of Green League and Swedish Peoples’ Party. However, the red-green parties (SDP, Green ...
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Opportunities for a connective platformSince the beginning of the great crisis ten years ago the political landscape is been revolved. Due to the given new authoritarianism of the ruling classes it is not that much surprising that various protest movements and new left parties were defeated. It is rather astonishing that time and again new radical movements are bursting out all over the place. Meanwhile they have a fierce competition from the radical right, having a menacing rise all over Europe. In face of the European elections the political landscape is very...
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A long time coming After a new Swedish record of 131 days with only a temporary government, Sweden now finally has a coalition in place. The election took place on the 9th of September last year and on the 21st of January the new ministers were sworn in. The end result is a government of the social democrats (SAP) and the Green party. They amassed the necessary support by entering into a so called “January agreement” with the Centre party and the Liberals. This contract stipulated 73 concrete policies on which the incoming government could reach agreement with the Centre party ...
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