Category Archives: European elections

Jun 10 2014

Mind the Gaps: The Political Consequences of the Great Recession in Europe

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Posted in: Euro, Europe, European elections, Euroscepticism

By Diego Muro and Guillem Vidal The financial crisis that started in 2008 had an unanticipated magnitude. What at first glance appeared as a manageable frailty of the financial sector rapidly derived into a Great Recession with on-going continuity into … Continue reading →

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Jun 6 2014

European Union in Need of a “Relaunch”

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Posted in: Europe, European elections, Euroscepticism, Uncategorized

By Dimitris Mathioudakis In its simplest sense, the winner is the one to come first. In the same sense, for the front-runner of last European elections, Jean Claude Juncker, the votes of the EPP signalled a win. However, a win in … Continue reading →

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Jun 4 2014

“Spain is Different”: Podemos and 15-M

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Posted in: Europe, European elections, Euroscepticism, Spain

By Cristina Flesher Fominaya In a dismal post-European election scenario, in which the extreme right has managed to emerge as the leading political formation in a number of European democracies, Spain has once again lived up to the 1960’s tourist … Continue reading →

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May 30 2014

Beppe Grillo’s Bitter Moment of Truth

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Posted in: Europe, European elections, Italy, Roberto Orsi

By Roberto Orsi  The European election results in Italy have been rather surprising. In the context of today’s three-party political landscape (the centre-left Democratic Party, Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement, and Berlusconi’s Forza Italia), most pre-vote polls indicated a rise … Continue reading →

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May 30 2014

The European Elections in Germany: Satire and Concerns over the European Project

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Posted in: Euro, Europe, European elections, Germany, Max Hänska

By Max Hänska The European elections in Germany didn’t produce major surprises, yet a mood of trepidation and uncertainty prevails. The Christian Democrats did better in absolute numbers than in the last election though relatively their share of the vote remained … Continue reading →

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May 29 2014

Moderate Gains for Eurosceptics in Finland

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Posted in: Europe, European elections, Euroscepticism, Finland, Outi Keranen, Press Roundups

By Outi Keranen The Electoral Results In Finland the eurosceptic Finns Party (formerly known as True Finns) led by Timo Soini failed to repeat the landslide of the 2011 general elections despite polling 12.9 percent of the votes and increasing … Continue reading →

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May 29 2014

A Legitimization of the Italian Government More Than a Vote for Europe

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Posted in: Euro, Europe, European elections, Euroscepticism, Italy, Monica Poletti

By Monica Poletti The overwhelming victory of the Democratic Party Elections in Italy rarely fail to surprise. The victory at the 2014 EP elections of the Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his centre-left, pro-European Democratic Party (PD) came as a … Continue reading →

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May 28 2014

Disengagement, Division and the ‘Peasants’ Revolt’

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Posted in: Austria, Czech Republic, Europe, European elections, Euroscepticism, France, Greece, Italy, Nationalism, Spain, The Netherlands, United Kingdom

By Marley Morris “A kind of peasants’ revolt”. So said Boris Johnson of the European election results on Monday in a  – typically English – evaluation of the events. Yet the picture is much more nuanced – and varied – than he makes out. … Continue reading →

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May 28 2014

European-cum-National Elections in Greece

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Posted in: Europe, European elections, Euroscepticism, Greece, Nationalism, Vassilis Paipais

By Vassilios Paipais Last Sunday’s European elections found the Greek electorate deeply divided, fragmented and to some extent disoriented. In general, Greek voters paid scant attention to the wider European agenda but they are hardly to blame as they were … Continue reading →

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May 27 2014

Democracy in Europe after the Elections

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Posted in: Euro, Europe, European elections, Euroscepticism

By Mary Kaldor Nationalism is a way of deflecting discontent towards a convenient scapegoat, an ‘other’ – the immigrant or Europe. It is a way of mobilising political support while avoiding any commitment to address the underlying causes of discontent; … Continue reading →

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