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Tag Archives: Election
Nov 20 2014
Crisis Discourses in Europe: Media EU-phemisms and Alternative Narratives
3 CommentsBy Tamsin Murray-Leach It would be catastrophising to claim that euroscepticism won the European elections earlier this year – but it certainly staked a claim. Two years ago, we predicted the capturing of Europe by populist parties in our study of … Continue reading
Posted by: November 20, 2014
Tagged with: austerity, Election, EU, Euro, Euro crisis, European Elections 2014, European Public Sphere, European Union, Euroscepticism, media, populism, Public Sphere
May 30 2014
Beppe Grillo’s Bitter Moment of Truth
8 CommentsBy 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
Posted by: May 30, 2014
Tagged with: Election, Euro, European Elections 2014, European Union, Euroscepticism, Grillo, Italy, Renzi
May 30 2014
The European Elections in Germany: Satire and Concerns over the European Project
Comments Off on The European Elections in Germany: Satire and Concerns over the European ProjectBy 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
Posted by: May 30, 2014
Tagged with: Angela Merkel, austerity, Election, European Elections 2014, European Union, Euroscepticism, Germany
May 29 2014
Moderate Gains for Eurosceptics in Finland
1 CommentBy 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
Posted by: May 29, 2014
Tagged with: Election, EU, European Elections 2014, Finland, Press
May 29 2014
A Legitimization of the Italian Government More Than a Vote for Europe
4 CommentsBy 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
Posted by: May 29, 2014
Tagged with: Democratic Party, Election, EU, Euro, Euro crisis, European Elections 2014, European Union, Euroscepticism, Eurozone, Eurozone crisis, Five star movement, Grillo, Italy, Nationalism, populism, Renzi
Sep 13 2013
Disabused of Great Expectations? (Don’t) Hold your breath for Germany’s election
1 CommentBy Max Hänska Those who were lucky enough to enjoy a vacation from the euro crisis this summer might partially owe this pleasure to the prevalent notion that all will be different after Germany’s election. “Then,” some might have exclaimed, “we … Continue reading
Posted by: September 13, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, Bundestagswahl 2013, Crisis, Election, European identity, European Union, Eurozone crisis, German Elections 2013
Mar 7 2013
Grillo’s ‘threat’ and the Spanish press
2 CommentsBy Jose Javier Olivas The Italian general elections took place ten days ago. The divided results and the relatively unexpected success of Berlusconi’s The People of Freedom Coalition (29.1% of votes) and Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement (25.5% of votes) … Continue reading
Posted by: March 7, 2013
Tagged with: ABC, anti-politics, Election, Euro, European Public Sphere, European Union, Grillo, Journalism, Mundo, Pais, Periodico, populism, Press, Vanguardia
Feb 27 2013
Reactions to the Italian Election across Europe
2 CommentsThe Italian election on the weekend 24-25 February was hugely anticipated and the results, though perhaps not surprising, have not brought the decisive clarity that many had hoped for. Briefly we summarise a few observations from the way the election … Continue reading
Posted by: February 27, 2013
Tagged with: Election, Italian Election, Press