August 21, 2024

A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Europe, usually posted on Wednesdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.

The Gera River in Erfurt, Germany, the state capital of Thuringia. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Vitold Muratov (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Upcoming Europe Elections

Germany, State Elections in Saxony and Thuringia: September 1, 2024

Thomas Wieder, Le Monde (August 20, 2024): German local elections are threatening aid to Ukraine

Jens Thurau, DW (August 19, 2024): Foreign policy shapes regional elections in eastern Germany

Katja Hoyer, UnHerd (August 19, 2024): Centrists can’t ignore the rise of populism in East Germany

Euronews (August 19, 2024): German Left Party leaders step down following difficult election results

Austria Parliamentary Elections: September 29, 2024

Reuters (August 21, 2024): Factbox-Austria’s Far-Right Freedom Party Sets Out Election Programme

Liam Hoare, Haaretz (August 15, 2024): US Keeps An Eye On North Macedonia Amid ‘Destabilisation’ Fears

Bulgaria Parliamentary Elections: October 20, 2024 (postponed)

Ketrin Jochecová, Politico (August 19, 2024): Bulgaria elections postponed as political crisis deepens

Kosovo Parliamentary Elections: February 9, 2025

AP (August 16, 2024): Kosovo’s president sets parliament elections for Feb. 9 in a key test for the prime minister

Past Europe Elections

France Snap Legislative Elections: June 30 and July 7, 2024

France24 (August 16, 2024): Macron convenes French party leaders for August 23 talks aimed at forming a government