October 9, 2024
A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Europe, usually posted on Wednesdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.
Ruins of the The Odeon of Philippopolis in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Realsteel007 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Upcoming Europe Elections
Bulgaria Snap Elections: October 27, 2024
Krassen Nikolov, Euractiv (October 7, 2024): Key political player in Bulgaria arrested for influence peddling ahead of elections
United Kingdom Conservative Party Leadership Election: Results Announced November 2, 2024
Kate Whannel, BBC (October 8, 2024): Badenoch and Jenrick reach final two in Tory race
Albania Parliamentary Elections: By June 2025
DW (October 8, 2024): Albania: Clashes as protesters call on government to resign
Llazar Semini, AP (October 8, 2024): Albania’s opposition protests and demands a caretaker Cabinet
Germany Federal Parliamentary Elections: September 28, 2025
Germany’s 2025 federal elections come on the heels of three state elections in the east that delivered blows to Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s left-leaning coalition government. The far-right AfD won in Thuringia and casein a close second in Saxony. While Scholz’s SPD pulled off a surprise win in Brandenburg, AfD made large gains there as well. In addition, a new pro-Putin, anti-establishment left-wing populist party, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), won large percentages of the vote.
Euractiv (October 9, 2024): The Brief – Germany’s election season is upon us
Nette Nöstlinger, Politico (October 8, 2024): Germany’s social democrats name new top leader ahead of national election campaign
Past Europe Elections
Bosnia and Herzegovina Local Elections: October 6, 2024
Azem Kurtic, Balkan Insight (October 7, 2024): Bosnia’s Big Parties Maintain Grip Outside Cities in Local Elections
OSCE (October 7, 2024): Local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina were competitive amidst legal reform but lacked genuine public engagement, international observers say
Daniel Bellamy, Euronews (October 6, 2024): Bosnia holds local elections just days after deadly floods
Austria Parliamentary Elections: September 29, 2024
Philipp Jenne and Geir Moulson, AP (October 9, 2024): Austria’s president seeks a solution after other parties say they won’t work with the far right
Reuters (October 5, 2024): Austrian far-right head urges rivals to let him govern after election win
Spain Parliamentary Elections: July 23, 2024
The Economist (October 3, 2024): Pedro Sánchez clings to office at a cost to Spain’s democracy
Elections On Deck
Europe This Week: October 9, 2024
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October 9, 2024
A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Europe, usually posted on Wednesdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.
Ruins of the The Odeon of Philippopolis in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Realsteel007 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Upcoming Europe Elections
Bulgaria Snap Elections: October 27, 2024
Krassen Nikolov, Euractiv (October 7, 2024): Key political player in Bulgaria arrested for influence peddling ahead of elections
United Kingdom Conservative Party Leadership Election: Results Announced November 2, 2024
Kate Whannel, BBC (October 8, 2024): Badenoch and Jenrick reach final two in Tory race
Albania Parliamentary Elections: By June 2025
DW (October 8, 2024): Albania: Clashes as protesters call on government to resign
Llazar Semini, AP (October 8, 2024): Albania’s opposition protests and demands a caretaker Cabinet
Germany Federal Parliamentary Elections: September 28, 2025
Germany’s 2025 federal elections come on the heels of three state elections in the east that delivered blows to Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s left-leaning coalition government. The far-right AfD won in Thuringia and casein a close second in Saxony. While Scholz’s SPD pulled off a surprise win in Brandenburg, AfD made large gains there as well. In addition, a new pro-Putin, anti-establishment left-wing populist party, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), won large percentages of the vote.
Euractiv (October 9, 2024): The Brief – Germany’s election season is upon us
Nette Nöstlinger, Politico (October 8, 2024): Germany’s social democrats name new top leader ahead of national election campaign
Past Europe Elections
Bosnia and Herzegovina Local Elections: October 6, 2024
Azem Kurtic, Balkan Insight (October 7, 2024): Bosnia’s Big Parties Maintain Grip Outside Cities in Local Elections
OSCE (October 7, 2024): Local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina were competitive amidst legal reform but lacked genuine public engagement, international observers say
Daniel Bellamy, Euronews (October 6, 2024): Bosnia holds local elections just days after deadly floods
Austria Parliamentary Elections: September 29, 2024
Philipp Jenne and Geir Moulson, AP (October 9, 2024): Austria’s president seeks a solution after other parties say they won’t work with the far right
Reuters (October 5, 2024): Austrian far-right head urges rivals to let him govern after election win
Spain Parliamentary Elections: July 23, 2024
The Economist (October 3, 2024): Pedro Sánchez clings to office at a cost to Spain’s democracy
Elections On Deck
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