October 23, 2024
A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Europe, usually posted on Wednesdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.
The Ivan Vazov National Theater in Sofia, Bulgaria. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Plamen Agov (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Upcoming Europe Elections
Bulgaria Snap Elections: October 27, 2024
Bulgaria is holding its sixth set of snap elections since 2021.
Gallup (October 22, 2024): No One Trusts Elections Less Than Bulgarians
Margarita Assenova, Jamestown Foundation (October 22, 2024): Bulgaria Continues to Experience Chronic Political Disarray
Krassen Nikolov, Euractiv (October 22, 2024): Bulgaria: Early Elections Won’t Solve Political Crisis
Lithuania Parliamentary Elections: October 13 and 27, 2024
Paulius Perminas, Baltic News Service (October 22, 2024): Opposition parties agree to back each other against conservatives in Lithuania’s run-offs
Iceland Snap Parliamentary Elections: November 30, 2024
Hallgrímur Indriðason, Nordic Labour Journal (October 21, 2024): Iceland facing watershed moment as PM calls snap elections
Iceland Review (October 18, 2024): Iceland News Review: Surprise Elections!
Romania Presidential Election: November 24, 2024 and Legislative Elections: December 1, 2024
Luiza Ilie, Reuters (October 18, 2024): Romanian leftist prime minister leads presidential race, poll shows
Ireland General Elections: By March 2025 (earlier elections possible)
Ireland is due to hold elections by March 2025, but leaders have indicated that the polls will take place this year. They will set a date soon.
BBC (October 21, 2024): Irish general election to be called this year
Shawn Pogatchnik, Politico (October 18, 2024): Crisis deepens for Ireland’s scandal-hit Sinn Féin
Poland Presidential Election: By May 18, 2025 (earlier election possible)
Jan Cienski, Politico (October 21, 2024): Playing with ‘electoral rocket fuel’: How Poland’s Donald Tusk hopes to weaponize migration
Albania Parliamentary Elections: By June 2025
Fjori Sinoruka, Balkan Insight (October 22, 2024): Albanian Opposition Leaders’ Arrests Create Uncertainty Ahead of Elections
AP (October 21, 2024): Former Albanian President Meta arrested for alleged corruption
Czech Republic Parliamentary Elections: By October 2025
Aneta Zachová, Euractiv (October 21, 2024): Czech ANO on track to win next year’s elections without need for coalition
Past Europe Elections
Austria Parliamentary Elections: September 29, 2024
Stephanie Liechtenstein, AP (October 23, 2024): With or without the far right in power, Austria’s links with Russia cause concern among allies
Reuters (October 22, 2024): Austria’s president tasks centre-right with forming government
Bethany Bell, BBC (October 22, 2024): Austria far right shunned for coalition despite winning election
Belgium Local Elections: October 13, 2024 and Parliamentary Elections: June 9, 2024
Belgium held parliamentary elections on June 9, 2024 but still has not formed a government. It frequently takes the country a long time to form governments because of the number of political parties and the complexity of coalition negotiations – the previous government was sworn in in September 2020, 652 days after the 2018 elections.
Barbara Moens, Politico (October 18, 2024): Bart De Wever: The man who wants to destroy Belgium reluctantly heads toward running it
Elections On Deck
Europe This Week: October 23, 2024
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October 23, 2024
A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Europe, usually posted on Wednesdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.
Upcoming Europe Elections
Bulgaria Snap Elections: October 27, 2024
Bulgaria is holding its sixth set of snap elections since 2021.
Gallup (October 22, 2024): No One Trusts Elections Less Than Bulgarians
Margarita Assenova, Jamestown Foundation (October 22, 2024): Bulgaria Continues to Experience Chronic Political Disarray
Krassen Nikolov, Euractiv (October 22, 2024): Bulgaria: Early Elections Won’t Solve Political Crisis
Lithuania Parliamentary Elections: October 13 and 27, 2024
Paulius Perminas, Baltic News Service (October 22, 2024): Opposition parties agree to back each other against conservatives in Lithuania’s run-offs
Iceland Snap Parliamentary Elections: November 30, 2024
Hallgrímur Indriðason, Nordic Labour Journal (October 21, 2024): Iceland facing watershed moment as PM calls snap elections
Iceland Review (October 18, 2024): Iceland News Review: Surprise Elections!
Romania Presidential Election: November 24, 2024 and Legislative Elections: December 1, 2024
Luiza Ilie, Reuters (October 18, 2024): Romanian leftist prime minister leads presidential race, poll shows
Ireland General Elections: By March 2025 (earlier elections possible)
Ireland is due to hold elections by March 2025, but leaders have indicated that the polls will take place this year. They will set a date soon.
BBC (October 21, 2024): Irish general election to be called this year
Shawn Pogatchnik, Politico (October 18, 2024): Crisis deepens for Ireland’s scandal-hit Sinn Féin
Poland Presidential Election: By May 18, 2025 (earlier election possible)
Jan Cienski, Politico (October 21, 2024): Playing with ‘electoral rocket fuel’: How Poland’s Donald Tusk hopes to weaponize migration
Albania Parliamentary Elections: By June 2025
Fjori Sinoruka, Balkan Insight (October 22, 2024): Albanian Opposition Leaders’ Arrests Create Uncertainty Ahead of Elections
AP (October 21, 2024): Former Albanian President Meta arrested for alleged corruption
Czech Republic Parliamentary Elections: By October 2025
Aneta Zachová, Euractiv (October 21, 2024): Czech ANO on track to win next year’s elections without need for coalition
Past Europe Elections
Austria Parliamentary Elections: September 29, 2024
Stephanie Liechtenstein, AP (October 23, 2024): With or without the far right in power, Austria’s links with Russia cause concern among allies
Reuters (October 22, 2024): Austria’s president tasks centre-right with forming government
Bethany Bell, BBC (October 22, 2024): Austria far right shunned for coalition despite winning election
Belgium Local Elections: October 13, 2024 and Parliamentary Elections: June 9, 2024
Belgium held parliamentary elections on June 9, 2024 but still has not formed a government. It frequently takes the country a long time to form governments because of the number of political parties and the complexity of coalition negotiations – the previous government was sworn in in September 2020, 652 days after the 2018 elections.
Barbara Moens, Politico (October 18, 2024): Bart De Wever: The man who wants to destroy Belgium reluctantly heads toward running it
Elections On Deck
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