Upcoming Elections
Denmark Parliamentary – June 5, 2019
Bloomberg: “As Danes prepare for national elections on June 5, a change of government is starting to look less certain. Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, who leads Denmark’s center-right Liberal Party, emerged as the surprise winner in European Parliament elections.”
TheLocal.DK: “Centrist parties, including Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s Liberals, fared well in Sunday’s EU elections, while the nationalist Danish People’s Party suffered badly. But how might the results affect next week’s general election?”
Albania Local – June 30, 2019
AFP: “Molotov cocktails in the streets and a mass resignation in parliament — Albania’s volatile political scene is exploding just as its European future is on the table, threatening Tirana’s dreams of joining the bloc.”
Poland Parliamentary – November 2019
Associated Press: “Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party has emerged as the big winner in the country’s European parliament elections, taking over 45% of the votes following an aggressive campaign against a united opposition in a year of key elections.”
Euractiv: “[Law and Justice] had framed the EU ballot as a battle against western liberal ideals that are threatening the staunchly Catholic country’s way of life. The campaign had been dominated by issues such as gay rights, the legacy of the Holocaust in Poland, and the role of the Catholic Church in public life.”
Austria Snap Parliamentary – Fall 2019
Politico: “The Austrian People’s Party nominated Sebastian Kurz as its lead candidate in the upcoming election, just two days after he lost a vote of confidence that forced him out of office as chancellor. Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) General Secretary Karl Nehammer on Wednesday announced Kurz’s nomination for the snap election, which Kurz had called while still in office after his coalition government collapsed amid the so-called Ibiza affair.”
Stephanie Liechtenstein, Washington Post: “Austrians spent the week reeling from last Friday’s bombshell — in a secretly filmed video, Deputy Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of the far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), discussed trading government contracts for campaign support with a woman posing as the niece of a Russian oligarch.”
Past Elections
European Parliament – May 23-26, 2019
BBC: “European elections 2019: Country-by-country roundup”
Yascha Mounk, The Atlantic: “What to Make of the European Elections”
Kathleen R. McNamara, Washington Post’s Monkey Cage: “The new European Parliament will balance dramatically different ideologies and interests”
Michael Bruter and Sarah Harrison, LSE’s EUROPP: “Seven key stories about the most ‘European’ EP election ever”
Politico: “As results of the European Parliament election showed the center-right European People’s Party (EPP) finishing with the most seats but far short of a majority, EU leaders and party officials made opening maneuvers in what is expected to be a long, contentious battle over forming a majority coalition and doling out leadership positions including the European Commission presidency.”
Belgium Regional, Parliamentary, European – May 26, 2019
DW: “No coalition in sight after fractured Belgium election. The far-right Vlaams Belang and the Flemish nationalist N-VA came out ahead, but the shape of Belgium’s next government is far from certain. Northern Belgium leaned right, while in the south, the Socialists were strong.”
Financial Times: “Belgium has a history of complex governmental negotiations, breaking the world-record for coalition talks when it took 541 days for parties to reach a deal after elections in 2010. In a country where the party system is divided along linguistic lines, the political landscape has become more fragmented in recent years because of rise of the N-VA as the principal force in Dutch-speaking Flanders.”
Laurens Cerulus, Politico: “Inside the far right’s Flemish victory”
Cyprus European Parliament – May 26, 2019
Hurriyet Daily: “Greek Cyprus elects first Turkish Cypriot as member of European Parliament”
Cyprus Mail: “IN the end there were no shockers in Cyprus in Sunday’s elections for the European Parliament. Even the election of the first ever Turkish Cypriot MEP did not come as a surprise, given that Niyazi Kizilyurek was on the ballot paper of Akel, which has always attracted enough votes to elect two MEPs, and was certain to win backing from pro-reunification voters.”
France European Parliament – May 26, 2019
Reuters: “Far-right wins French vote in EU election, but Macron limits damage”
Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Policy: “The National Rally’s 23.3 percent in Sunday’s election fell short of the 24.8 percent it won in the European elections of 2014 as well as the 34 percent that Le Pen won in the second round of the presidential election three years later. Indeed, its path to power remains as problematic today as it was when Le Pen took over the National Front from her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, in 2011. “
Zaki Laïdi, Project Syndicate: “Why the EU Election Was a Win for Macron”
Germany European Parliament – May 26, 2019
Leonard Schuette, Euractiv: “European elections show moderate politics is not dead in Germany”
DW: EU election: “The far-right AfD has emerged as the strongest political party in Germany’s formerly communist east. With the Greens winning big among young and urban voters, though, the east-west divide looks set to deepen further.”
Clifford Coonan, Christian Science Monitor: “In Leipzig, a microcosm of Germany’s political scene”
Ines Pohl, DW: “Opinion: EU election result spells an uncertain future for the German government”
Greece European Elections – May 26, 2019 (and upcoming snap elections in June or July)
Associated Press: “Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called for an early national election following the defeat of his party at the European Parliament elections.”
Al Jazeera: “Greek conservative party well placed ahead of snap election. Devastating loss for ruling left-wing Syriza party in European election opens door to New Democracy party.”
The National Herald: “Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, whose Greek political party MeRA25 lost the seat it had gained in the European Parliament elections on Sunday, said his party would go ahead and launch a campaign for national elections.”
AFP: “Nearly two decades after Dora Bakoyannis became the first female mayor of Athens, ahead of the 2004 Olympics in the Greek capital, her son Costas has a clear shot at succeeding her in the prestigious post. But Greece’s top family dynasty has its sights on an even bigger prize, with Dora’s brother Kyriakos Mitsotakis in pole position to become prime minister in early elections expected in July.”
Hungary European Parliament – May 26, 2019
Reuters: “Hungary’s Fidesz wins 52% of vote; Orban vows to halt immigration”
ABC News: “Hungary’s Viktor Orban has attempted to dissolve Europe’s values — but Brussels is fighting back”
Italy European Parliament – May 26, 2019
CNBC: “Italy’s nationalist Lega party is set to win the majority of the country’s seats at the European Parliament, while its coalition partner in Rome has seen a slump in support.”
Washington Post: “But the far right’s success was particularly noteworthy because it came in the backyard of the Roman Catholic Church, whose leader, Pope Francis, has offered near-weekly warnings about nationalism, closed-border sentiment and the forces propelling the far right.”
Lithuania Presidential Runoff and European Parliament – May 26, 2019
Agnia Grigas, Atlantic Council’s New Atlanticist: “Lithuania Shuns Populism With the Election of a Pro-EU President”
Romania European Parliament – May 26, 2019
Romania Insider: “Romania’s prime minister Viorica Dancila, who also took over as interim head of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) on Monday, after leader Liviu Dragnea was sentenced to jail, said she won’t step down, despite PSD’s defeat in the elections for the European Parliament.”
Bloomberg: “Romanian Populist’s EU Vote Loss Is Far From His Biggest Problem”
Europe This Week – May 29, 2019
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Denmark Parliamentary - June 5, 2019
Bloomberg: “As Danes prepare for national elections on June 5, a change of government is starting to look less certain. Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, who leads Denmark’s center-right Liberal Party, emerged as the surprise winner in European Parliament elections.”
TheLocal.DK: “Centrist parties, including Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s Liberals, fared well in Sunday’s EU elections, while the nationalist Danish People’s Party suffered badly. But how might the results affect next week’s general election?”
Albania Local - June 30, 2019
AFP: “Molotov cocktails in the streets and a mass resignation in parliament — Albania’s volatile political scene is exploding just as its European future is on the table, threatening Tirana’s dreams of joining the bloc.”
Austria Snap Parliamentary - Fall 2019
Politico: “The Austrian People’s Party nominated Sebastian Kurz as its lead candidate in the upcoming election, just two days after he lost a vote of confidence that forced him out of office as chancellor. Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) General Secretary Karl Nehammer on Wednesday announced Kurz’s nomination for the snap election, which Kurz had called while still in office after his coalition government collapsed amid the so-called Ibiza affair.”
Stephanie Liechtenstein, Washington Post: “Austrians spent the week reeling from last Friday’s bombshell — in a secretly filmed video, Deputy Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of the far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), discussed trading government contracts for campaign support with a woman posing as the niece of a Russian oligarch.”
European Elections - May 23-26, 2019
BBC: “European elections 2019: Country-by-country roundup”
Yascha Mounk, The Atlantic: “What to Make of the European Elections”
Kathleen R. McNamara, Washington Post’s Monkey Cage: “The new European Parliament will balance dramatically different ideologies and interests”
Michael Bruter and Sarah Harrison, LSE’s EUROPP: “Seven key stories about the most ‘European’ EP election ever”
Politico: “As results of the European Parliament election showed the center-right European People’s Party (EPP) finishing with the most seats but far short of a majority, EU leaders and party officials made opening maneuvers in what is expected to be a long, contentious battle over forming a majority coalition and doling out leadership positions including the European Commission presidency.”
Belgium Regional, Parliamentary, European - May 26, 2019
DW: “No coalition in sight after fractured Belgium election. The far-right Vlaams Belang and the Flemish nationalist N-VA came out ahead, but the shape of Belgium’s next government is far from certain. Northern Belgium leaned right, while in the south, the Socialists were strong.”
Financial Times: “Belgium has a history of complex governmental negotiations, breaking the world-record for coalition talks when it took 541 days for parties to reach a deal after elections in 2010. In a country where the party system is divided along linguistic lines, the political landscape has become more fragmented in recent years because of rise of the N-VA as the principal force in Dutch-speaking Flanders.”
Laurens Cerulus, Politico: “Inside the far right’s Flemish victory”
Cyprus European Parliament - May 26, 2019
Hurriyet Daily: “Greek Cyprus elects first Turkish Cypriot as member of European Parliament”
Cyprus Mail: “IN the end there were no shockers in Cyprus in Sunday’s elections for the European Parliament. Even the election of the first ever Turkish Cypriot MEP did not come as a surprise, given that Niyazi Kizilyurek was on the ballot paper of Akel, which has always attracted enough votes to elect two MEPs, and was certain to win backing from pro-reunification voters.”
France European Parliament - May 26, 2019
Reuters: “Far-right wins French vote in EU election, but Macron limits damage”
Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Policy: “The National Rally’s 23.3 percent in Sunday’s election fell short of the 24.8 percent it won in the European elections of 2014 as well as the 34 percent that Le Pen won in the second round of the presidential election three years later. Indeed, its path to power remains as problematic today as it was when Le Pen took over the National Front from her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, in 2011. “
Zaki Laïdi, Project Syndicate: “Why the EU Election Was a Win for Macron”
Germany European Parliament - May 26, 2019
Leonard Schuette, Euractiv: “European elections show moderate politics is not dead in Germany”
DW: EU election: “The far-right AfD has emerged as the strongest political party in Germany’s formerly communist east. With the Greens winning big among young and urban voters, though, the east-west divide looks set to deepen further.”
Clifford Coonan, Christian Science Monitor: “In Leipzig, a microcosm of Germany’s political scene”
Ines Pohl, DW: “Opinion: EU election result spells an uncertain future for the German government”
Greece European Elections - May 26, 2019 (and upcoming snap elections in June or July)
Associated Press: “Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called for an early national election following the defeat of his party at the European Parliament elections.”
Al Jazeera: “Greek conservative party well placed ahead of snap election. Devastating loss for ruling left-wing Syriza party in European election opens door to New Democracy party.”
The National Herald: “Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, whose Greek political party MeRA25 lost the seat it had gained in the European Parliament elections on Sunday, said his party would go ahead and launch a campaign for national elections.”
AFP: “Nearly two decades after Dora Bakoyannis became the first female mayor of Athens, ahead of the 2004 Olympics in the Greek capital, her son Costas has a clear shot at succeeding her in the prestigious post. But Greece’s top family dynasty has its sights on an even bigger prize, with Dora’s brother Kyriakos Mitsotakis in pole position to become prime minister in early elections expected in July.”
Hungary European Parliament - May 26, 2019
Reuters: “Hungary’s Fidesz wins 52% of vote; Orban vows to halt immigration”
ABC News: “Hungary’s Viktor Orban has attempted to dissolve Europe’s values — but Brussels is fighting back”
Italy European Parliament - May 26, 2019
CNBC: “Italy’s nationalist Lega party is set to win the majority of the country’s seats at the European Parliament, while its coalition partner in Rome has seen a slump in support.”
Washington Post: “But the far right’s success was particularly noteworthy because it came in the backyard of the Roman Catholic Church, whose leader, Pope Francis, has offered near-weekly warnings about nationalism, closed-border sentiment and the forces propelling the far right.”
Lithuania Presidential Runoff - May 26, 2019
Agnia Grigas, Atlantic Council’s New Atlanticist: “Lithuania Shuns Populism With the Election of a Pro-EU President”
Poland Parliamentary - November 2019
Associated Press: “Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party has emerged as the big winner in the country’s European parliament elections, taking over 45% of the votes following an aggressive campaign against a united opposition in a year of key elections.”
Euractiv: “[Law and Justice] had framed the EU ballot as a battle against western liberal ideals that are threatening the staunchly Catholic country’s way of life. The campaign had been dominated by issues such as gay rights, the legacy of the Holocaust in Poland, and the role of the Catholic Church in public life.”
Romania European Parliament - May 26, 2019
Romania Insider: “Romania’s prime minister Viorica Dancila, who also took over as interim head of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) on Monday, after leader Liviu Dragnea was sentenced to jail, said she won’t step down, despite PSD’s defeat in the elections for the European Parliament.”
Bloomberg: “Romanian Populist’s EU Vote Loss Is Far From His Biggest Problem”
Upcoming Elections
Denmark Parliamentary – June 5, 2019
Bloomberg: “As Danes prepare for national elections on June 5, a change of government is starting to look less certain. Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, who leads Denmark’s center-right Liberal Party, emerged as the surprise winner in European Parliament elections.”
TheLocal.DK: “Centrist parties, including Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s Liberals, fared well in Sunday’s EU elections, while the nationalist Danish People’s Party suffered badly. But how might the results affect next week’s general election?”
Albania Local – June 30, 2019
AFP: “Molotov cocktails in the streets and a mass resignation in parliament — Albania’s volatile political scene is exploding just as its European future is on the table, threatening Tirana’s dreams of joining the bloc.”
Poland Parliamentary – November 2019
Associated Press: “Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party has emerged as the big winner in the country’s European parliament elections, taking over 45% of the votes following an aggressive campaign against a united opposition in a year of key elections.”
Euractiv: “[Law and Justice] had framed the EU ballot as a battle against western liberal ideals that are threatening the staunchly Catholic country’s way of life. The campaign had been dominated by issues such as gay rights, the legacy of the Holocaust in Poland, and the role of the Catholic Church in public life.”
Austria Snap Parliamentary – Fall 2019
Politico: “The Austrian People’s Party nominated Sebastian Kurz as its lead candidate in the upcoming election, just two days after he lost a vote of confidence that forced him out of office as chancellor. Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) General Secretary Karl Nehammer on Wednesday announced Kurz’s nomination for the snap election, which Kurz had called while still in office after his coalition government collapsed amid the so-called Ibiza affair.”
Stephanie Liechtenstein, Washington Post: “Austrians spent the week reeling from last Friday’s bombshell — in a secretly filmed video, Deputy Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of the far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), discussed trading government contracts for campaign support with a woman posing as the niece of a Russian oligarch.”
Past Elections
European Parliament – May 23-26, 2019
BBC: “European elections 2019: Country-by-country roundup”
Yascha Mounk, The Atlantic: “What to Make of the European Elections”
Kathleen R. McNamara, Washington Post’s Monkey Cage: “The new European Parliament will balance dramatically different ideologies and interests”
Michael Bruter and Sarah Harrison, LSE’s EUROPP: “Seven key stories about the most ‘European’ EP election ever”
Politico: “As results of the European Parliament election showed the center-right European People’s Party (EPP) finishing with the most seats but far short of a majority, EU leaders and party officials made opening maneuvers in what is expected to be a long, contentious battle over forming a majority coalition and doling out leadership positions including the European Commission presidency.”
Belgium Regional, Parliamentary, European – May 26, 2019
DW: “No coalition in sight after fractured Belgium election. The far-right Vlaams Belang and the Flemish nationalist N-VA came out ahead, but the shape of Belgium’s next government is far from certain. Northern Belgium leaned right, while in the south, the Socialists were strong.”
Financial Times: “Belgium has a history of complex governmental negotiations, breaking the world-record for coalition talks when it took 541 days for parties to reach a deal after elections in 2010. In a country where the party system is divided along linguistic lines, the political landscape has become more fragmented in recent years because of rise of the N-VA as the principal force in Dutch-speaking Flanders.”
Laurens Cerulus, Politico: “Inside the far right’s Flemish victory”
Cyprus European Parliament – May 26, 2019
Hurriyet Daily: “Greek Cyprus elects first Turkish Cypriot as member of European Parliament”
Cyprus Mail: “IN the end there were no shockers in Cyprus in Sunday’s elections for the European Parliament. Even the election of the first ever Turkish Cypriot MEP did not come as a surprise, given that Niyazi Kizilyurek was on the ballot paper of Akel, which has always attracted enough votes to elect two MEPs, and was certain to win backing from pro-reunification voters.”
France European Parliament – May 26, 2019
Reuters: “Far-right wins French vote in EU election, but Macron limits damage”
Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Policy: “The National Rally’s 23.3 percent in Sunday’s election fell short of the 24.8 percent it won in the European elections of 2014 as well as the 34 percent that Le Pen won in the second round of the presidential election three years later. Indeed, its path to power remains as problematic today as it was when Le Pen took over the National Front from her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, in 2011. “
Zaki Laïdi, Project Syndicate: “Why the EU Election Was a Win for Macron”
Germany European Parliament – May 26, 2019
Leonard Schuette, Euractiv: “European elections show moderate politics is not dead in Germany”
DW: EU election: “The far-right AfD has emerged as the strongest political party in Germany’s formerly communist east. With the Greens winning big among young and urban voters, though, the east-west divide looks set to deepen further.”
Clifford Coonan, Christian Science Monitor: “In Leipzig, a microcosm of Germany’s political scene”
Ines Pohl, DW: “Opinion: EU election result spells an uncertain future for the German government”
Greece European Elections – May 26, 2019 (and upcoming snap elections in June or July)
Associated Press: “Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called for an early national election following the defeat of his party at the European Parliament elections.”
Al Jazeera: “Greek conservative party well placed ahead of snap election. Devastating loss for ruling left-wing Syriza party in European election opens door to New Democracy party.”
The National Herald: “Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, whose Greek political party MeRA25 lost the seat it had gained in the European Parliament elections on Sunday, said his party would go ahead and launch a campaign for national elections.”
AFP: “Nearly two decades after Dora Bakoyannis became the first female mayor of Athens, ahead of the 2004 Olympics in the Greek capital, her son Costas has a clear shot at succeeding her in the prestigious post. But Greece’s top family dynasty has its sights on an even bigger prize, with Dora’s brother Kyriakos Mitsotakis in pole position to become prime minister in early elections expected in July.”
Hungary European Parliament – May 26, 2019
Reuters: “Hungary’s Fidesz wins 52% of vote; Orban vows to halt immigration”
ABC News: “Hungary’s Viktor Orban has attempted to dissolve Europe’s values — but Brussels is fighting back”
Italy European Parliament – May 26, 2019
CNBC: “Italy’s nationalist Lega party is set to win the majority of the country’s seats at the European Parliament, while its coalition partner in Rome has seen a slump in support.”
Washington Post: “But the far right’s success was particularly noteworthy because it came in the backyard of the Roman Catholic Church, whose leader, Pope Francis, has offered near-weekly warnings about nationalism, closed-border sentiment and the forces propelling the far right.”
Lithuania Presidential Runoff and European Parliament – May 26, 2019
Agnia Grigas, Atlantic Council’s New Atlanticist: “Lithuania Shuns Populism With the Election of a Pro-EU President”
Romania European Parliament – May 26, 2019
Romania Insider: “Romania’s prime minister Viorica Dancila, who also took over as interim head of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) on Monday, after leader Liviu Dragnea was sentenced to jail, said she won’t step down, despite PSD’s defeat in the elections for the European Parliament.”
Bloomberg: “Romanian Populist’s EU Vote Loss Is Far From His Biggest Problem”
Outgoing European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. It is unclear who will succeed him. Photo credit: Nikolay Doychinov (EU2018BG)
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