Upcoming Elections
Albania Local – June 30, 2019 (cancelled)
Llazar Semini, Associated Press: “Albania’s governing Socialist Party called a no-confidence vote against President Ilir Meta, saying Monday it was unconstitutional for him to cancel upcoming municipal elections. The vote will be held at Thursday’s parliamentary session, Socialist spokeswoman Elisa Spiropali said. The Socialists need 94 votes to oust Meta which they don’t have in the 140-seat parliament.”
Reuters: “Supporters of Albanian opposition parties rallied on Saturday [June 8] to ask Prime Minister Edi Rama to quit and pave the way to fresh polls, dispersing after throwing firecrackers and flares to police who responded with water jets and tear gas.”
Euronews: “[Opposition leader Lulzim] Basha’s Democratic Party accuses Rama’s ruling Socialists of hindering the country’s economic and political progress.”
Llazar Semini, Associated Press: “Protests in Albania: Its democracy and EU future at stake”
Greece Snap Parliamentary – July 7, 2019
Kerin Hope, Financial Times: “Greece is facing a snap general election after prime minister Alexis Tsipras and his ruling Syriza party suffered a heavy defeat in voting for the European Parliament last month.”
Euronews: “Tsipras has previously promised a national election at the end of his term in October, but after a nine per cent margin between Syriza and the conservative New Democracy party in May’s EU elections, he decided to act early.”
Helena Smith, The Guardian: “The Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has kicked off his campaign for upcoming general elections, asking voters to give his leftwing government the chance to act ‘without our hands tied’ the second time around.”
Austria Snap Parliamentary – September 29, 2019
France24: “The date for early elections triggered by the so-called “Ibiza-gate” scandal which brought down Austria’s government has been fixed for September 29, following a decision by a parliamentary commission Tuesday.”
Poland Parliamentary – Fall 2019
Gavin Rae, OpenDemocracy: “Last month’s European elections have confirmed that the ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) continues to be the dominant party in Polish politics. They have also underlined the difficulties facing the major opposition parties, which suffered a resounding defeat despite the creation of a broad electoral alliance – European Coalition (KE) – against PiS. With parliamentary elections in November, the results raise the question of whether Poland’s opposition parties should continue their strategy of running as bloc against PiS.”
Bulgaria Municipal – October 27, 2019
Martin Dimitrov, Balkan Insight: “Bulgaria Election Body Ignores Questions About EU Elections”
Croatia Presidential – December 2019
Karla Juničić, Euractiv: “The somewhat unexpected outcome of the recent EU elections has opened the Pandora’s Box in Croatia’s ruling conservative HDZ party, whose right-wing faction is now loudly highlighting the need for a leadership change. HDZ scored first in EU elections with 22.7% of the votes, followed by the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) which got 18.7%. HDZ ultimately elected four MEPs, short of its initial goal of five or even six.”
HINA: “President Declines to Comment on Conflicts in HDZ, Her Former Party”
HINA: “Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Davor Bernardić said on Monday that his party wanted the entire left to unite on the SDP’s candidate in the next presidential election, stressing that the recent election for the European Parliament showed that changes could not be effected without the SDP.”
Past Elections
Italy Local Runoffs – June 8, 2019
TheLocalIT: “A centre-right coalition led by Italy’s nationalist League won an extra seven cities in mayoral elections on Sunday.…In a second round of voting the city of Ferrara swung right for the first time since 1950, while Forlì ended 50 years of leftwing governance. Both are in the region of Emilia-Romagna, the heart of the traditional ‘red belt’ of leftwing voters across northern-central Italy that has shown drastic erosion in recent elections.”
Denmark Parliamentary – June 5, 2019
NPR: “In Denmark’s Election, A Shift To The Left — Unlike In Much Of Europe”
Nick Rigillo and Christian Wienberg, Bloomberg: “Voters handed the anti-immigrant nationalists their worst drubbing ever in an election, and the result puts Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen in line to be Denmark’s youngest prime minister and only the second woman to lead the country’s government.”
The Economist: “Denmark’s social democrats beat the migrant-bashers at their game”Tara John and Susanne Garguilo, CNN: “While far-right parties have made gains in other European countries, the DPP saw its share of the vote dip by half on Wednesday [June 5].”
Tim Hume, Vice: “When Mette Frederiksen, leader of Denmark’s Social Democrats, triumphantly took to the stage at her party’s election celebration Wednesday night, she rattled off a list of the policy priorities that had propelled them to victory. Sandwiched between the traditional causes of welfare and climate change was one that was jarring from the mouth of a European center-left politician: cracking down on immigration.”
TheLocalDK: “Denmark’s likely new prime minister Mette Frederiksen must reach agreement with the other parties on left in order to secure a platform on which to form government.”
Finland Parliamentary – April 14, 2019
Jari Tanner, Associated Press: “Finland’s new female-powered government sworn in”
Sky News: “Finland swears in majority-female cabinet and new prime minister. The 19-member cabinet appointed on Thursday is made up of 11 women and eight men….But according to Finnish media, this is not quite a record for the country’s statistics on women in cabinet positions. A coalition led by former prime minister Matti Vanhanen saw 12 women appointed to cabinet roles, with eight men.”
Jon Stone, Independent: “Finland gets first left-of-centre prime minister in 20 years”
Spain Parliamentary – April 28, 2019
Ian Mount, Financial Times: “Spain’s Pedro Sánchez confronts limits of election win. PM faces complex task to govern effectively with his party in a minority in parliament”
Carlos E. Cué, El País: “After long wait, Spanish PM is ready for talks to form new government. Pedro Sánchez will meet with opposition leaders after being asked by King Felipe VI to submit to an investiture vote.”
United Kingdom Snap Parliamentary – June 8, 2017
Jen Kirby, Vox: “The race to be the next British prime minister, briefly explained”
France24: “Ten Tory candidates vying to succeed May in Brexit-dominated UK leadership race”
Paul Waugh, Huffington Post: “Tory Leadership Election To Install Anti-Cheating Measures To Boost ‘Confidence’, Party Grandees Reveal. 1922 Committee opts for measures imposed by election observers worldwide to stamp out fraud”
Photo credit: Wikimedia/Shkumbin Saneja
Europe This Week – June 12, 2019
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Last Updated: June 20, 2019 by 21votes
June 12, 2019
Each day, 21votes gathers election and political news from a different region of the world. We explore Europe on Wednesdays. Click the map pins.
Albania Local - June 30, 2019 (cancelled)
Llazar Semini, Associated Press: “Albania’s governing Socialist Party called a no-confidence vote against President Ilir Meta, saying Monday it was unconstitutional for him to cancel upcoming municipal elections. The vote will be held at Thursday’s parliamentary session, Socialist spokeswoman Elisa Spiropali said. The Socialists need 94 votes to oust Meta which they don’t have in the 140-seat parliament.”
Reuters: “Supporters of Albanian opposition parties rallied on Saturday [June 8] to ask Prime Minister Edi Rama to quit and pave the way to fresh polls, dispersing after throwing firecrackers and flares to police who responded with water jets and tear gas.”
Euronews: “[Opposition leader Lulzim] Basha’s Democratic Party accuses Rama’s ruling Socialists of hindering the country’s economic and political progress.”
Llazar Semini, Associated Press: “Protests in Albania: Its democracy and EU future at stake”
Greece Snap Parliamentary - July 7, 2019
Kerin Hope, Financial Times: “Greece is facing a snap general election after prime minister Alexis Tsipras and his ruling Syriza party suffered a heavy defeat in voting for the European Parliament last month.”
Euronews: “Tsipras has previously promised a national election at the end of his term in October, but after a nine per cent margin between Syriza and the conservative New Democracy party in May’s EU elections, he decided to act early.”
Helena Smith, The Guardian: “The Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has kicked off his campaign for upcoming general elections, asking voters to give his leftwing government the chance to act ‘without our hands tied’ the second time around.”
Austria Snap Parliamentary - September 29, 2019
France24: “The date for early elections triggered by the so-called “Ibiza-gate” scandal which brought down Austria’s government has been fixed for September 29, following a decision by a parliamentary commission Tuesday.”
Poland Parliamentary - Fall 2019
Gavin Rae, OpenDemocracy: “Last month’s European elections have confirmed that the ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) continues to be the dominant party in Polish politics. They have also underlined the difficulties facing the major opposition parties, which suffered a resounding defeat despite the creation of a broad electoral alliance – European Coalition (KE) – against PiS. With parliamentary elections in November, the results raise the question of whether Poland’s opposition parties should continue their strategy of running as bloc against PiS.”
Bulgaria Municipal - October 27, 2019
Martin Dimitrov, Balkan Insight: “Bulgaria Election Body Ignores Questions About EU Elections”
Croatia Presidential - December 2019
Karla Juničić, Euractiv: “The somewhat unexpected outcome of the recent EU elections has opened the Pandora’s Box in Croatia’s ruling conservative HDZ party, whose right-wing faction is now loudly highlighting the need for a leadership change. HDZ scored first in EU elections with 22.7% of the votes, followed by the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) which got 18.7%. HDZ ultimately elected four MEPs, short of its initial goal of five or even six.”
HINA: “President Declines to Comment on Conflicts in HDZ, Her Former Party”
HINA: “Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Davor Bernardić said on Monday that his party wanted the entire left to unite on the SDP’s candidate in the next presidential election, stressing that the recent election for the European Parliament showed that changes could not be effected without the SDP.”
Italy Local Runoffs - June 8, 2019
TheLocalIT: “A centre-right coalition led by Italy’s nationalist League won an extra seven cities in mayoral elections on Sunday.…In a second round of voting the city of Ferrara swung right for the first time since 1950, while Forlì ended 50 years of leftwing governance. Both are in the region of Emilia-Romagna, the heart of the traditional ‘red belt’ of leftwing voters across northern-central Italy that has shown drastic erosion in recent elections.”
Denmark Parliamentary - June 5, 2019
NPR: “In Denmark’s Election, A Shift To The Left — Unlike In Much Of Europe”
Nick Rigillo and Christian Wienberg, Bloomberg: “Voters handed the anti-immigrant nationalists their worst drubbing ever in an election, and the result puts Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen in line to be Denmark’s youngest prime minister and only the second woman to lead the country’s government.”
The Economist: “Denmark’s social democrats beat the migrant-bashers at their game”
Tara John and Susanne Garguilo, CNN: “While far-right parties have made gains in other European countries, the DPP saw its share of the vote dip by half on Wednesday [June 5].”
Tim Hume, Vice: “When Mette Frederiksen, leader of Denmark’s Social Democrats, triumphantly took to the stage at her party’s election celebration Wednesday night, she rattled off a list of the policy priorities that had propelled them to victory. Sandwiched between the traditional causes of welfare and climate change was one that was jarring from the mouth of a European center-left politician: cracking down on immigration.”
TheLocalDK: “Denmark’s likely new prime minister Mette Frederiksen must reach agreement with the other parties on left in order to secure a platform on which to form government.”
Finland Parliamentary - April 14, 2019
Jari Tanner, Associated Press: “Finland’s new female-powered government sworn in”
Sky News: “Finland swears in majority-female cabinet and new prime minister. The 19-member cabinet appointed on Thursday is made up of 11 women and eight men….But according to Finnish media, this is not quite a record for the country’s statistics on women in cabinet positions. A coalition led by former prime minister Matti Vanhanen saw 12 women appointed to cabinet roles, with eight men.”
Jon Stone, Independent: “Finland gets first left-of-centre prime minister in 20 years”
Spain Parliamentary - April 28, 2019
Ian Mount, Financial Times: “Spain’s Pedro Sánchez confronts limits of election win. PM faces complex task to govern effectively with his party in a minority in parliament”
Carlos E. Cué, El País: “After long wait, Spanish PM is ready for talks to form new government. Pedro Sánchez will meet with opposition leaders after being asked by King Felipe VI to submit to an investiture vote.”
United Kingdom Snap Parliamentary - June 8, 2017
Jen Kirby, Vox: “The race to be the next British prime minister, briefly explained”
France24: “Ten Tory candidates vying to succeed May in Brexit-dominated UK leadership race”
Paul Waugh, Huffington Post: “Tory Leadership Election To Install Anti-Cheating Measures To Boost ‘Confidence’, Party Grandees Reveal. 1922 Committee opts for measures imposed by election observers worldwide to stamp out fraud”
Upcoming Elections
Albania Local – June 30, 2019 (cancelled)
Llazar Semini, Associated Press: “Albania’s governing Socialist Party called a no-confidence vote against President Ilir Meta, saying Monday it was unconstitutional for him to cancel upcoming municipal elections. The vote will be held at Thursday’s parliamentary session, Socialist spokeswoman Elisa Spiropali said. The Socialists need 94 votes to oust Meta which they don’t have in the 140-seat parliament.”
Reuters: “Supporters of Albanian opposition parties rallied on Saturday [June 8] to ask Prime Minister Edi Rama to quit and pave the way to fresh polls, dispersing after throwing firecrackers and flares to police who responded with water jets and tear gas.”
Euronews: “[Opposition leader Lulzim] Basha’s Democratic Party accuses Rama’s ruling Socialists of hindering the country’s economic and political progress.”
Llazar Semini, Associated Press: “Protests in Albania: Its democracy and EU future at stake”
Greece Snap Parliamentary – July 7, 2019
Kerin Hope, Financial Times: “Greece is facing a snap general election after prime minister Alexis Tsipras and his ruling Syriza party suffered a heavy defeat in voting for the European Parliament last month.”
Euronews: “Tsipras has previously promised a national election at the end of his term in October, but after a nine per cent margin between Syriza and the conservative New Democracy party in May’s EU elections, he decided to act early.”
Helena Smith, The Guardian: “The Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has kicked off his campaign for upcoming general elections, asking voters to give his leftwing government the chance to act ‘without our hands tied’ the second time around.”
Austria Snap Parliamentary – September 29, 2019
France24: “The date for early elections triggered by the so-called “Ibiza-gate” scandal which brought down Austria’s government has been fixed for September 29, following a decision by a parliamentary commission Tuesday.”
Poland Parliamentary – Fall 2019
Gavin Rae, OpenDemocracy: “Last month’s European elections have confirmed that the ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) continues to be the dominant party in Polish politics. They have also underlined the difficulties facing the major opposition parties, which suffered a resounding defeat despite the creation of a broad electoral alliance – European Coalition (KE) – against PiS. With parliamentary elections in November, the results raise the question of whether Poland’s opposition parties should continue their strategy of running as bloc against PiS.”
Bulgaria Municipal – October 27, 2019
Martin Dimitrov, Balkan Insight: “Bulgaria Election Body Ignores Questions About EU Elections”
Croatia Presidential – December 2019
Karla Juničić, Euractiv: “The somewhat unexpected outcome of the recent EU elections has opened the Pandora’s Box in Croatia’s ruling conservative HDZ party, whose right-wing faction is now loudly highlighting the need for a leadership change. HDZ scored first in EU elections with 22.7% of the votes, followed by the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) which got 18.7%. HDZ ultimately elected four MEPs, short of its initial goal of five or even six.”
HINA: “President Declines to Comment on Conflicts in HDZ, Her Former Party”
HINA: “Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Davor Bernardić said on Monday that his party wanted the entire left to unite on the SDP’s candidate in the next presidential election, stressing that the recent election for the European Parliament showed that changes could not be effected without the SDP.”
Past Elections
Italy Local Runoffs – June 8, 2019
TheLocalIT: “A centre-right coalition led by Italy’s nationalist League won an extra seven cities in mayoral elections on Sunday.…In a second round of voting the city of Ferrara swung right for the first time since 1950, while Forlì ended 50 years of leftwing governance. Both are in the region of Emilia-Romagna, the heart of the traditional ‘red belt’ of leftwing voters across northern-central Italy that has shown drastic erosion in recent elections.”
Denmark Parliamentary – June 5, 2019
NPR: “In Denmark’s Election, A Shift To The Left — Unlike In Much Of Europe”
Nick Rigillo and Christian Wienberg, Bloomberg: “Voters handed the anti-immigrant nationalists their worst drubbing ever in an election, and the result puts Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen in line to be Denmark’s youngest prime minister and only the second woman to lead the country’s government.”
The Economist: “Denmark’s social democrats beat the migrant-bashers at their game”Tara John and Susanne Garguilo, CNN: “While far-right parties have made gains in other European countries, the DPP saw its share of the vote dip by half on Wednesday [June 5].”
Tim Hume, Vice: “When Mette Frederiksen, leader of Denmark’s Social Democrats, triumphantly took to the stage at her party’s election celebration Wednesday night, she rattled off a list of the policy priorities that had propelled them to victory. Sandwiched between the traditional causes of welfare and climate change was one that was jarring from the mouth of a European center-left politician: cracking down on immigration.”
TheLocalDK: “Denmark’s likely new prime minister Mette Frederiksen must reach agreement with the other parties on left in order to secure a platform on which to form government.”
Finland Parliamentary – April 14, 2019
Jari Tanner, Associated Press: “Finland’s new female-powered government sworn in”
Sky News: “Finland swears in majority-female cabinet and new prime minister. The 19-member cabinet appointed on Thursday is made up of 11 women and eight men….But according to Finnish media, this is not quite a record for the country’s statistics on women in cabinet positions. A coalition led by former prime minister Matti Vanhanen saw 12 women appointed to cabinet roles, with eight men.”
Jon Stone, Independent: “Finland gets first left-of-centre prime minister in 20 years”
Spain Parliamentary – April 28, 2019
Ian Mount, Financial Times: “Spain’s Pedro Sánchez confronts limits of election win. PM faces complex task to govern effectively with his party in a minority in parliament”
Carlos E. Cué, El País: “After long wait, Spanish PM is ready for talks to form new government. Pedro Sánchez will meet with opposition leaders after being asked by King Felipe VI to submit to an investiture vote.”
United Kingdom Snap Parliamentary – June 8, 2017
Jen Kirby, Vox: “The race to be the next British prime minister, briefly explained”
France24: “Ten Tory candidates vying to succeed May in Brexit-dominated UK leadership race”
Paul Waugh, Huffington Post: “Tory Leadership Election To Install Anti-Cheating Measures To Boost ‘Confidence’, Party Grandees Reveal. 1922 Committee opts for measures imposed by election observers worldwide to stamp out fraud”
Photo credit: Wikimedia/Shkumbin Saneja
The Year Ahead: Europe
Italy, Sardinia regional (February 24); Andorra parliamentary (March); Estonia parliamentary (March 3); Lithuania municipal (March 3); Slovakia presidential (March 16); Netherlands provincial councils, island councils, and water boards (March 20); Macedonia presidential (April); Finland parliamentary (April 14); United Kingdom local (May 2); Lithuania presidential (May 12)
European Parliament (May 23-26), and coinciding with those elections: Ireland local (May 24); Malta parliamentary (May 25); Belgium regional and parliamentary (May 26); Germany, Baden-Würtemberg, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia Municipal, Bremen State (May 26); Greece local (May 26); Italy, nationwide local and Basilicata regional (May 26); Spain, regional in Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Canaries, Cantabria, Castilia-Leon, Castilia-Manchego, Extremadura, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra, Rioja, Valencia, and nationwide local (May 26)
Denmark parliamentary (on or before June 17); Albania local (June 30); Germany, Brandenburg and Saxony state (September 1); Portugal, Madeiran regional (September 22); Greece parliamentary (October but snap possible); Hungary local (October); Switzerland Federal Assembly (October 20); Poland parliamentary (November); Croatia presidential (December)
Albanians may not be heading to the polls to elect local governments in June. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Shkumbin Saneja
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