August 31, 2022
A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Europe, usually posted on Wednesdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.
10 Downing Street, official residence of the prime minister of the United Kingdom. The ongoing Conservative Party leadership election will determine its next resident. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Robert Sharp (CC BY 2.0)
Upcoming Europe Elections
United Kingdom Conservative Party Leadership Election (determines prime minister): Ongoing
Nile Gardiner, Heritage Foundation (August 31, 2022): Liz Truss Can Be a Powerful Leader of the Free World
Financial Times (August 30, 2022): Liz Truss rules out new taxes in final push to become UK premier :Tory leadership rivals seek party members’ votes at 12th and last hustings event in London
Cristina Gallardo, Poliico (August 30, 2022): Liz Truss’ first big parliamentary battle? Brexit (of course)
Sweden Parliamentary and Local Elections: September 11, 2022
Richard Milne, Financial Times (August 29, 2022): Sweden’s Social Democrats count on PM to bag them election victory: Magdalena Andersson, the country’s first female premier, is more popular than her centre-left party ahead of September poll
Simon Johnson, Reuters (August 29, 2022): Swedish growth robust in Q2, but clouds gathering as elections near
Italy Snap Parliamentary Elections: September 25, 2022
Crispian Balmer, Reuters (August 30, 2022): Meloni, former far-right activist, heads for Italian PM’s office
Nick Squires, The Telegraph (August 27, 2022): Italy’s likely next PM plays down her party’s links to fascism: Giorgia Meloni of the Brothers of Italy claims she wants to talk about ‘this century, not the last’ in her election campaign
John Allen Jr., Crux (August 27, 2022): Forget the Vatican … Italy may be the real political headache for the Pope
Bosnia and Herzegovina General Elections: October 2, 2022
Christoph Steitz and Nina Chestney, Reuters (August 31, 2022): Russia deepens Europe’s energy squeeze with new gas halt
Sarajevo Times (August 31, 2022): The Pre-Election Campaign in BiH starts on Friday
Azem Kurtic, Balkan Insight (August 31, 2022): Bosnian Election Campaigners Routinely Abusing Public Resources – TI
Jasmin Mujanović, Just Security (August 29, 2022): Rebooting Bosnia’s Constitutional Reform Process
RFE/RL (August 29, 2022): U.S. Ambassador Vows West ‘Won’t Leave Bosnia To Russia’
Bulgaria Snap Elections: October 2, 2022
Sofia Globe (August 26, 2022): Bulgaria’s caretaker government adds to spending on October elections
Ashore Morris, Foreign Policy (August 25, 2022): Energy Is Pulling Bulgaria Back Into Russia’s Orbit: After a break with Moscow, the new caretaker government in Sofia is poised to realign with the Kremlin by signing a new contract with Gazprom.
Germany, Lower Saxony State Elections: October 9, 2022
Katja Hoyer, The Spectator (August 28, 2022): Olaf Scholz needs to deal with the Putin appeasers in his party
DW (August 28, 2022): Germany’s north-south divide flares up over energy crisis
Slovakia Local and Regional Elections: October 29, 2022
Reuters (August 31, 2022): Slovak prime minister seeks deal to keep government together as economy minister resigns
Tim Gosling, Balkan Insight (August 31, 2022): Fears of Fico Return and What It Might Mean for Slovak Democracy
Montenegro Presidential Election: April 2023 (due) and Early Parliamentary Elections (proposed)
Thomas O Falk, Al Jazeera (August 29, 2022): What is behind Montenegro‘s political instability? A no-confidence vote has prompted the collapse of Montenegro’s government after just three and a half months in office.
Jonathan Grieg, The Record (August 29, 2022): Montenegro struggles to recover from cyberattack that officials blame on Russia
Spain Local Elections and Various Regional Elections: May 28, 2023 and General Elections: By December 10, 2023 (snap elections possible)
Peter Wise, Financial Times (August 31, 2022): Spain’s cost of living crisis dents popularity of prime minister Pedro Sánchez: Conservative opposition takes eight-point poll lead ahead of next year’s general elections
Greece Local Elections: May 2023 (due) and Parliamentary Elections: By August 6, 2023 (snap elections possible)
Tasos Kokkinidis, Greek Reporter (August 26, 2022): Greece’s Opposition Demands Snap Elections Over Wiretapping Scandal
Elena Becatoros, AP (August 26, 2022): Greek PM defends workings of intelligence service
Switzerland Federal Parliamentary Elections: October 2023 (due)
Swissinfo.ch (August 26, 2022): Media poll shows shift to the right ahead of 2023 federal elections
Past Europe Elections
Serbia Presidential and Parliamentary Elections: April 3, 2022
Euractiv (August 29, 2022): Serbian government will be formed in September, says Brnabic
South China Morning Post (August 27, 2022): Serbia’s first female, gay prime minister to begin third consecutive term as nation cancels EuroPride parade
Regional Analysis
Robert Anderson, bne IntelliNews (August 29, 2022): VISEGRAD BLOG: Central Europe faces a hot autumn of discontent
Europe Elections Coming Up in 2022 and 2023
Sweden Parliamentary and Local Elections: September 11, 2022
Czech Republic Local and Partial Senate Election: September 23 and 24, 2022
Italy Snap Parliamentary Elections: September 25, 2022
Latvia Parliamentary Elections: October 1, 2022
Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidential and Legislative Elections: October 2, 2022
Bulgaria Snap Elections: October 2, 2022
Austria Presidential Election: October 9, 2022
Germany, Lower Saxony State Elections: October 9, 2022
Slovenia Presidential and Local Elections: October 23, 2022
Slovakia Local and Regional Elections: October 29, 2022
Czech Republic Presidential Election: By January 2023
Austria, Lower Austria State Elections: January 2023 (due)
Cyprus Presidential Election: February 5, 2023
Monaco Parliamentary Elections: February 5, 2023
Austria, Tyrol State Elections: February 2023 (due)
Estonia General Elections: By March 5, 2023
Netherlands Provincial Council and Water Authority Elections: March 2023 (due)
Austria, Carinthia State Elections: March 2023 (due)
Finland Parliamentary Elections: April 2, 2023 (snap elections possible)
Montenegro Presidential Election: April 2023 (due)
Austria, Salzburg State Elections: April 2023 (due)
Spain Local Elections and Various Regional Elections: May 28, 2023
Germany, Bremen State Elections: May 14, 2023
Germany, Local Elections in Schleswig-Holstein: May 14, 2022
Greece Local Elections: May 2023 (due)
Latvia Indirect Presidential Election: May 2023 (due)
Denmark General Elections: By June 4, 2023
Luxembourg Local Elections: June 2023
Greece Parliamentary Elections: By August 6, 2023
Norway Local Elections: September 2023
Switzerland Federal Parliamentary Elections: October 2023 (due)
Luxembourg General Elections: October 2023
Bulgaria Local Elections: October 2023
Germany, Hesse and Bavaria State Elections: October 2023 (due)
Finland, Åland Elections: By October 2023
Poland Parliamentary and Local Elections: By November 11, 2023
Spain General Elections: By December 10, 2023 (snap elections possible)
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August 31, 2022
A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Europe, usually posted on Wednesdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.
Upcoming Europe Elections
United Kingdom Conservative Party Leadership Election (determines prime minister): Ongoing
Nile Gardiner, Heritage Foundation (August 31, 2022): Liz Truss Can Be a Powerful Leader of the Free World
Financial Times (August 30, 2022): Liz Truss rules out new taxes in final push to become UK premier :Tory leadership rivals seek party members’ votes at 12th and last hustings event in London
Cristina Gallardo, Poliico (August 30, 2022): Liz Truss’ first big parliamentary battle? Brexit (of course)
Sweden Parliamentary and Local Elections: September 11, 2022
Richard Milne, Financial Times (August 29, 2022): Sweden’s Social Democrats count on PM to bag them election victory: Magdalena Andersson, the country’s first female premier, is more popular than her centre-left party ahead of September poll
Simon Johnson, Reuters (August 29, 2022): Swedish growth robust in Q2, but clouds gathering as elections near
Italy Snap Parliamentary Elections: September 25, 2022
Crispian Balmer, Reuters (August 30, 2022): Meloni, former far-right activist, heads for Italian PM’s office
Nick Squires, The Telegraph (August 27, 2022): Italy’s likely next PM plays down her party’s links to fascism: Giorgia Meloni of the Brothers of Italy claims she wants to talk about ‘this century, not the last’ in her election campaign
John Allen Jr., Crux (August 27, 2022): Forget the Vatican … Italy may be the real political headache for the Pope
Bosnia and Herzegovina General Elections: October 2, 2022
Christoph Steitz and Nina Chestney, Reuters (August 31, 2022): Russia deepens Europe’s energy squeeze with new gas halt
Sarajevo Times (August 31, 2022): The Pre-Election Campaign in BiH starts on Friday
Azem Kurtic, Balkan Insight (August 31, 2022): Bosnian Election Campaigners Routinely Abusing Public Resources – TI
Jasmin Mujanović, Just Security (August 29, 2022): Rebooting Bosnia’s Constitutional Reform Process
RFE/RL (August 29, 2022): U.S. Ambassador Vows West ‘Won’t Leave Bosnia To Russia’
Bulgaria Snap Elections: October 2, 2022
Sofia Globe (August 26, 2022): Bulgaria’s caretaker government adds to spending on October elections
Ashore Morris, Foreign Policy (August 25, 2022): Energy Is Pulling Bulgaria Back Into Russia’s Orbit: After a break with Moscow, the new caretaker government in Sofia is poised to realign with the Kremlin by signing a new contract with Gazprom.
Germany, Lower Saxony State Elections: October 9, 2022
Katja Hoyer, The Spectator (August 28, 2022): Olaf Scholz needs to deal with the Putin appeasers in his party
DW (August 28, 2022): Germany’s north-south divide flares up over energy crisis
Slovakia Local and Regional Elections: October 29, 2022
Reuters (August 31, 2022): Slovak prime minister seeks deal to keep government together as economy minister resigns
Tim Gosling, Balkan Insight (August 31, 2022): Fears of Fico Return and What It Might Mean for Slovak Democracy
Montenegro Presidential Election: April 2023 (due) and Early Parliamentary Elections (proposed)
Thomas O Falk, Al Jazeera (August 29, 2022): What is behind Montenegro‘s political instability? A no-confidence vote has prompted the collapse of Montenegro’s government after just three and a half months in office.
Jonathan Grieg, The Record (August 29, 2022): Montenegro struggles to recover from cyberattack that officials blame on Russia
Spain Local Elections and Various Regional Elections: May 28, 2023 and General Elections: By December 10, 2023 (snap elections possible)
Peter Wise, Financial Times (August 31, 2022): Spain’s cost of living crisis dents popularity of prime minister Pedro Sánchez: Conservative opposition takes eight-point poll lead ahead of next year’s general elections
Greece Local Elections: May 2023 (due) and Parliamentary Elections: By August 6, 2023 (snap elections possible)
Tasos Kokkinidis, Greek Reporter (August 26, 2022): Greece’s Opposition Demands Snap Elections Over Wiretapping Scandal
Elena Becatoros, AP (August 26, 2022): Greek PM defends workings of intelligence service
Switzerland Federal Parliamentary Elections: October 2023 (due)
Swissinfo.ch (August 26, 2022): Media poll shows shift to the right ahead of 2023 federal elections
Past Europe Elections
Serbia Presidential and Parliamentary Elections: April 3, 2022
Euractiv (August 29, 2022): Serbian government will be formed in September, says Brnabic
South China Morning Post (August 27, 2022): Serbia’s first female, gay prime minister to begin third consecutive term as nation cancels EuroPride parade
Regional Analysis
Robert Anderson, bne IntelliNews (August 29, 2022): VISEGRAD BLOG: Central Europe faces a hot autumn of discontent
Europe Elections Coming Up in 2022 and 2023
Sweden Parliamentary and Local Elections: September 11, 2022
Czech Republic Local and Partial Senate Election: September 23 and 24, 2022
Italy Snap Parliamentary Elections: September 25, 2022
Latvia Parliamentary Elections: October 1, 2022
Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidential and Legislative Elections: October 2, 2022
Bulgaria Snap Elections: October 2, 2022
Austria Presidential Election: October 9, 2022
Germany, Lower Saxony State Elections: October 9, 2022
Slovenia Presidential and Local Elections: October 23, 2022
Slovakia Local and Regional Elections: October 29, 2022
Czech Republic Presidential Election: By January 2023
Austria, Lower Austria State Elections: January 2023 (due)
Cyprus Presidential Election: February 5, 2023
Monaco Parliamentary Elections: February 5, 2023
Austria, Tyrol State Elections: February 2023 (due)
Estonia General Elections: By March 5, 2023
Netherlands Provincial Council and Water Authority Elections: March 2023 (due)
Austria, Carinthia State Elections: March 2023 (due)
Finland Parliamentary Elections: April 2, 2023 (snap elections possible)
Montenegro Presidential Election: April 2023 (due)
Austria, Salzburg State Elections: April 2023 (due)
Spain Local Elections and Various Regional Elections: May 28, 2023
Germany, Bremen State Elections: May 14, 2023
Germany, Local Elections in Schleswig-Holstein: May 14, 2022
Greece Local Elections: May 2023 (due)
Latvia Indirect Presidential Election: May 2023 (due)
Denmark General Elections: By June 4, 2023
Luxembourg Local Elections: June 2023
Greece Parliamentary Elections: By August 6, 2023
Norway Local Elections: September 2023
Switzerland Federal Parliamentary Elections: October 2023 (due)
Luxembourg General Elections: October 2023
Bulgaria Local Elections: October 2023
Germany, Hesse and Bavaria State Elections: October 2023 (due)
Finland, Åland Elections: By October 2023
Poland Parliamentary and Local Elections: By November 11, 2023
Spain General Elections: By December 10, 2023 (snap elections possible)
21votes does not necessarily agree with all of the opinions expressed in the linked articles; rather, our goal is to curate a wide range of voices. Furthermore, none of the individuals or organizations referenced have reviewed 21votes’ content. That is to say, their inclusion should not be taken to imply that they endorse us in any way. More on our approach here.
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