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Europe This Week – May 29, 2019

Upcoming ElectionsDenmark Parliamentary – June 5, 2019Bloomberg: “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… Read More

Europe This Week – March 12, 2019

Netherlands Provincial Elections – March 20, 2019Associated Press: “Dutch voters are casting ballots in regional elections that are seen as passing a midterm judgment on the ruling national coalition of Prime Minister Mark Rutte and could indirectly eliminate… Read More

Europe This Week – February 13, 2019

Estonia Parliamentary – March 3, 2019Estonia’s newest party, Richness of Life, unveiled its manifesto, calling for direct democracy and a “return to the natural world.” The party picketed Estonia’s public broadcaster, ERR, because it was not automatically included… Read More

Europe This Week – January 30, 2019

Upcoming ElectionsOn deck: 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… Read More

Europe This Week – January 2, 2019

Upcoming ElectionsEstonia Parliamentary – March 3, 2019Political debates continue ahead of Estonia’s parliamentary elections. Much of the discussion surrounds the rise of the Estonian People’s Conservative Party (EKRE), a nationalist populist party that first entered the Riigikogu (parliament)… Read More

Europe – December 12, 2018

Europe – December 5, 2018

Upcoming Elections in the NewsGreece Parliamentary, Regional, Local – October 2019Kyriakos Mitsotakis is energized by a new poll finding his center-right New Democracy party 16 points ahead of the incumbent left-wing Syriza. Mitsotakis has proposed ambitious plans to… Read More