Lithuanian Presidential Election, May 2019
Lithuania held two rounds of voting in May to replace Dalia Grybauskaitė, the seventh and first female President since its Restoration of Independence in 1990. On 26 May, the ‘independent candidate’ …
ED BLOG | Who will be the next President of the European Commission?
No one can be sure who will be the next European Commission President, replacing the current incumbent Jean-Claude Juncker. But this is not only because of uncertainty about the results…
ED BLOG | The Price of Brexit, and the Value of the EU
The weekend just gone was supposed to be Brexit weekend. But the UK government and the EU agreed at a recent summit to shift the Brexit date to at least…
Who’s Who? The Political Groups of the European Parliament.
Have you ever noticed, when posters for Member of European Parliament (MEP) candidates appear on lampposts around the country, not only do they bear the logo of their national party,…
Do the European Parliament elections matter?
In 100 days, citizens in Ireland and across Europe head to the polls to elect a new European Parliament. However, “Brussels” can seem very far away to many voters, and…
Reflections on Salzburg, September 2018
Reflections on Salzburg They say a week is a long time in politics. It’s easy to forget that it was only this time last week that Theresa May was making…
Riksdag Runners and Riders
Riksdag Runners and Riders The Swedish electorate will go to the polls on Sunday, 9 September to elect a new Parliament, or ‘Riksdag’. The Swedish system is unicameral, meaning there…
Hungary Goes To The Polls, April 2018
Reflections on Salzburg The Hungarian electorate will go to the polls on Sunday, 8 April to elect a new Parliament. The Hungarian Parliament is unicameral, i.e. it is made up…
Imprevedibile Italia, March 2018
Imprevedibile Italia The Italian electorate will go to the polls on Sunday, 4 March to elect a new Parliament made up of the Chamber of Deputies (Lower House) and the…
‘All has changed, changed utterly…. A terrible beauty is born..’
Just 10 days after what is fair to say, has been the single biggest political shock of my lifetime at and I find myself still with a sense of both…