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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Slovakia: right-wing extremism on the riseMarian Kotleba, a well-known figure of the Slovak neo-Nazi scene, was recently elected as governor of the central...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Who holds power after the Czech elections?The ANO party of billionaire Andrej Babis came a close second in last month's Czech elections. Is the political life...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A new German government: but what about that new German politics for Europe?After months of campaigning, leading to an election, followed by weeks of negotiation, the German Social Democrats...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Post-election Prague: a new Czech EU policy?For the EU, the Czech Republic has long been Britain's partner in trouble. But the victory of a more Europe-friendly...
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Published in: HomeThe Norwegian shift to the right: 10 short lessons on The Progress PartyNorway seems to have taken a sharp turn to the right, and some have warned of right-wing extremism in a bastion of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Black-Red, Black-Green? German party coalitions and the new left majorityAngela Merkel might have won the last German elections, but she now needs a new coalition partner. So who will it...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The German Election: what does it mean for Europe?As predicted, Sunday’s German federal election resulted in a resounding victory for Angela Merkel. But with growing...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The chancellor of Europe, re-electedStrengthened by a clear victory in the ballots, Angela Merkel is unlikely to change her austerity course. In the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Who says the German election is dull?Barbie, Mutti Merkel and a monstrous personality cult: a campaign diary ahead of the 22 September German election.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?“Merkel is a pragmatic European” – an interview with the BBC's Jon SopelOn 22 September, Germans will go to the polls and decide over the future course of their country and, perhaps,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?German election: don't forget the Turkish vote(s)!There are about 3 million German Turks living in Germany. Where does the country's largest immigrant group stand in...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Introducing Spotlight on GermanyOur new Spotlight on series tackles a major question: is Germany boring?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The German election: what Europe expects - and what Germany will not doEuropeans expect a lot from Germany. But that doesn't necessarily mean European matters will have an impact on the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Germany's election campaign: Terminally, terminally boringThe German election campaign lacks vision and fresh ideas. This is no accident. It’s the tactical brilliance of...
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Published in: HomeAll quiet on the Italian front?After the seemingly unending crisis that followed this February's elections, Italian politics seem to have finally...
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Published in: HomeReal democracy still missingThose of us who were actively working for a sustainable and democratic society in Iceland have always wondered when...
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Published in: HomeThe Italian government's doomed quest for stabilityWhen the only thing holding a coalition together is fear of the voters, instability is just around the corner.
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Published in: HomeAzerbaijan in an election yearAhead of a presidential election scheduled in October, a profile of Azerbaijan; its political and economic...
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Published in: HomeThe youngest face of Italy’s old politics: Enrico Letta’s “grand coalition”Does Enrico Letta's newly formed government have what it takes to get Italy out of its dire situation, or is it...
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Published in: HomeWhen politics strike back: the end of the Icelandic constitutional experiment?A wave of enthusiasm took Icelanders through the 2012 referendum after the 2008 crash, once the widely-praised...
