Elections - The New Federalist

German Election Wrap-Up: The Schulzzug Has Brakes After All

Willem van Boxtel follows through on his pre-election commentary to discuss the results of the German election. And memes.

Tuesday 26 September 2017

European perspective: German federal election

Editors from different versions of the JEF web magazine comment on the German federal election.

Monday 25 September 2017

LIVE - German Federal Elections: AfD wants to “hunt Merkel down”

Today, Germany is going to vote for a new parliament. The New Federalist is following the federal elections with live updates.

Sunday 24 September 2017

German Federal Election 2017 – Vote by Meme

Willem van Boxtel discusses the potential implications of the German election for Europe – and the memes accompanying the campaigns.

Friday 22 September 2017

Transnational lists: A false good idea

Pierre Jouvenat argues that instead of transnational lists, European-level parties should compete for votes in national-level constituencies.

Friday 15 September 2017

Transnational lists in theory and practice: Campaigning

Juuso Järviniemi discusses factors influencing campaigning in the EU-wide constituency if it is to be created for the European elections.

Tuesday 18 July 2017

Transnational lists in theory and practice: Nomination of candidates

Juuso Järviniemi considers factors influencing the nomination of candidates in the EU-wide constituency in the European elections.

Monday 17 July 2017

Conservatives’ weak and wobbly Britain

Juuso Järviniemi reacts to the UK general election result.

Friday 9 June 2017

Oh snap, an election!

Juuso Järviniemi argues that the influence of the British general election on June 8 on Brexit negotiations will be limited.

Thursday 11 May 2017

Electoral databases: good or bad for democracy? A lesson from political marketing

Anna Ferrari discusses the impacts of targeted political campaigning on democracy and privacy.

Sunday 16 April 2017

Gains for Cameron and ECR allies all over Europe

Cameron and his ECR group in the European parliament would face a considerable increase in seats if there was a European parliament election tomorrow. The share of votes of the ECR would rise three points up to 12 percent, which would be the highest level for the conservative euro-sceptic parties since 1989. The euro-sceptic parties profit from their anti-liberal immigration policy in the refugee crises.

Wednesday 18 November 2015

Polish Election Results

Tuesday 27th October, Polish PKW published the results of last Sunday’s legislative elections. With 61% of the Parliamentary seats the social conservative party PiS left behind its principal opposition, the outgoing party PO. Polish policy will therefore change entirely.

Wednesday 28 October 2015