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Two presidents back, another in doubt

Presidents are re-elected in Czechia and Finland – one narrowly, one very comfortably – while Cyprus's election goes to a second round next Sunday.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 2 Comments 30 January 201827 January 2022

Election preview: Czech presidency, second round

Czechia's Trumpist president is running neck-and-neck with his challenger.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 3 Comments 25 January 201816 March 2019

No, not Weimar

Germany heads for another grand coalition. It's not a rerun of the 1930s, regardless of what some commentators think.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Germany, Party matters, Political issues Leave a comment 24 January 201827 January 2022

Where to next for Catalonia?

Catalonia has returned from the Christmas break to find that its constitutional crisis is no nearer a solution.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Political issues, Spain Leave a comment 19 January 201827 January 2022

Czech president seeks a new term

Czechia, on the front line against Trumpism and Putinism, prepares to pass judgement on its president.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues Leave a comment 12 January 2018

2017 in review

A review of the big elections of the last year and the current state of the "populist" threat.

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Good news and bad news in Liberia

Another step forward for democracy in West Africa, but it brings reminders of a brutal civil war.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, War and peace 1 Comment 29 December 2017

Catalonia one more time

Catalonia remains deadlocked going into regional elections, with no obvious way forward regardless of who wins.

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One last word about Queensland

Let's have a final look at how One Nation influenced the Queensland election. It's not at all what certain pundits would have you believe.

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Election preview: Chile runoff

The last big election for 2017 sees a closely-fought contest in Chile.

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