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Netherlands live!

Dutch election results as they appear.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 4 Comments 16 March 2017

Election preview: Netherlands

Tonight's Dutch election is a test of the far right's support, but a much less significant one than media hype would suggest.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Media 1 Comment 15 March 2017

An anti-Trump landslide in WA

Western Australia delivers a powerful lesson to centre-right parties about dalliance with extremists.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters 2 Comments 13 March 2017

Neo-fascism, here and there: part II

Like the Western Australians, the Dutch are fending off the far right. Having a democratic electoral system helps.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Party matters, Political issues 3 Comments 10 March 2017

Neo-fascism, here and there: part I

Western Australia will be the first test of One Nation's support since its triumphant return to prominence last year. The Liberal Party appears to have learned nothing, either from the European parallels or from its own experience.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues 4 Comments 10 March 201727 January 2022

Macron on a roll

It's a time of trauma for France's Socialist Party, as its leading figures start giving up on their own candidate and shift towards the centrist Emmanuel Macron.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Party matters Leave a comment 9 March 201727 January 2022

Another lesson for direct-election republicans

The lesson of Macedonia is another belated vindication of Malcolm Turnbull's position in the 1999 referendum.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Elections, Europe, Political issues, Referenda 2 Comments 7 March 201727 January 2022

Northern Ireland slipping away

Northern Ireland's election shows another fault line developing in the United Kingdom with a strong swing away from Unionism.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Europe, Political issues, Referenda 3 Comments 6 March 201727 January 2022

Macedonia debates being a country

Populist ethno-nationalism runs afoul of democracy in the Balkans, as another directly-elected president goes rogue.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues 8 Comments 3 March 2017

Deep trouble for the French right

France's Republican presidential candidate is now formally under investigation, and his centrist allies have jumped ship. Emmanuel Macron still looks like the luckiest man in Europe.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Party matters 5 Comments 2 March 201727 January 2022

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