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Category: Elections

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

On to round two in Ecuador

A delayed count in Ecuador has failed to stave off a second round of voting, in which the ruling leftist party will face a difficult challenge.

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Election preview: Ecuador

Ecuador's leftist president is respecting term limits and bowing out. Change is on the way, which may not be good news for Julian Assange.

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The luck of the centrist

France's progressive liberal candidate, Emmanuel Macron, could be the luckiest man in Europe. If his luck holds out, he will be in the second ballot against Marine Le Pen.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France 3 Comments 10 February 201727 January 2022

Election preview: Liechtenstein

Elections tonight in tiny Liechtenstein will be another (albeit small) test of the appeal of European populism.

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