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Why not try democracy?

Italy's prospective right-wing government is not the choice of most Italian voters – a fact that you might not learn from the media coverage.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Italy, Media 5 Comments 28 September 202228 September 2022

Italy turns Trumpist?

Alarm bells in Europe as the right scores a clear victory in Italy. The comparison with America's Trump moment is instructive.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Italy, Personalities 5 Comments 27 September 202227 September 2022

Election preview: Italy

A century on, Mussolini's heirs look set to return to power in Italy. How worried should we be?

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Italy 2 Comments 23 September 202223 September 2022

September electoral roundup

Our monthly roundup of election news covers Kenya, Canada, Brazil and Austria.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Europe, Latin America, North America (ex-US), Party matters 3 Comments 22 September 2022

Democrats United?

Scott Morrison's new job has largely past without comment, but it's worth noting for what it says about the state of centre-right politics worldwide.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Europe, Party matters, Personalities 3 Comments 20 September 202220 September 2022

Anti-vaxers win one

Liechtenstein votes against authorisation of Covid-related restrictions that were no longer in force anyway.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Political issues, Referenda Leave a comment 19 September 2022

Sweden wraps up

The right-of-centre opposition wins a narrow majority in Sweden, but its task of forming a government may not be straightforward.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 3 Comments 15 September 202215 September 2022

Another Swedish cliffhanger

A knife-edge result in Sweden sees the right better placed to form government, but it will be a couple of days before final figures are available.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 2 Comments 12 September 202213 September 2022

Election preview: Sweden

Sweden's voters look set to return a parliament very similar to the last one, which may or may not be enough for its centre-left government to hold on.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 1 Comment 9 September 2022

A Thatcherite in power?

Britain gets a new prime minister today with the elevation of Liz Truss to the Conservative leadership. What does it all mean?

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Constitutional law, Europe, Ideas, Party matters, Personalities 5 Comments 6 September 2022

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