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Liechtenstein votes against authorisation of Covid-related restrictions that were no longer in force anyway.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

Death of a liberator

The last Soviet leader leaves a legacy that will never be forgotten.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Personalities, United States, War and peace Leave a comment 31 August 2022

Populism or fascism?

Does Italy's recent experience show populists losing ground to the far right? Or is that a misunderstanding of what "populism" is all about?

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Charles Richardson Europe, Ideas, Italy, Party matters, Spain Leave a comment 19 August 2022

Kosovo is not Crimea

A war scare in the Balkans offers a warning against being misled by the force of bad analogies.

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Mr Salvini & the Russians

Italy's three right-of-centre parties are co-operating to try to win government, but their very different positions on the war in Ukraine may herald a serious problem.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Italy, Party matters, War and peace 2 Comments 8 August 20228 August 2022

Realignment and the Tories

Britain's Conservative Party looks like opting for a leader who, if not herself a populist, will preserve the Brexit-led populist ascendancy.

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