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Responsible government in Strasbourg and Madrid

The European Union may, or may not, get a new government tonight. Meanwhile, Spain's government is having parliamentary problems of its own.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Spain 7 Comments 16 July 201926 January 2022

Greece’s Nazis drop out

Greece's centre-right wins a clear majority, courtesy of the electoral system rather than the voters.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 2 Comments 8 July 2019

Election preview: Greece

Greece looks ready to shift back to the centre-right in Sunday's election. Its party system is yet to recover from the damage done by the financial crisis.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Party matters, Political issues 1 Comment 5 July 2019

A centre-left revival? Part IV: The European parliament

The centre-left seems to have missed out on getting its candidate up as the EU's next head of government, but its parliamentary position is stronger than it might look.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Party matters 6 Comments 3 July 2019

How to appoint a prime minister

Malcolm Turnbull may have had a hypothetical constitutional manoeuvre to block Peter Dutton, but would the same trick work against Boris Johnson?

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Constitutional law, Electoral law, Europe, Party matters 1 Comment 1 July 201926 January 2022

A centre-left revival? Part II: Denmark

Denmark gets a centre-left government after the right was defeated in this month's election, but the Social Democrats' performance was less than stellar.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 3 Comments 27 June 201926 January 2022

A centre-left revival? Part I: Finland

The arrival of a Social Democrat-led government in Finland is an occasion to look more generally at the decline and possible revival of the centre-left.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Party matters, Scandinavia 4 Comments 26 June 201926 January 2022

Be careful what you wish for

Turkey's president has his wings clipped in a re-run of Istanbul's mayoral election, showing again that voters don't like sore losers.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, Middle East 2 Comments 25 June 2019

The rise of Boris

With Britain's Conservative Party about to choose a new leader, there is a distinct lack of suspense. We know who it will be, and we know what a difficult task he will face.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters, Political issues 3 Comments 20 June 201926 January 2022

Europe and the right, again

Results from the European parliament elections show that Europe's far-right problem is more specifically an Italian problem.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Party matters 3 Comments 30 May 2019

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