Election preview: Austria

Scandal tarnishes the old parties in Austria, but some of the shine has come off the far right as well.

Catalonia’s descent into madness

By forcibly attempting to prevent a vote on Catalan independence, the Spanish government plays into the nationalists' hands.

Catalonia has no chance of getting a credible vote for independence this week. Kurdistan has already got one, but it's not doing it much good.

Why I think Angela Merkel's performance on Sunday was rather better than you'd think from the newspaper headlines.

The leader of the free world is returned to office in a result that will probably see her in coalition with the Greens for the first time.

New Zealand copied its democratic electoral system from Germany, but also copied its least democratic and now pointless feature.

Germans look set to vote their chancellor a fourth term, but the shape of her next government remains unclear.

Some thoughts on the problem of political extremism, from the birthplace of German republicanism.

New Zealand votes on the same weekend as Germany, with some interesting similarities and contrasts.

Norway's government is returned, partly due to the electoral system. Next stop, New Zealand and Germany.