A Liberal government with a reduced majority looks the most likely outcome from Saturday's state election.
Options for Italy
A refractory populist bloc and an octogenarian kingmaker pose big problems for forming government in Italy.
The trials of social democracy
Centre-left parties in Germany and Italy are putting their futures on the line next week. There's a thriving industry in trying to work out what's gone wrong with social democracy.
An update on Green support
It's time to have another look at what's been happening to the Green vote. Unfortunately, it depends a bit on what you're trying to measure.
A resignation in South Africa
South Africa's odd constitutional structure witnesses another change at the top.
February election roundup
Three elections and a referendum: reports from Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador and Monaco.
Italy, one month out
Uncertainty on several fronts surrounds next month's Italian election, which could be Silvio Berlusconi's most unlikely comeback yet.
Election preview: Costa Rica
A close contest looms in Costa Rica, with both Trumpism and religious fundamentalism in the mix.
Two presidents back, another in doubt
Presidents are re-elected in Czechia and Finland – one narrowly, one very comfortably – while Cyprus's election goes to a second round next Sunday.
Election preview: Czech presidency, second round
Czechia's Trumpist president is running neck-and-neck with his challenger.
The World is Not Enough 