Marco Meloni & Fabio G. Lupato examine the evolution of digital procedures and their consequences on intra-party democracy and party change, using the Spanish party Podemos as a paradigmatic case. Open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Yiannos Katsourides & Chrystalla Agathocleous analyze the effects of cartelisation on the intra-party balance of power among the three ‘party faces’ of the Cypriot radical left AKEL. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
-- @juanroch.bsky.social & @guillermocordero.bsky.social examine whether left and right populist parties refer to class identities in their discourses or mainly highlight a moral distinction between ‘people’ and the ‘elite’. Open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
José Pedro Lopes identifies a post-industrial pattern of class support for the radical left in Spain, Portugal and Greece. Open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Recent articles on the radical left in Southern Europe in @sespjournal.bsky.social. @raulgomez.bsky.social @ljramiro.bsky.social & @lamprinirori.bsky.social analyze whether changes in programmatic stances & voter base are associated w/major events. Open access
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🆕 #Greece #PoliticalData
🗳️ In a turbulent 2024, Greece saw low-turnout for the #EUelections, #SYRIZA's leadership crisis, #Wildfires, inflation + became the 1st Orthodox Christian country to legalise 💒 #SameSexMarriage, reports @harrismylonas.bsky.social.
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🆕 #Belgium #PoliticalData
🗳️ Belgium’s 2024 elections reshaped politics, report @audreyvdleene.bsky.social & colleagues, as #MR & #LesEngagés ended Socialist dominance, N-VA led Flanders, the ecologists declined + new ‘Arizona’, ‘Azur’ & tripartite coalitions emerged.
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Writing a report about Israeli politics in 2024 for @pdyearbook.bsky.social was quite a challenge. Luckily, I had @roizur.bsky.social as a collaborator.
We hope this report helps make sense of an extremely difficult period in the country’s history.
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🆕 #Malta #PoliticalData
In 2024, #MaltesePolitics was marked by 🗳️ #EUelections and 🏥 hospital privatisation, challenging Labour's dominance, though deeper shifts in voter loyalty remain uncertain, writes Dominic Fenech.
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💻 Attending the @ecpr.bsky.social webinar on #Israel's domestic political landscape after the #Gaza war tomorrow?
📘 Get up to speed on Israel's political developments + data in the latest report for PDY from @liranharsgor.bsky.social and @roizur.bsky.social.
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🆕 #Norway #PoliticalData
#NorwegianPolitics remained stable in 2024, report Johannes Bergh & Rune Karlsen despite Cabinet reshuffles, scandals, low polling for the government + a historic unanimous bill to boost defence spending.
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🆕 #Japan #PoliticalData
🗾 Sanae #Takaichi has won a historic vote to become Japan's 1st female PM.
Back in 2024, after scandals + declining support, the LDP elected Shigeru #Ishiba, but lost its majority. Opposition parties surged + new far-right parties also made minor gains. #OA
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🆕 #Bulgaria #PoliticalData
🇧🇬 In 2024, #BulgarianPolitics remained unstable and fragmented, reports Marina Spirova, with coalition struggles, declining trust, rising #Euroscepticism, and contentious debates despite progress toward #EUintegration.
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🆕 #Australia #PoliticalData
🗳️ 2024 saw the #LaborGovernment face mid-term setbacks, regional election losses, a Cabinet reshuffle, plus policy challenges including cost-of-living, Gaza + #AUKUS commitments, report @marijataflaga.bsky.social & @joshsunman.bsky.social.
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🆕 #Canada #PoliticalData
📉 PM Justin #Trudeau faced plummeting approval in 2024, reports David K Stewart, along with Conservative poll dominance, party dissent, by-election losses, US tensions + leadership doubts amid a collapsing #NDP agreement.
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Congratulations, Matt!!
🆕 #NewZealand #PoliticalData
✂️ In 2024, PM #ChristopherLuxon & the new coalition government cut public spending, advanced reforms, faced Māori opposition + delivered tax relief while reversing Labour’s policies, report @fionacbarker.bsky.social & @willdreyer.bsky.social.
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🆕 #Portugal 2024 #PoliticalData
🌹 José M. Magone reports on a year that saw nationwide commemorations to mark 50 years since the #CarnationRevolution, multiple elections + the formation of a new minority government led by PM #LuisMontenegro.
👉 bit.ly/46rOd67
🆕 #Croatia 2024 #PoliticalData
🗳️ In an election packed year, the ruling #HDZ secured victories in all major polls. President #Milanović faced legal pushback, while public discontent was eased by public sector pay hikes, report Dario Nikić Čakar & Višeslav Raos.
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"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
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Open access to report on 2024 in Danish politics: Queen abdicated. EP elections returned a fragmented Danish representation in Brussels. The cross-the-aisle-majority gov saw some program realization, cf. initiatives on stronger defense, conscription for women & ‘Green Partite’ deal #polisky #dkpol
🎙️ Did you know we do #Podcasts?
🎧 PDY editors, @raulgomez.bsky.social, Michelangelo Vercesi & Tom Mustillo have been speaking to colleagues around the world to predict and reflect on election results in the #US, #Germany, #Australia and many more.
▶️ Catch up on all the episodes: ecpr.eu/podcast
🆕 #UK #PoliticalData
🗳️ @aliamiddleton.bsky.social reports on 2024, when PM #Sunak called a July election, which #UKLabour won. #Starmer became PM, scrapping the #RwandaPlan and #RachelReeves’ budget cut #WinterFuelPayments, criticising prior policies.
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🆕 #Austria 2024 #PoliticalData
The populist right-wing #FPÖ dominated in the elections, gaining seats at all levels and the #ÖVP began coalition talks with #SPÖ and #NEOS to form a government, reports Katrin Praprotnik #VanderBellen
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2024 was a turbulent year in German politics: four elections, a surging far right, and the coalition's collapse. Our new Political Data Yearbook piece (with @lucykinski.bsky.social) traces the events leading to the 2025 snap elections.
@hhu.de @sceus.bsky.social
🆕 #Denmark #PoliticalData
👸 2024 saw the Queen's abdication, political fragmentation in the EP, defence and climate initiatives, new ministries, and preparations for Denmark's 2025 EU chairmanship amid global challenges, writes @karinakosped.bsky.social
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🆕 #Lithuania #PoliticalData
🇱🇹 In 2024, Gitanas #Nausėda was re-elected President and a centre-left Cabinet replaced the previous centre-right coalition. The dual citizenship referendum failed and defence remained a key issue, report Mažvydas Jastramskis & Ainė Ramonaitė.
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