elections

Our Deputy Director Martin Michelot commented on the outcome of the Czech election for Socialist Democrats (ČSSD) and also compared them with French socialist party PS and their outcome in the French election.

We would like to cordially invite you on the debate tackling the issue of factors that influence voters in Czech Parliamentary Elections, shortly before the Czech Parliamentary Elections. The debate will take place on October 16th, 2017 at the European house (Jungmannova, Prague 1).

Our director Vladimír Bartovic was a guest on Czech Television Studio 6, where he commented on the upcoming UK elections.

Our Hanka Fridrichová analyses, in her new blog, the ongoing political crisis in the Czech Republic that is confusing both analysts and citizens.

Christian Kvorning Lassen follows up to his previous blog on the future of political culture by comparing the approach of Denmark and the Czech Republic in terms of political cooperation and stability.

Christian Kvorning Lassen explores, in his latest blog, the future of political culture as the Western world approaches 2017 with a polarized society and uncertain outcomes of elections in Europe.

The campaigns for the French presidential elections of spring 2017 are slowly kicking off. Martin Michelot analysed the chances of different candidates in his interview for ČT24.

Zuzana Kasáková’s follow-up blog focusing on results of elections to autonomous legislative bodies of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Read more about some of the historically unprecedented results and difficulties accompanying proportional voting system.

Director of Institute for European Policy EUROPEUM Vladimír Bartovic commented on situation in Slovakia following the elections. Slovakia should take over EU presidency this June.

Director of EUROPEUM, Vladimír Bartovic, spoke on Czech Radio about the results of the Slovak parliamentary elections and the unfavourable conditions for forming a government before the upcoming Slovak presidency of the Council of the EU.

Although the Europeans might see the U.S. presidential elections as rather bizarre, it currently presents similar trends to those in Europe. The phenomenon of “antisystem” candidates can now be found on both sides of the Atlantic. Read what Martin Michelot thinks about this development.

How current governing political parties consider the level of their socialization on the European political arena? Does the European environment shape their perception of national interests towards the EU or it is the a opposite way? Find out more in paper by Michal Vít.