Italy’s new leader faces familiar problems, including fickle voters Mark Gilbert - September 27, 2022 Giorgia Meloni’s popularity may not hold — and she doesn’t have much freedom to change policy
Germany’s far-right party lost seats in last week’s election. Here’s why. Rafaela Dancygier - October 4, 2021 Research suggests centrist parties adopted strategies to counter the right
Four things to watch in Germany’s state elections on Sunday Manès Weisskircher - March 13, 2021 The winners and losers could give clues about what’s ahead in September’s general election
Viktor Orban turned Hungary away from democracy. Now his European allies are turning on him. Daniel Kelemen - March 7, 2021 Orban’s Fidesz party had to leave the European People’s Party Group to avoid a humiliating expulsion
Mainstream conservative parties paved the way for far-right nationalism Daniel Ziblatt and Bart Bonikowski - December 1, 2019 By talking up ethnic nationalism but not delivering, they opened up space for the radical right
The German far-right AfD did well in a regional election. Don’t jump to any dramatic conclusions. Dan Hough - October 31, 2019 Here are three reasons to stay calm.
Bavaria’s Christian Social Union party’s campaign strategy flopped. Here’s what this means for Germany — and Europe. Dan Hough - October 15, 2018 On Sunday, about 9.5 million voters in southern Germany went
Angela Merkel’s governing alliance is increasingly frayed. Here’s why. Philipp Adorf - July 3, 2018 [caption id="attachment_75276" align="aligncenter" width="960"] German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves the
In Germany, Merkel’s center-right party may be trying to form a government with the center-left. That could be a problem. Stephen Silvia - December 6, 2017 [caption id="attachment_66975" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly
Germany’s economy is too strong. What will the new government do? von Daniels - October 24, 2017 [caption id="attachment_65302" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Workers remove an election poster featuring
Yes, Germany put a far-right party in Parliament. That’s not as alarming as you might think. Tobias Konitzer and David Rothschild - September 29, 2017 In last Sunday’s German elections, many observers were deeply disturbed
New German election forecast: Merkel’s party will win but lose seats Thomas Gschwend, Simon Munzert, Sebastian Sternberg, Lukas Stoetzer, and Marcel Neunhoeffer - September 23, 2017 [caption id="attachment_63891" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A supporter of German Chancellor Angela
Thanks to Trump, Germany says it can’t rely on the United States. What does that mean? Henry Farrell - May 28, 2017 German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a crowd Sunday in southern
A far-right party just won seats in three German state parliaments. Here’s why. Mark Kayser and Arndt Leininger - March 22, 2016 [caption id="attachment_37659" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Swiss far-right politician Eric Weber celebrates
German Post-Election Analysis: Merkel Wins! Sort of… Joshua Tucker - September 26, 2013 One of our regular features here at The Monkey Cage
Conservatives for Better Childcare Henry Farrell - June 26, 2013 This bit in a "New York Times":http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/25/world/europe/merkel-offers-her-election-manifesto.html about Angela Merkel's
The Guttenberg elegies Henry Farrell - May 19, 2011 "Der Spiegel":http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,762116,00.html has an interesting article on how the "von
2010 French Regional Elections: Almost a Grand Slam Joshua Tucker - March 23, 2010 In our continuing "series of election reports":https://themonkeycage.org/election_reports/, we are pleased