European elections in Hungary were held less than two months after the landslide victory of Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party. Two things were very clear from opinion polls: turnout would be very low and Fidesz would win big. The most important...
May 28, 2014 10:44 pm / 6 comments
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Nevertheless the predictions, Presidential election results in Lithuania will always be remembered as historical ones. Never before have had Lithuanians reelected their President for the second term. And even though,...
May 27, 2014 10:41 am / 2 comments
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The EP election 2014 can be characterized mainly by a very low attendance of voters in the Czech Republic. Only 18.2 % of voters threw their ballots into boxes in deserted polling stations, in comparison with the 28.22%...
May 27, 2014 10:24 am / no comments
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The EP parliamentary elections in Bulgaria took place in the midst of what can only be called a crisis of public representation. It is widely believed that these elections may hold the key to the resignation of the ruling...
May 27, 2014 10:13 am / 2 comments
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16 political groups ran for the European Parliament. Every step of the campaigns it was clear that these elections are primarily a rehearsal for the forthcoming parliamentary elections this summer.
The leading right-wing...
May 27, 2014 10:04 am / 1 comment
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Civic Platform and Law & Justice confirmed their domination on Polish political scene during European Parliament election on 25thof May. Donald Tusk’s party have received 32,13% and Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s...
May 27, 2014 9:50 am / 1 comment
Republikon Institute used data available from Eurobarometer to construct three categories among voting-age population in Europe: eurosceptics, who are dissatisfied with Europe; “soft eurooptimists”, who, in general, are comfortable with...
April 18, 2014 9:12 am / no comments
I met repeatedly with the opinion that people born or growing up after ’89 usually underestimate the benefits of the transformation. We got used to the fact that the store shelves are full, elections regular and fair and the borders open....
April 17, 2014 8:54 pm / 1 comment
Is it still working? Mario Draghi has just explained what ECB board council was discussing and markets jumped on this verbal game. ECB let basic rates unchanged and board have just had a discussion about unconventional measures of QE. Draghi...
April 10, 2014 1:39 pm / no comments
Austria on the edge. Italian plans. Higher salaries for officers. Successful elections.
Black sheep are growing in numbers. Austrian Central bank governor Ewald Nowotny admitted that his country might not meet the 3% deficit rule as well. He...
April 2, 2014 1:30 pm / 10 comments