Having seen a troubled accession period to the EU, Macedonia looks at though it might be swinging further towards ethnic nationalism and authoritarianism.
In April this year, general elections to elect the President and members of Parliament...
September 1, 2014 10:50 am / no comments
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Hungary’s Prime Minister Victor Orbán won his second consecutive term in a landside election last month. The governing Fidesz party managed to retain its absolute majority as the result of arguable new election laws...
May 24, 2014 10:00 am / no comments
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In Hungary as well as in Europe the far-right is gaining more and more popularity. Hungary’s right wing extremist party, Jobbik is now the second biggest party in the country, with 20% of the votes behind them. With...
May 23, 2014 8:25 pm / no comments
Using the official election results and its own reasearch Republikon Instutite analyzed the results of the Hungarian national elections in 2014. In this article the most important findings are summed up regarding the turnout and the impact of...
May 9, 2014 5:39 pm / 1 comment
Besides the general turnout and results of the elections Republikon Institute took a deeper look into the performance of each parties as well, with special regard to the changes since 2010, the parties different performance in different regions...
May 9, 2014 5:32 pm / 6 comments
Concerning political knowledge, the Hungarian society occupies an average place amongst European countries.
When it comes to reasoning of the new electoral registration law (which would oblige all citizens to register themselves before casting...
October 26, 2012 4:42 pm / 1 comment
About elections which delighted Europe, about some new ideas from the city on the Seine and about a bankruptcy that turned out to be a bankruptcy.
A budget hatchet will be buried in Slovakia, and Robert Fico will be in charge of it. At least,...
March 27, 2012 11:59 am / no comments
On Saturday March 10, 2012 Smer won parliamentary elections in Slovakia receiving 44.41% of votes.
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The Slovak Spectator publishes today official results, confirmed by the Central Electoral Commission (ÚVK). They are as follows:
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March 12, 2012 9:54 am / 1 comment
Parliamentary elections in Slovakia will take place on March 10, 2012. According to the lates surveys presented by The Slovak Spectator seven politial parties have chances of crossing the 5% threshold. Smer is supported by 40% of the surveyed,...
March 9, 2012 2:45 pm / no comments