Elections in Europe: 2024
Scientific Council
Prof. Dr. Sylvia Kritzinger, Prof. Dr. Marc Swyngedouw, Prof. Dr. Michal Kubát, Prof. Dr. Marc Debus, Prof. Dr. Rune Stubager, Prof. Dr. Piret Ehin, Prof. Dr. Irene Martín Cortés, Prof. Dr. Hanna Wass, Prof. Dr. Bruno Cautrès, Prof. Dr. Pierre Martin, Dr. Florent Parmentier, Prof. Dr. Theodore Chadjipandelis, Prof. Dr. Goran Čular, Prof. Dr. Gábor Tóka, Dr. Lorenzo Castellani, Prof. Dr. Diego Garzia, Prof. Dr. Ainė Ramonaitė, Prof. Dr. Philippe Poirier, Prof. Dr. Jānis Ikstens, Prof. Dr. Mark Harwood, Prof. Dr. Jacek Wojnicki, Prof. Dr. Marina Costa Lobo, Dr. Sorina Cristina Soare, Prof. Dr. Maria Oskarson, Prof. Dr. Alenka Krašovec, Prof. Dr. Olga Gyárfášova, Prof. Dr. Arjan Schakel
Directors of Publication
Ramona Bloj, Gilles Gressani
Editor-in-Chief
François Hublet
Scientific Advisor
Dr. Nicolas Leron
Editorial team
Jean-Toussaint Battestini, Jean Cotte, Adrian Fraus, Charlotte Kleine, Mattéo Lanoë, Sofia Marini, Johanna Schleyer
Translator
Lauren Lever
Special dossier: The 2024 European Parliament election
10 Key Lessons of the 2024 European Parliament Election
BLUE is releasing BLUE_EP, the first dataset of Europe-wide, local-level results of the 2024 and 2019 European Parliament elections. This dataset covers approximately 100,000 local administrative units and over 500 parties for the 2024 election alone. In this article, we provide an overview of the main insights offered by this unique dataset, focusing on key … Continued
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Politics In The Shadow of the Russian Threat: Understanding Elections in the Baltic Nations
Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the three Baltic states have gained a new central role in debates around the Union’s security and defense. Affected by high inflation and growing security threats, they are also experiencing a period of turbulent domestic politics. Consequently, the Estonian, Lithuanian, and Latvian leaders are … Continued
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Chega: The End of The Ascent? Lessons From the European Election in Portugal
Don’t Stop Me Now may well have resonated through the grand Lisbon hotel where André Ventura gave his speech on the evening of June 9th, but his heart wasn’t in it. His hand, making a V sign, seemed out of place. His party, Chega, lost more than 700,000 voters since the early legislative election of … Continued
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The Russian “Non-Election” and the Kremlin’s European Proxies
Between March 15th and 17th, the Russian Federation held its eighth presidential election since the collapse of the Soviet Union — the fifth won by Vladimir Putin. But with large-scale repression, widespread fraud and the exclusion of any truly independent candidates, it’s hard to call this ritual organized by the ruling power for its own benefit … Continued
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In Hungary, How Péter Magyar Ambushed Orbán
June 9, 2024 marked the end of one of the most extraordinary periods in contemporary Hungarian politics. With Péter Magyar and his new Tisza party having won 29.5% of the vote in the European election, this renegade former member of the ruling elite confirmed his explosive entry into Hungarian politics, and established himself as Viktor … Continued
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Environment: The End Of The “Soft Consensus” In The Run Up To The European Election
Although scientific consensus on the climate issue is now well established, the urgency to act is rarely seriously denied, and climate policies have become part of mainstream public policy, conflicts over energy and environmental policies are on the rise. In the introduction to the new issue of Le Grand Continent, Portrait d’un monde cassé, L’Europe … Continued
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