[caption id="attachment_28859" align="alignnone" width="884"] Results of the EP 2019 in Germany (exit polls as of 7pm)[/caption] It will take some time to get nearly-final results for Germany, let alone for the EU, but the picture emerging from the exit polls in Germany is reasonably clear. So, in time honoured tradition, here are my hot takes:…
Germany – no EP electoral threshold for the last time There are currently 111 ‘political associations’ registered with Germany’s federal electoral commission. 41 of them (counting the CDU and the CSU separately) are fielding candidates in the upcoming European elections.Why are they doing it? Narcissism aside, this is a national election that is held without…
Before the 2019 European election, The Conversation asked a bunch of us to comment on the campaign and the outlook in/from our respective countries. Here is the view from the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden, and from Norway. And before you ask: no, Norway has not (yet) joined on the sly [contentcards…
Vor der Europa- und Kommunalwahl hat der rechtsextreme Verein “Ein Prozent” versucht den Eindruck zu erwecken, dass in Deutschland Wahlergebnisse gefälscht würden. Watson.de hat einen guten Artikel dazu publiziert, für den der Verfasser unter anderem auch mit mir gesprochen hat. [contentcards url="https://www.watson.de/deutschland/politik/503310736-afd-und-ein-prozent-rechtsextreme-untergraben-vertrauen-in-die-demokratie" target="_blank"]
Our local party system may have collapsed, giving way too much room to the officers & gentlemen / wannabe parish priests. But just when I thought I had seen the worst, the regional CDU got it in their head to prove that even with the benefit of professionally designed templates and logos, things can go…
Das Jugendmagazin “Jetzt” hat eine spannende Geschichte über einen jungen Mann mit einer geistigen Behinderung, der nach der Gesetzesänderung zum ersten Mal wählen darf. Zur Einordnung hat sich der Autor mit mir über Muster im Wahlverhalten unterhalten. [contentcards url="https://www.jetzt.de/politik/fabian-hat-eine-geistige-behinderung-und-waehlt-zum-ersten-mal" target="_blank"]
Local democracy is a good thing. It is also one of the good things that you can have too much of. After almost sixty years of territorial reforms, Rhineland-Palatinate, a state that harbours about 5% of Germany’s total population, is still home to about 2,500 of the nation’s ~11,000 municipalities. There may be an EP…
Mit dpa habe ich darüber gesprochen, ob und wie Wähler zwischen Europawahlen und Kommunalwahlen differenzieren [contentcards url="https://www.n-tv.de/regionales/rheinland-pfalz-und-saarland/Experte-Waehler-differenzieren-bei-Europa-und-Kommunalwahl-article21011025.html" target="_blank"] Andere Teile des Gesprächs sind bei der “Welt” gelandet: [contentcards url="https://www.welt.de/regionales/rheinland-pfalz-saarland/article193745247/Experte-Sammelwahltermin-hilft-Wahlkaempfern.html" target="_blank"]
It’s that time again: EP and local elections are in conjunction, and politicians are wasting public space and money on election posters from hell. In national campaigns, election posters are a remarkably inefficient way to burn through campaign funds. Their main function is to remind voters that their party still exist. Apart from that, they…
Mit dem Handelsblatt habe ich über Umfragewerte, Themensetzungen und den idealen Zeitpunkt, für eine Amtsübergabe von Merkel an AKK gesprochen. [contentcards url="https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/kanzlerschaft-bundeskanzlerin-merkel-denkt-gar-nicht-ans-aufhoeren/24271974.html" target="_blank"]