Democracy
Institutions: Heads of state still setting the agenda
Tuesday 30 April 2019 |
Yann Mens | Alternatives Economiques
The Spitzenkandidat system has been criticised by a number of heads of state. Will it be applied this year?
Internet users (World Bank)
Friday 20 December 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques Figures published by the World Bank track the increase in the use of internet worldwide.
Questionable international tax practices (OECD)
Tuesday 17 December 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques The OECD has assessed how willing countries are to challenge questionable international tax practices.
Women in power
Friday 08 March 2019 |
Milena Hassenkamp Marcel Pauly
| Der Spiegel
Sweden does it without a law, France does it with one. The proportion of women in European parliaments and cabinets is determined by a number of different factors. A comparison.
The murky perks of an MEP
in depth
Thursday 02 May 2019 |
Nikolaj Nielsen | EUobserver
MEPs' receive a gross salary of €8,757.70 per month, plus others reimbursements. But related perks are not transparent, as they don't have to show the receipts for their expenses.
Which parties and countries chair the EP committees?
in depth
Thursday 21 November 2019 |
Elena Sánchez Nicolás | EUobserver
The MEPs in the European Parliament's committees are divided up among 20 standing committees and two sub-committees (Human Rights (DROI) and Security and Defence (SEDE)), specialising in concrete areas of EU's policymaking.
Italy: doing politics with politicians’ money
Friday 27 December 2019 |
Gianluca De Feo Ornaldo Gjergji
| OBC Transeuropa
After the abolition of direct public funding of politics in 2013, Italy intended to increase private donations. However, the numbers tell a different story: little funding comes from “big donors”, while a lot comes from elected representatives. Meanwhile, the absence of direct public funding in Italy remains a European anomaly.
The numbers behind Juncker’s words
in depth
Wednesday 12 September 2018 |
Giorgio Comai Eric Maurice
| OBC Transeuropa
EUobserver
What do the most recurrent terms in the EU Commission president's annual speech at the European Parliament say about the present and future of the Union?
Growing and slowing down: Central Eastern European economies and the EU funds
Wednesday 10 July 2019 |
Laszlo Arato | EUrologus
Since their accession to the European Union the Visegrad four and Baltic countries' economies have been growing significantly, mainly thanks to EU funds. But there are differences among the countries.
Romania’s presidential elections: the diaspora at the ballot box
Tuesday 26 November 2019 |
Giorgio Comai | OBC Transeuropa
At the latest Romanian presidential elections, almost one million Romanians voted from abroad, largely by casting their ballots in more than 800 polling stations open from Friday through Sunday. A visual exploration of the data.
