Elections
How "big tech" influence electoral processes and why transparency is essential
Monday 21 December 2020 |
Andreas Vou | Voxeurop
Over the years, Big Tech companies have morphed from mere platforms to major international players with vested financial and political motives and connections. Their roles in influencing elections in Europe must be seriously addressed.
The geography of EU dissatisfaction
Friday 24 May 2019 |
Laszlo Arato | EUrologus
A research team analyzed with extraordinary thoroughness who voted against deepening integration in the European Union and why. The results of more than 63,000 polling stations were examined by looking at the latest national election results and data.
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.
UK 2019 elections: the importance of being earnestly tactical
Monday 09 December 2019 |
Voxeurop This week, almost three and a half years after the EU referendum, UK voters are called to the ballot boxes to renew the Parliament and, therefore, define the ultimate destiny of the Brexit saga. Tactical voting might well make the difference.
Battle for Greece
Thursday 04 July 2019 |
Irene Savio | Voxeurop
Leftwing coalition Syriza’s rise to power in 2015 seemed to swept away the old greek political order. But a journey through the strongholds of these dynasties shows they never went away. Their power lies deeper in history.
The Europeans left out of the European elections
in depth
Thursday 31 January 2019 |
Lorenzo Ferrari Gina Pavone
Ornaldo Gjergji
| OBC Transeuropa
Almost 17 million EU citizens live in a member state other than their country of origin. These citizens are entitled to vote for the European Parliament from where they reside, but almost none of them do so. It’s a wasted opportunity for a more transnational politics.
It’s the fragmentation, stupid!
Tuesday 11 June 2019 |
Cas Mudde | Voxeurop
The next five years the European Union will be more fragmented than ever. This fragmentation is the key lesson of the 2019 European elections. However, contrary to the dominant narrative of the last decade or so, the old centrist blocs are not confronted with just a plethora of anti-system populist parties and groups.
How parties court voters online
Friday 24 May 2019 |
Marcel Pauly Patrick Stotz
| Der Spiegel
Analysis: German parties differ greatly in how they advertise on Facebook. The conservative CDU targets individual regions, the left-wing SPD tailors its adverts by gender. The far-right AfD has a totally different approach.
Facebook has become political parties’ main advertiser
Saturday 08 June 2019 |
Emanuela Barbiroglio | Voxeurop
Data shows that in the recent election campaign political parties spent millions of euro on targeted advertising on Facebook. The platform has almost completely replaced meetings and personal contact between candidates and voters.
How European parties seek to influence public opinion
Monday 27 May 2019 |
Gerald Gartner Markus Hametner
| Addendum
Climate, the economy and – immigration. The candidates and parties standing in the European Parliament election are spending millions of euros on election advertising on Facebook. We have checked the contents of around 35,000 adverts from five different countries.
