European Elections
A year of changing of the guards in the EU
Thursday 02 May 2019 |
Lisbeth Kirk | EUobserver
The forthcoming European elections will set off a chain of events that in a few months could deeply change the European union's political landscape.
Sovereignists: much ado about nothing?
Monday 15 April 2019 |
Gina Pavone | OBC Transeuropa
Immigration doesn’t appear to be the only worry of Europeans, also economic fears are widespread. And analyses suggest that the success of the new populist group is far from certain.
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.
Political advertising on Facebook in South-East Europe
Monday 17 June 2019 |
Lorenzo Ferrari Ornaldo Gjergji
| OBC Transeuropa
Data on political ads posted in the months leading up to the European elections highlights the differences between the political contexts in various member states. In Romania, it’s the national parties who spend the most, in Greece it’s individual candidates, and in Slovenia it’s the European Parliament.
Social media advertising: more than half a million euro spent on the European elections
Thursday 20 June 2019 |
Openpolis Parties and candidates are spending increasing amounts on online political advertising. The situation can no longer be ignored, but the Parliament is yet to intervene.
How much did the European institutions and parties pay for ads on Facebook?
Monday 17 June 2019 |
Lorenzo Ferrari Ornaldo Gjergji
| OBC Transeuropa
During last month’s European election campaign, the EU institutions and European political parties spent almost four million euro on paid Facebook posts. Data published by Facebook reveals how much was spent in each country, and who spent the most.
Political ads on Facebook: who spent the most in Poland
Friday 14 June 2019 |
Bartosz Chyż Jarosław Kopeć
| BiQdata
Polish candidates to the European Parliament spent hundreds of thousands of złoty on Facebook ads. The most money was spent on European Coalition’s pages. Confederation, on the other hand, has clearly invested in the nationalist leader Krzysztof Bosak.
How parties court voters online
Friday 24 May 2019 |
Marcel Pauly Patrick Stotz
| Spiegel Online
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.
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.
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.
