Democraţie
Climate change fractures the European Parliament
mercuri, 27. noiembrie 2019. |
Gianluca De Feo | OBC Transeuropa
While climate change may be drawing the attention of the public, MEPs’ twitter profiles seem to find relatively little room for it.
A busy day at the European Parliament: SOTEU, copyright, and Hungary
mercuri, 12. septembrie 2018. |
Giorgio Comai | OBC Transeuropa
The big debates on the EU's future that traditionally follow the State of the Union address (also known as SOTEU) by EC Commission President Juncker at the European Parliament did not grab all the attention of Brussels-watchers today.
Meet the European Parliament's twittersphere
vineri, 19. ianuarie 2018. |
Giorgio Comai | OBC Transeuropa
This is the first in a series of posts on how members of the European Parliament (MEPs) appear on Twitter. This first post introduces the EP twittersphere, outlines limitations to the analysis, and points at some broad trends. The following posts will focus on specific aspects.
Centrists and progressives at the European Parliament
joi, 23. mai 2019. |
Ornaldo Gjergji | OBC Transeuropa
French President Emmanuel Macron wants to unite the progressives in the European Parliament against the threat posed by the far right, but the road is winding.
Waiting for the new European Parliament
duminică, 30. iunie 2019. |
Gina Pavone | OBC Transeuropa
What is being said about the newly-elected members of the European institutions, and in what terms? Do specific emotions tend to predominate? What are the emerging issues? A textual analysis of 18,000 tweets posted after the 2019 European elections provides a bird’s-eye view of the political landscape.
A look at the Parliamentary hearings
marţi, 19. noiembrie 2019. |
Gianluca De Feo | OBC Transeuropa
After a long wait, the European Parliament has finally approved the nominations of commissioners Breton, Vălean and Várhelyi. Now only the final vote remains before the next Commission is inaugurated.
Centre-right parties gain ground across the EU
joi, 07. noiembrie 2019. |
Gianluca De Feo | OBC Transeuropa
According to an analysis run through the Stats Monitor, based on data by POLITICO’s Poll of Polls, over the past two months the European People's Party has slightly been gaining ground, growing on the whole by 0.7 per cent across the European Union.
Sovereignists: much ado about nothing?
luni, 15. aprilie 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.
European far-right rally in Milan
vineri, 24. mai 2019. |
Ornaldo Gjergji | OBC Transeuropa
On May 18 Matteo Salvini gathered far-right leaders in Milan for a rally before the European elections. Polls suggest that his alliance of popoulists may be a threat to the next EU parliament.
The European election campaign, in words and hashtags
joi, 23. mai 2019. |
Gina Pavone | OBC Transeuropa
Calls to vote, announcements for debates and rallies, but also references to the key issues: here’s a look at what, and how, outgoing MEPs tweeted in the runup to the European elections.
