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1 – 10 of 13Curbing immigration is a central element in the agreement between the minority government and the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) to secure their support in parliament. One year…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283230
ISSN: 2633-304X
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It is the fourth election since April 2021. President Rumen Radev -- the real power behind Prime Minister Galab Donev's caretaker government -- is widely suspected of wishing to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273001
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SD, previously a pariah, increased its vote share to 20.5%, from 17.5% in 2018. It is the largest rightist party in a bloc that has a three-seat majority. The centre-right parties…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272787
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CZECH REPUBLIC: Anti-crisis measures may not convince
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES272531
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In a highly fragmented electoral outcome, the next-largest party only managed 13.5% of the vote. The left-wing parties have a collective majority of just one seat. Danish…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274044
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Kristersson’s government will be a minority one involving his Moderates, the centre-right Christian Democrats and the centrist Liberal Party. The government will rely on the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273526
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Poland may have resolved its rule-of-law dispute with the EU, whereas part of Hungary’s ‘cohesion’ funds are frozen. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has driven a wedge between Poland…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274781
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Russia’s war in neighbouring Ukraine has prompted EU member-states, and the Visegrad Four (V4: Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) in particular, to rethink their own…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276117
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Claiming that 30-40% of advance payments for the much-delayed Hemus motorway had been transferred to the Citizens for Bulgaria’s European Development (GERB) party, Rashkov refused…
Donev was appointed by President Rumen Radev, whose influence on the caretaker government -- which has the purely technical mandate of organising elections -- will be high…