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Browse our posts on European Politics and Policy. Our latest posts cover the Energy Crisis, Elections, and Russia-Ukraine War among many other relevant topics. EUROPP - European Politics and Policy is a multidisciplinary academic blog run by the London School of Economics and Political Science with an aim to increase public understanding of European politics and policy.
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Green parties suffered significant losses in the 2024 European Parliament elections. Yet as Mitya Pearson, Wolfgang Rüdig, Iakovos Makropoulos and Tomas Maltby explain, the picture was more nuanced than the headline figures suggest, with several Green parties either holding their position or making gains compared with 2019. Before the 2019 European Parliament elections, the environment ..read more
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1w ago
Several European cities have introduced “day caps” to regulate short-term rentals in response to the rise of home-sharing platforms like Airbnb. But do these measures do more harm than good? Drawing on a new study of short-term rental regulations in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, Sonja Gensler, Nadine Riedel and Andrea Schneider explore how day caps ..read more
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Cyprus was one of ten states that joined the European Union on 1 May 2004. Fadil Ersozer explains that while EU accession has provided some clear advantages for Cyprus, the Turkish-Cypriot north of the island has remained largely excluded from the full benefits of membership. Cyprus’ accession to the EU, alongside nine other countries on ..read more
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Hungary took over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July. Zsuzsanna Végh and Sonja Priebus assess what the presidency might mean for the EU. On 1 July, Hungary took over the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union for the second time since its accession to ..read more
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2w ago
The EU’s inadequate response to democratic backsliding has created frustration among some former Europhiles in Poland, write Radosław Markowski and Piotr Zagórski. This has given rise to a new group of people – the “Eurodisappointed” – who dampen their enthusiasm for European integration. According to the V-Dem Institute, Poland under its Law and Justice government ..read more
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2w ago
Portugal’s legislative elections in March saw the rise of the far-right party Chega, a little over a month before the country celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its Carnation Revolution. Roni Küppers and Maria Stapleton argue that while Chega’s success shows Portuguese voters are aware of the need for reform, the party’s answers might only worsen ..read more
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3w ago
On 5 July 2015, Greek voters rejected a proposed bailout plan in a referendum that made headlines across the world. Nine years after the referendum, Panagiotis E. Petrakis reflects on the legacy of the crisis for both Greece and Europe. The 2008 financial crisis, initially sparked by subprime mortgages in the United States, subsequently engulfed ..read more
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3w ago
The democratic transition of countries in Eastern Europe during the 1990s, the EU’s eastern enlargement that began in 2004, and more recent concerns about democratic backsliding in the region have been the subject of countless academic studies. But what have we learned from these analyses? Seán Hanley and Licia Cianetti write that one of the ..read more
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3w ago
The rise of populism has been described as the “revenge of the places that don’t matter”. But how does “place” shape support for populism? Drawing on a new study, Kai Arzheimer and Theresa Bernemann show that the geography of right-wing populism is not just about where people live but about how they relate to their ..read more
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On 12 June, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced Armenia would leave its military alliance with Russia under the Collective Security Treaty Organization. Taras Kuzio argues it would be naïve for the West to encourage Armenia’s exit while ignoring the potential severity of Russia’s response. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced that Armenia will ..read more