Europe Elects Podcast

For this instalment of the History Corner, our patrons have chosen for our host to take us back to the Austrian presidential election of 1986. Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi) dissects everything that led to Waldheim's election and its impact on the country's identity!

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and a quick roundup of our latest polling trends!

Later in the episode, Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by Altin Gjeta (@gjeta_altin), research fellow at Albanian Centre for Good Government, in a discussion all about the Albanian parliamentary elections and the country’s track record regarding corruption and democracy.

[Note: The episode and the interview were recorded before the Albanian elections on April 25th.]

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe, a quick roundup of our latest polling trends and finally they briefly discuss the EE’s latest monthly European Parliament projection!

Later in the episode, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by our Bulgaria correspondent, Teodora Yovcheva, in a discussion all about the Bulgarian parliamentary election, its result and its effect on the country’s party system.

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For this instalment of the History Corner, our patrons have chosen to for our host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), to take us back to the first national election held in the Russian Empire, in 1906!

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and a quick roundup of our latest polling trends!

Later in the episode, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by our Netherlands correspondent, Nassreddin Taibi (@Nassreddin2002), who has been covering the Dutch national parliament election and coalition government talks.

Finally, Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by Alena Trauschel (@alenatrauschel), a newly elected MP for FDP in Baden-Württemberg and the youngest MP in the new state parliament in a fascinating interview about FDP, German politics and how it feels to be a 21-years-old state MP.

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and a new addition to our segment “On the Flip Side”, where our hosts present two parties seemingly at the opposing ends of the spectrum on a different niche politics topic every time! In this episode we visit Ireland!

Finally, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Volt’s lead candidate in the upcoming Dutch elections, Laurens Dassen (@DassenLaurens), in a fascinating interview about Volt’s political programme and what they plan to do if they elect their very first MP.

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The History Corner has broken free from the confines of the standard Europe Elects Podcast episodes!

You don’t need to do anything to continue listening to it; as long as you’re subscribed to the Europe Elects Podcast, the History Corner will continue to appear in your feed every month alongside the main episodes.

For this special instalment, our patrons have chosen to sent us to the earliest election we have ever covered here at Europe Elects and so our host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), will be taking us back to the newly unified imperial Germany in 1871!

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and a new addition to our segment “On the Flip Side”, where our hosts present two parties seemingly at the opposing ends of the spectrum on a different niche politics topic every time! In this episode we visit Belgium and the linguistic peculiarities of certain parties!

Finally, Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by our first returning guest, the New Statesman’s international correspondent, Ido Vock (@idvck), for a deep dive on Italy’s new Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, and what he could potentially mean for Italy and the European Union.

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by Europe Elects’ Estonia correspondent, Otto-Kristjan Vanajuur in a discussion about the new government in the Baltic country.

Later in the episode, we take a little break from current affairs with, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), taking us back to the UK in 1906!

Finally, in an interview on the upcoming Liechtenstein elections, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Christian Frommelt, Director and Head of Research Politics in the Liechtenstein-Institut (@LieInstitut), for a lively and informative discussion on the microstate’s political and electoral system.

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Returning from our well-deserved time off for the holidays, we bring you news from all around Europe in a jam-packed episode.

Then Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by Europe Elects’ Portugal correspondent, Celso Gomez (@cgom35) in a discussion about the upcoming presidential elections and later in the episode, Emilie Enger Mehl (@emiliemehl), Norwegian MP for Senterpartiet (Sp~RE), joins Gabriel in an interview about the party's ideology and positions, its current status in the polls and the country's stance towards the European Union.

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