Marco Meloni & Fabio G. Lupato examine the evolution of digital procedures and their consequences on intra-party democracy and party change, using the Spanish party Podemos as a paradigmatic case. Open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Yiannos Katsourides & Chrystalla Agathocleous analyze the effects of cartelisation on the intra-party balance of power among the three ‘party faces’ of the Cypriot radical left AKEL. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

-- @juanroch.bsky.social & @guillermocordero.bsky.social examine whether left and right populist parties refer to class identities in their discourses or mainly highlight a moral distinction between ‘people’ and the ‘elite’. Open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

José Pedro Lopes identifies a post-industrial pattern of class support for the radical left in Spain, Portugal and Greece. Open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Recent articles on the radical left in Southern Europe in @sespjournal.bsky.social. @raulgomez.bsky.social @ljramiro.bsky.social & @lamprinirori.bsky.social analyze whether changes in programmatic stances & voter base are associated w/major events. Open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

❤️ If you like your research #OpenAccess, then you'll love @pdyearbook.bsky.social. 🆓 PDYinteractive is our free-to-use, customisable data resource, covering 37 countries. 🆓 More than 1/2 of our articles are #OA this year + all will be from 2026! #OAweek 👉 bit.ly/4lyEH5g

🆕 #Greece #PoliticalData 🗳️ In a turbulent 2024, Greece saw low-turnout for the #EUelections, #SYRIZA's leadership crisis, #Wildfires, inflation + became the 1st Orthodox Christian country to legalise 💒 #SameSexMarriage, reports @harrismylonas.bsky.social. 👉 buff.ly/O8e3giN

🆕 #Belgium #PoliticalData 🗳️ Belgium’s 2024 elections reshaped politics, report @audreyvdleene.bsky.social & colleagues, as #MR & #LesEngagés ended Socialist dominance, N-VA led Flanders, the ecologists declined + new ‘Arizona’, ‘Azur’ & tripartite coalitions emerged. 👉 buff.ly/QBFkVRi

Writing a report about Israeli politics in 2024 for @pdyearbook.bsky.social was quite a challenge. Luckily, I had @roizur.bsky.social as a collaborator. We hope this report helps make sense of an extremely difficult period in the country’s history. ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🆕 #Malta #PoliticalData In 2024, #MaltesePolitics was marked by 🗳️ #EUelections and 🏥 hospital privatisation, challenging Labour's dominance, though deeper shifts in voter loyalty remain uncertain, writes Dominic Fenech. 👉 bit.ly/43dn2K9

💻 Attending the @ecpr.bsky.social webinar on #Israel's domestic political landscape after the #Gaza war tomorrow? 📘 Get up to speed on Israel's political developments + data in the latest report for PDY from @liranharsgor.bsky.social and @roizur.bsky.social. ➡️ bit.ly/48uS83v

🆕 #Norway #PoliticalData #NorwegianPolitics remained stable in 2024, report Johannes Bergh & Rune Karlsen despite Cabinet reshuffles, scandals, low polling for the government + a historic unanimous bill to boost defence spending. 👉 bit.ly/4ou8P3R

🆕 #Japan #PoliticalData 🗾 Sanae #Takaichi has won a historic vote to become Japan's 1st female PM. Back in 2024, after scandals + declining support, the LDP elected Shigeru #Ishiba, but lost its majority. Opposition parties surged + new far-right parties also made minor gains. #OA 👉 buff.ly/9XBzYRF

🆕 #Bulgaria #PoliticalData 🇧🇬 In 2024, #BulgarianPolitics remained unstable and fragmented, reports Marina Spirova, with coalition struggles, declining trust, rising #Euroscepticism, and contentious debates despite progress toward #EUintegration. 👉 buff.ly/uuR0J4i

🆕 #Australia #PoliticalData 🗳️ 2024 saw the #LaborGovernment face mid-term setbacks, regional election losses, a Cabinet reshuffle, plus policy challenges including cost-of-living, Gaza + #AUKUS commitments, report @marijataflaga.bsky.social & @joshsunman.bsky.social. 👉 buff.ly/TgvUnLu

🆕 #Canada #PoliticalData 📉 PM Justin #Trudeau faced plummeting approval in 2024, reports David K Stewart, along with Conservative poll dominance, party dissent, by-election losses, US tensions + leadership doubts amid a collapsing #NDP agreement. 👉 buff.ly/f3q19Jz

🆕 #NewZealand #PoliticalData ✂️ In 2024, PM #ChristopherLuxon & the new coalition government cut public spending, advanced reforms, faced Māori opposition + delivered tax relief while reversing Labour’s policies, report @fionacbarker.bsky.social & @willdreyer.bsky.social. 👉 buff.ly/bgF78Sb

🆕 #Portugal 2024 #PoliticalData 🌹 José M. Magone reports on a year that saw nationwide commemorations to mark 50 years since the #CarnationRevolution, multiple elections + the formation of a new minority government led by PM #LuisMontenegro. 👉 bit.ly/46rOd67

🆕 #Croatia 2024 #PoliticalData 🗳️ In an election packed year, the ruling #HDZ secured victories in all major polls. President #Milanović faced legal pushback, while public discontent was eased by public sector pay hikes, report Dario Nikić Čakar & Višeslav Raos. 👉 buff.ly/rh7Fxsx

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

🧳 Leaving #ecprgc25 today? 🎧 Need something to listen to on your journey home? 🆓 Check out our latest #Podcast episodes covering the #AustralianElections, #GermanElections, #USelections and many more! 👉 ecpr.eu/podcast #PoliticalPodcast

👍 Attending #ecprgc25 and want to know more about PDY and PDYinteractive? ⬇️ Meet PDY co-editor @raulgomez.bsky.social next week and find out about our data + analysis covering 37 countries. 📅 buff.ly/wUlT2Ys

Open access to report on 2024 in Danish politics: Queen abdicated. EP elections returned a fragmented Danish representation in Brussels. The cross-the-aisle-majority gov saw some program realization, cf. initiatives on stronger defense, conscription for women & ‘Green Partite’ deal #polisky #dkpol

🎙️ Did you know we do #Podcasts? 🎧 PDY editors, @raulgomez.bsky.social, Michelangelo Vercesi & Tom Mustillo have been speaking to colleagues around the world to predict and reflect on election results in the #US, #Germany, #Australia and many more. ▶️ Catch up on all the episodes: ecpr.eu/podcast

🆕 #UK #PoliticalData 🗳️ @aliamiddleton.bsky.social reports on 2024, when PM #Sunak called a July election, which #UKLabour won. #Starmer became PM, scrapping the #RwandaPlan and #RachelReeves’ budget cut #WinterFuelPayments, criticising prior policies. ✍️ buff.ly/GFzRVEm #OA

🆕 #Austria 2024 #PoliticalData The populist right-wing #FPÖ dominated in the elections, gaining seats at all levels and the #ÖVP began coalition talks with #SPÖ and #NEOS to form a government, reports Katrin Praprotnik #VanderBellen ✍️ buff.ly/7Z9Gozp

2024 was a turbulent year in German politics: four elections, a surging far right, and the coalition's collapse. Our new Political Data Yearbook piece (with @lucykinski.bsky.social) traces the events leading to the 2025 snap elections. @hhu.de @sceus.bsky.social

🆕 #Denmark #PoliticalData 👸 2024 saw the Queen's abdication, political fragmentation in the EP, defence and climate initiatives, new ministries, and preparations for Denmark's 2025 EU chairmanship amid global challenges, writes @karinakosped.bsky.social ✍️ buff.ly/SyE0tl8 #OA #Polisky

🆕 #Lithuania #PoliticalData 🇱🇹 In 2024, Gitanas #Nausėda was re-elected President and a centre-left Cabinet replaced the previous centre-right coalition. The dual citizenship referendum failed and defence remained a key issue, report Mažvydas Jastramskis & Ainė Ramonaitė. ✍️ buff.ly/U57aRW2

🆕 #Hungary #PoliticalData 📈 2024 saw political upheaval as #TISZA rose amid scandal, challenging #Fidesz’s dominance, reshaping elections 🗳️, sparking resignations + fueling #EU and domestic tensions, write Artúr Baranyai, Attila Gyulai and Zsófia Papp. ✍️ buff.ly/jOsVLFb #Orban #Polisky

🆕 #Slovakia 2024 #PoliticalData Erik Láštic reports on a year of rising political polarisation & media crackdowns after an assassination attempt on #Fico. By year end, concerns mounted over the government's attempts to consolidate power & declining democratic standards. ✍️ buff.ly/CxljYZu #Polisky

🆕 #Czech Republic 2024 #PoliticalData 🗳️ #ANO2011 dominated the elections. Governing coalition parties lost ground, as #Přísaha and #Stačilo gained, resulting in cabinet reshuffles and electoral reform, report Ivan Petrúšek & Aleš Kudrnáč . ✍️ bit.ly/4mdXpQJ #OA

🆕 #Iceland #PoliticalData 🔀 Iceland saw major political shifts in 2024: a new president, new prime minister #BjarniBenediktsson, snap elections, coalition collapse + historic parliamentary changes favouring centrist, female-led parties, reports Olafur Th. Hardarson. ✍️ buff.ly/APhUa7u

🆕 #Germany 2024 #PoliticalData 🗳️ @lucykinski.bsky.social & Simon D Brause report on a year of political upheaval with 4 major elections, as #AfD + #BSW gained support, the economic crisis deepened + snap elections were called for 2025 after the coalition collapsed. #OlafScholz ✍️ buff.ly/A1whugR

🆕 #Estonia #PoliticalData 📊 2024 was quiet but unstable, with the support of the electorate firmly behind the opposition throughout the year. Defections between parties continued yet no major new political force emerged, reports Martin Mölder. ✍️ buff.ly/ghMs5i4

🆕 #France 2024 #PoliticalData 🗳️ Selma Bendjaballah & Nicolas Sauger report on a year of political chaos: #SnapElections led to deadlock, a short-lived right-leaning government formed, reliant on the far right, but failed quickly. #Macron #FrenchPolitics #RN ✍️ buff.ly/bJBNnvn

The far-right SVP continues to frame itself as the voice of the “little man”. Yet it is now the Swiss party with *the highest* number of formal ties between its MPs & the banking lobby. Also, in Switzerland, public skepticism toward deregulatory policies is growing, as shown in my new publication

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

📘 ECPR's Political Data Yearbook is now on Bluesky! 👀 Follow @pdyearbook.bsky.social to stay up-to-date on our expert analysis of political data, government developments and election podcasts covering 37 countries. 👉 bit.ly/4eqn2Lv #Polisky

🆕 #Spain #PolitialData Asbel Bohigues & Mariana Sendra report on a year of #Corruption surrounding PM #PedroSánchez 📰, the Amnesty Law, good economy & labour market performances 📈 + the devastating #ValenciaFloods & resulting political crisis. ✍️ buff.ly/QxHWQxI #OA

🆕 2024 #Netherlands #PolitialData @leoniedejonge.bsky.social and @simonotjes.bsky.social report on a year when the right-wing #Coalition led by a non-party PM pursued reforms, but faced instability, nearly collapsing three times within the year. #Schoof #Wilders #Polisky ✍️ buff.ly/5go3shh #OA

🆕 #Slovenia 2024 #PoliticalData Alenka Krašovec reports on a year of low support for individual government parties at the #EPelections 👎, corruption, the #Krško nuclear power plant farce ☢️ + victory at all 4 referenda and progress with the promised reforms. ✍️ buff.ly/hktkRDA #Polisky

🆕2024 #Romania #PoliticalData 🗳️ Lavinia Stan & Razvan Zaharia report on a year when anti-system & Eurosceptic parties secured >1/3 of the vote in the elections, which were later annulled due to alleged Russian interference promoting #CălinGeorgescu. ✍️ buff.ly/1CFngbo #OA #Polisky

Lost track of the many issues in Swiss politics? Plz check out my new #openaccess polisky article: ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Special thx to eg. @raulgomez.bsky.social for their outstanding editorial work & to @jschmd.bsky.social & @goodmirco.bsky.social for their valuable input!

Some great news. The Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social has now joined BlueSky!

Has #Trump's influence reached across the Pacific? 🌏 🎙️ In our latest #podcast, ‪@marijataflaga.bsky.social & @raulgomez.bsky.social‬ unpack the results of the 2025 Australian federal election 🎧 Tune in buff.ly/HbTyeaN #Australia #Auspol #Polisky #IRsky

⏰ Ahead of tomorrow's roundtable on electoral integrity, the Eds of our Political Data Yearbook compiled key data on recent elections in the countries covered – CZ, DE, PL, PT & RO 🗳️ 📊⬇️ Download your snapshot here: bit.ly/4mYxKwp #ECPRHouseSeries #Elections #Polisky @raulgomez.bsky.social

What's happening in the Netherlands? Want some context? In this EJPR PDY article Léonie de Jonge and I discuss last year's events ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📣 Very timely publication for the Political Data Yearbook in EJPR, in which @simonotjes.bsky.social and I retrace what happened in Dutch politics in 2024. If you want to make sense of the recent collapse of the Dutch government, this article is a great place to start!👇(Reads like a prequel!)