Read our most downloaded article of 2025. Alasdair R. Young of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Geogia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA Adapting to adversity? EU trade policy in a more geopolitical world link.springer.com/article/10.1... Congratulations!

Really happy this smarticle by @katealexandershaw.bsky.social, Joseph Ganderson & Anna Kyriazi has been published! If a crisis happens and nobody calls is a crisis, is it still a crisis?

The study of European politics has taken a crisis-oriented turn. Yet despite a proliferation of new empirical research, crisis remains undertheorised as a unit of analysis in European studies @katealexandershaw.bsky.social, Joseph Ganderson & Anna Kyriazi explore link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Emely Cruz-De-Jesús, Ángel Arcos-Vargas and José L. Martínez-Ramos @unisevilla.us.es explore what the current state of Energy Community (EC) regulation is, and analyse the Spanish draft decree for ECs discussed in light of broader European policy frameworks. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Out now. Andrea Christou and Carmen Gebhard @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Taking citizens’ ideas and discourse seriously: a non-elite take on discursive institutionalism link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Out now. Read David Arter, Faculty of Business and Management, Tampere University, "Why do MPs run to become MEPs when most simply want to remain MPs? On servicing the personal vote and doing party service". link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Take a look at Ramona Coman, @nathaliebrack.bsky.social & @miscoiu.bsky.social special issue "Liberal Democracy under Debate: Dissensus and Competing Conceptions in the European Parliament". With @manesweisskircher.bsky.social @alvarooleart.bsky.social and more. link.springer.com/collections/...

"analysis shows that yes, dissensus over liberal democracy is a line of conflict in the EP. However, conflicts over gender equality are, as ever, a litmus test of the contents and workings of that democracy" @jekantol.bsky.social @valentineb.bsky.social & Gaweda rdcu.be/e0cgB @compeurpol.bsky.social

Anthoula Malkopoulou and @benmoffitt.bsky.social ask - how should we respond to #populism? - arguing for responses to it to contain populism’s most egregious characteristics while salvaging its productive side. @compeurpol.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Out now! Milan Zafirovski; @max-etzel.bsky.social; Maciej Skrzypek, Wrocław Uni; @tudzarovska.bsky.social; Jakob Frateur, Peter Bursens, Patricia Popelier, @uantwerpen.be‬ @susanacoroado.bsky.social; Dömötör Gere, Dávid Kollár, Ádám Stefkovics,Századvég Foundation www.palgrave.com/gp/journal/4...

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In his latest article for CEP, Kyung Joon Han University of Tennessee explores Populism and voters’ projection bias in party ideology estimation link.springer.com/article/10.1... #populism #leftrightideologies #cognitiveprojection

In her latest CEP article Élodie Druez @ulbruxelles.bsky.social examines how the French and British Black African middle class view the main right-wing parties: the Republicans in France and the Conservatives in the UK. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

In the latest issue, Özgün Sarımehmet Duman, Corvinus University of Budapest discusses: Competitiveness in the European market: a comparative analysis of the Eurozone periphery & the non Eurozone periphery link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Competitiveness #EMU #Eurozone #Exchangerate

In the latest issue, Rebeka Kiss HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences & @miklossebok.bsky.social explore: The Concept of Tailor-made Laws and Legislative Backsliding in Central-Eastern Europe link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Legislativebacksliding #Tailormadelaws #CentralEasternEurope

In the latest issue: Read István Benedek HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest Populist autocratization and populist electoral autocracies: towards a unified conceptual framework link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Populism #Hybridregimes #Autocratization

23: 3. Latest issue out now! With: István Benedek HUN-REN Centre Budapest Rebeka Kiss HUN-REN Centre Budapest & @miklossebok.bsky.social Özgün Sarımehmet Duman Corvinus University Élodie Druez @ulbruxelles.bsky.social Kyung Joon Han University of Tennessee www.palgrave.com/gp/journal/4...

Read articles online first! with: Sharon Lecocq & Patrick Müller Sarah Wolff & Stella Ladi Senem Aydın-Düzgit & Alper Kaliber Ana E. Juncos & Simon Frankel Pratt Laura Pierret Tom Casier Emilija Tudzarovska Dömötör Gere, Dávid Kollár & Ádám Stefkovics And more! link.springer.com/journal/4129...

Latest issue out now! With... Paulo Marques, Rui Branco & Rita Guimarães Tomáš Dvořák Saliha Metinsoy Andreas Corcaci & Sho Niikawa Andrea Capati Moritz Kappler, Rahel Schomaker, Edoardo Guaschino & Koen Verhoest www.palgrave.com/gp/journal/4...

Read @tudzarovska.bsky.social latest article The rise of technocratic politics in the EU: the legacies of neoliberalism link.springer.com/article/10.1... #EUeconomicgovernance #Neoliberalism #EUcrisis #Pandemic #Statetransformation

Out now! Dömötör Gere, Dávid Kollár & Ádám Stefkovics of the Századvég Foundation in their latest article discuss Who's left, who's right? Examining cross-national variations in the use of the left–right scale with anchoring vignettes link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Out now! Maciej Skrzypek University of Wrocław investigates the dynamics behind the escalation of peaceful public gatherings into civil disorder in Finland and Sweden, both of which have high levels of public trust in governance. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Out now! Élodie Druez @ulbruxelles.bsky.social examines how the French and British Black African middle class view the main right-wing parties: the Republicans in France and the Conservatives in the UK link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Discursive Framing of European Integration in EU-Wide Media: Actors, Narratives and Policies following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Andrea Capati from LUISS University link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Europeanintegration #EUwidemedia #Russianinvasion

How do elite core actors assess trust in national & EU authorities? The varying role of generalised trust at different governmental levels Moritz Kappler, Rahel Schomaker, Edoardo Guaschino & Koen Verhoest link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Generalisedtrust #Politicaltrust #Europe

Out now! The COVID-19 pandemic gave a new impetus to the study of citizens’ political trust in times of crisis. link.springer.com/article/10.1... Jakob Frateur · Peter Bursens· Patricia Popelier· @uantwerpen.be @susanacoroado.bsky.social #Politicaltrust #COVID19 · #TsQCA

Andreas Corcaci & Sho Niikawa assess the rise of referendums and democratic convergence in European democracies using time-differencing QCA in their latest article in issue 23 2. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Referendums #EU #QCA

Delighted that my article on the unrest in Greece under its first Troika program is now published in the Comparative European Politics! It challenges prevailing views on unrest in Greece, which are often shaped by Greek exoticism and exceptionalism. It explains unrest with labour immobility.

@salihametinsoy.bsky.social provides a political economic explanation for this unrest. You can read it here. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Protests #Greece #Troikaprograms #Labourmobility #Labourmarketderegulation

Analysing the gap in non institutionalized political engagement between Western Europe & the post communist region Tomáš Dvořák @charlesuni.cuni.cz explores link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Politicalengagement #Publicsphere #Postcommunistcountries #Mixedmethods

The politics of pro outsider labour market reforms: a configurational study Paulo Marques, Rui Branco and Rita Guimarães ISCTE-IUL NOVA University Lisbon discuss in the latest issue link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Comparativepoliticaleconomy #Dualization #Fixedtermcontracts #Solidarity #fsQCA

Special Issue: Crises as opportunities? Reconceptualising the EU-member states in the age of permanent emergency eds @lpolverari.bsky.social & Stella Ladi & @angelosangelou.bsky.social @sarahwolff.bsky.social @karolinapomorska.bsky.social @aejuncos.bsky.social www.palgrave.com/gp/journal/4...

In their latest CEP article, Rebeka Kiss HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences & @miklossebok.bsky.social explore The Concept of Tailor-made Laws and Legislative Backsliding in Central-Eastern Europe link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Legislativebacksliding #Tailormadelaws #CentralEasternEurope

In his latest article for CEP, Özgün Sarımehmet Duman, Corvinus University of Budapest discusses Competitiveness in the European market: a comparative analysis of the Eurozone periphery & the non Eurozone periphery link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Competitiveness #EMU #Eurozone #Exchangerate

In his latest article for CEP, @max-etzel.bsky.social discusses 'Do they have no other choice? The mediation effect of liberal party landscapes on electoral support for right-wing populists among conservatives’ link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Basichumanvalues #populistvote #populism

Read How does the EU seek to encourage change in national justice systems? A framework of coordinative and coercive Europeanization at work Ramona Coman @ulbruxelles.bsky.social #CoordinativeEuropeanization #Persuasion #CoerciveEuropeanization #Negotiation link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Read Coordinative Europeanization & Russia’s war of aggression: how crises shape Europeanization dynamics in EU foreign policy @karolinapomorska.bsky.social @aejuncos.bsky.social @mariannalovato.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1... #foreignpolicy #Russia #Ukraine

Coordinative Europeanization as a response to crisis:what lessons from the RRF for future EU cohesion policy? @lpolverari.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1... In the SI (eds) Stella Ladi & @lpolverari.bsky.social with @angelosangelou.bsky.social #CoordinativeEuropeanization #Crisis

Europeanisation in the aftermath of COVID 19:the organisational adaptation of the central governance of the National Recovery & Resilience Plan in Italy Edoardo Bressanelli & David Natali of Scuola Sant Anna discuss in eds Stella Ladi & @lpolverari.bsky.social SI link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@angelosangelou.bsky.social examines potential linkages between the management of the Eurozone crisis and the EU’s economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic in eds Stella Ladi and @lpolverari.bsky.social SI link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Learning #Crises #EuropeanCommission #Eurozone #RRF

In our latest SI 'Crises as opportunities? Reconceptualising the EU-member states relationship in the age of permanent emergency' Stella Ladi, Dimitris Tsarouhas and Paul Copeland analyse the design & negotiations of the NR&R Plans link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Austria #Greece #Slovakia

In their Special Issue, read eds Stella Ladi & @lpolverari.bsky.social with @angelosangelou.bsky.social ‘Reconceptualising the EU member states relationship in the age of permanent emergency' link.springer.com/article/10.1... #CoordinativeEuropeanization #EUinstitutions #Permacrisis #Crisis

Out now! Crises as opportunities? Reconceptualising the EU-member states in the age of permanent emergency eds @lpolverari.bsky.social & Stella Ladi with @angelosangelou.bsky.social @sarahwolff.bsky.social @karolinapomorska.bsky.social @aejuncos.bsky.social www.palgrave.com/gp/journal/4...

Mikkel Mailand @faos-dk.bsky.social explores 'Driving the EU working conditions directive: social partner reactivity and the limits to commission entrepreneurship' link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Europeansocialpartners #Workingconditionsdirective #EuropeanParliament

Can we aggregate voters’ perceptions of political parties’ left–right positions? by @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social @ackermannk.bsky.social and Huib Pellikaan link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Leftrightdimension #Voters #Commonspace #Spatialmodel #Transitiveordering

Thin or thick? Populist & radical right politics across European cities, suburbs & countryside. Mirko Crulli explores how residency relates to support for populism & the radical right in contemporary Europe. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Populism #Nativism #Populistradicalright

In the latest issue Bohdan Bernatskyi of the @eui-eu.bsky.social analyses why & when democracies ban political parties: a classification of democratic state orientations to party bans link.springer.com/article/10.1... #politicalparties #prohibitionofpoliticalparties #democratictolerance

@d-ias.bsky.social Lasse Aaskoven argues that govts use fiscal rules to signal commitment to fiscal prudence to both creditors & national voters & investigates, using a worldwide panel of countries from 1985 to 2015 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Fiscalrules #Elections #Governmentdebt #IMF