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✨ Exciting opportunity to join the @pdyearbook.bsky.social editorial team ✨ ✅ Are you passionate about data and analysis? ✅ Do you have a strong research background in political parties and governments in Europe and beyond? ✍️ Apply by 31 Jan 2026: buff.ly/2ZYPakN

📣 Call for Co-Editor for @pdyearbook.bsky.social 💡 We're seeking a skilled political scientist to join the editorial team of its unique and extensive resources for tracking political developments, PDY and PDYinteractive 📆 Short-term role of 21 months, starting from 1 April 2026 👇 Apply by 31 Jan

Honored and happy to serve as country expert on Switzerland at @ecpr.bsky.social‘s @pdyearbook.bsky.social!

The year 2024 confirmed a global environment defined by: ↔️ pronounced political fragmentation 🗳️ heightened electoral activity 📈 + a deepening wave of autocratisation that continued a 25-year trajectory. ⬇️ Read the 2025 yearbook now! buff.ly/lSheCuB

📢 The new Political Data Yearbook is out now! 🌍 Look back on all the 2024 election results, government changes, institutional reforms and more with our expert contributors from 37 countries. 👀 buff.ly/lSheCuB

🗳️ 2024 was the biggest election year in human history. 🌎 More than 1 billion people cast ballots in more than 60 countries. 📖 Explore the results of #LocalElections, #NationalElections + the #EPelections across 37 countries in 2024 on PDY + PDYi. 👉 buff.ly/nbLulRY

🆕 #Cyprus #PoliticalData 🗳️ 2024 saw stalled reunification talks, UN envoy Holguín’s departure, #FidiasPanayiotou’s election success, a Turkish Cypriot university scandal + strengthened US-Cyprus relations, report Hubert Faustmann & @ahmetsozen.bsky.social. 👉 buff.ly/niGcGzX

🆕 #Finland 2024 #PoliticalData 🗳️ #AlexanderStubb won the presidential election in a year of tense government-opposition clashes, welfare + immigration reforms and an austerity backlash, reports @emiliapalonen.bsky.social. 🔓 #OA 👉 buff.ly/5kjaJKu

🆕 #Luxembourg #PoliticalData 🗳️ In the 2024 #EPElections, Luxembourg’s ADR won its first seat, joining the ECR, while the Liberal party fell to third place + lost its second seat, report Patrick Dumont & Raphael Kies. 👉 buff.ly/Orkbldv

🆕 #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

🆕 #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

❤️ 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

🆕 #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

🔓 It's #OpenAccessWeek! Have you heard? 🤝 We're joining forces with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org to publish our journals in #OpenAccess! ✅ @epsrjournal.bsky.social & @ejprjournal.bsky.social are already live on Cambridge 🔜 @epsrjournal.bsky.social & @pdyearbook.bsky.social to follow soon

🆕 #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

💻 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

🆕 #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

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/...

🆕 #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

🆕 #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

🆕 #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

🆕 #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

🧳 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

⏰ Today at #ecprgc25 ⬇️ Meet PDY co-editor @raulgomez.bsky.social to find out about our data + analysis covering 37 countries. 👀 buff.ly/wUlT2Ys

🫱🏽‍🫲🏻 Through a new partnership with @universitypress.cambridge.org, ECPR is moving towards an #OpenAccess future in #PoliSky research 💡 In Jan '26, we join forces with CUP to publish 📘 @ejprjournal.bsky.social 🟪 @epsrjournal.bsky.social 📗 @epsjournal.bsky.social 📓 @pdyearbook.bsky.social

🤔 Curious to learn more about Greece's #PoliticalData ahead of #ecprgc25 in Thessaloniki this week? 🆓 Find fully searchable & downloadable data covering election results, national referenda, institutional reforms + more at PDYinteractive. 👉 bit.ly/4p3RHTN

✈️ Heading to #Thessaloniki next week for #ecprgc25? 🎧 Need something to listen to on your journey? 🆓 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

👇 Heading to the Open Science session at #ecprgc25 next week? ❤️ If you like #OpenScience, you'll love PDY 🆓 PDYinteractive is our free-to-use, customisable data resource, covering 37 countries. 🆓 Many of our articles are #OA + all will be from 2026! 👉 bit.ly/4lyEH5g

🆕 #Italy 2024 #PoliticalData 🇮🇹 #EPelections highlighted a possible return to bipolarism, report M Gallina & C Biancalana, after the electoral collapse of #M5S + 7 regional elections, saw the centre-right coalition consolidate its territorial dominance. ✍️ buff.ly/9mub618

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

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

🆕 #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

🆕 #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

🆕 #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

🆕 #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

🆕 #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

🆕 #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

🆕 #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

🆕 #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

🆕 #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

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

🆕 #Poland #PoliticalData 🔃 Stalemate prevailed in #PolishPolitics in 2024. The coalition's efforts to restore the rule of law were obstructed by both the President & the Constitutional Tribunal, who were loyal to the opposition, write K Jasiewicz & A Jasiewicz-Betkiewicz. ✍️ buff.ly/WDB0Dam #Polisky

🆕 #Switzerland #PoliticalData @rfrbrghs.bsky.social reports on 2024, when dissatisfaction grew, driven by perceptions that state interventions disproportionately favoured large corporations, as public needs amid a #CostOfLivingCrisis were sidelined. ✍️ buff.ly/XMQUV8X #OA