🗳️ Could the results of the #HungaryElections on Sunday be the end for #Orban and #Fidesz ? ⬇️ Read the latest analysis in @ecprtheloop.bsky.social, then catch up on over a decade's worth of political developments in #Hungary ahead of the elections in @pdyearbook.bsky.social. 👉️ bit.ly/4uRy83A

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⏳️ #HungarianPolitics has been dominated by #Orban + #Fidesz for 16 years, but could #Magyar + #TISZA put an end to that on 12 April when #Hungary goes to the polls? 🗳️ Catch up on Hungary's political developments ahead of the elections in @pdyearbook.bsky.social. 👉️ bit.ly/4uRy83A

🙌 Please join us in welcoming Roula Nezi to the PDY team! "I look forward to contributing to this tradition and to exploring how the Yearbook can continue to evolve in its coverage, its accessibility, and its value to the broader scholarly community"

🎢 In the last few years, Slovenian politics has been a rollercoaster of corruption, referendums, strikes, protests + reforms. 🗳️ Catch up on voting behaviour in #Slovenia in the run up to the #SlovenianElection on 22 March in @pdyearbook.bsky.social. 👉️ buff.ly/Gib6wPG

Highest levels of female cabinet representation in 2024* 👏 Finnish Orpo I: 57.9% 👏 Dutch Rutte IV: 57.9% 🥇 Icelandic Frostadóttir I: 63.6% Read the PDY report: bit.ly/4shTOUJ #IWD2026 (*according to PDY data from 37 countries)

🌍✨ Celebrating International Women’s Day ✨🌍 This #InternationalWomensDay, we’re highlighting a collection of articles exploring women’s representation, participation, and gender equality in politics 📚 Explore the research and join the conversation linktr.ee/ecpr.collect... #IWD #WomenInPolitics

♀️ The average % of women in ministerial positions is gradually increasing across the 37 countries PDY reports on, from 30% in 2022 ⬆️ 2023: 32% ⬆️ 2024: 34% 🔗 Read the full report: bit.ly/4shTOUJ 🤞 Look out for 2025 reports coming soon to see if this figure continues to increase. #IWD2026

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👩‍🏫 Our forthcoming articles will be #OpenAccess on Cambridge Core, which means it’s easier to share them with students, use them in teaching, or pass them on to colleagues — all for free! ➡️ bit.ly/3ZOKX0j

🆕 articles coming soon! #OpenAccess on Cambridge Core means all new research from PDY journal will be free to read and share without subscriptions barriers. Same high-quality research from our country experts, now available to everyone. 📖 bit.ly/3ZOKX0j

This week, it's ✒️ all about authors ✒️ as part of our #OpenAccess spotlight 🔓️ Across ECPR journals, #OA means: ✅️ same rigorous peer review ✅️ barrier-free publishing ✅️ global reach for your research 👇️ Learn more about our move towards open scholarship with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org

🔎 We're increasing the visibility and accessibility of political science research! ➡️ For PDY contributors, the new @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org & ECPR partnership means clearer, more supported pathways to Open Access publishing. 👀 Read more: bit.ly/4tbqssd

📔 2026 marks the start of a new chapter! 🤝 PDY is now published with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org as part of a new strategic partnership with ECPR. 📆 This month, we'll be sharing what this means for readers, authors, and the global political science community. 👀 bit.ly/4tbqssd

🚨 4 days left to apply 🚨 Calling for a Co-Editor of our #OpenAcess journal @pdyearbook.bsky.social If you have a strong research background in: ✅ Political parties ✅ Governments in Europe ✅ Advanced industrial democracies 👉 Apply by Sat 31 Jan Short-term position from 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Dec 2027

🔓 We have an #OA option for every PDY contributor, ensuring every contributor can publish and enjoy the benefits of OA. 👀 If you're writing a report for us this year, check out our page on Cambridge Core for more details: buff.ly/vP2xYLl

📣 Calling for a Co-Editor of our #OpenAcess journal @pdyearbook.bsky.social If you have a strong research background in: ✅ Political parties ✅ Governments in Europe ✅ Advanced industrial democracies 👉 Apply by Sat 31 Jan buff.ly/woCiNjF Short-term position starting from 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Dec 2027

📢 BIG news! 🥳 From January 2026, Political Data Yearbook is a fully open access journal. 🏠 Plus, we've moved to our new home at @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org. 🆕 Stay tuned for new #OA articles coming soon on Cambridge Core: buff.ly/vP2xYLl

📣 We are calling for a Co-Editor of @pdyearbook.bsky.social Do you have a strong research background in: ✅ Political parties ✅ Governments in Europe ✅ Advanced industrial democracies 🔍 Looking for a new challenge this year? Apply now 👇 @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org #AcademicSky #PoliticalData

🤩 Looking for a new challenge this year? 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

🎄 PDY will be closed for the festive period. We look forward to resuming in the New Year 🎆 . Warm wishes to our authors, reviewers, and readers.

✨ 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