Political Map of Slovakia Two Years after the Tragedy of the Murder of Ján and Martina Rewritten Published: 9 March 2020 Article February 2020 will be written into the modern political history of Slovakia as a month with a great turning point which combined in a special way two dramatic themes in the internal political development of the country. The first area was a two-year civil society effort to make a major social change after the investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová were murdered in February 2018 by order of the mafia. The second area was the overwhelming victory of the opposition over the dominant party, Smer-SD, in the parliamentary elections of 2020. By Grigorij Mesežnikov
Slovak 2020 General Elections: Analyses of Parliament Scenario(s) Published: 18 February 2020 Article Slovak political landscape is exceptionally fragmented ahead of February 29 general elections. One of the last opinion polls published before the election polls moratorium foresees eight parties to be represented in the parliament. However, conceivable scenarios include 6 to 12 parties possibly entering the parliament. This pre-election analysis was published by EuroPolicy in cooperation with the Prague office of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. By Zuzana Gabrižová
The Stakes of the Local Government Elections in Hungary Published: 11 October 2019 analysis Local government elections will be held in Hungary on Sunday, October 13th. The campaign has been marked as the dirtiest ever known in the country. By Nóra Dioszegi-Horvath
The situation in Hungary is unchanged Published: 17 April 2019 analysis Political Capital’s analysis of the relationship between the European People’s Party (EPP) and Fidesz, Fidesz’s suspension, and its consequences in Hungary. By Attila Juhász
Parallel judiciary system in Hungary is to the Government's taste Published: 12 March 2019 analysis The Hungarian government is about to form a parallel judiciary system where politically sensitive cases could be moved. By Bernadette Somody
The Battle of the Academy: The war on academic freedom in Hungary enters its next phase Published: 12 March 2019 analysis The Hungarian government has been heavily attacking the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in the past few months, to destroy it's autonomy. By Zoltán Gábor Szűcs
Staring into the Brexit void Published: 11 February 2019 Blog The question keeps returning: What's next with Brexit? If the UK would like to opt for an Art. 50 extension, it will first have to ask the European Council where all 27 Member States would have to agree unanimously. The British Government undertook and takes a long walk from fantasy to reality...
By Electing Miloš Zeman, the Czech Republic Turns East Published: 6 February 2018 Analysis The post of Czech President will now be held for the next five years by Miloš Zeman. The incumbent, who is famous for a political style that is so jovial as to be vulgar and for his pro-Russian, harshly anti-immigration position, defeated the moderate, unequivocally pro-Western academic Jiří Drahoš in the second round of voting by a relatively close margin (152 000 votes). By Petr Honzejk
CALL FOR PAPERS - Current Populism in Europe: Culture, History, Identity. Published: 13 December 2017 The Heinrich Böll Foundation is organizing the 4th International Populism Conference in Prague, in cooperation with the Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Science and the Goethe-Institut Prag. The conference will take place 21 - 22 May 2018 at Goethe-Insitut Prag. More information about the Call for Papers can be found here. You can apply until 31 January 2018.
After the elections in the Czech Republic: The end of liberal democracy in Central Europe? Published: 7 November 2017 The Czech election results are a source of considerable concern. Nevertheless, it is worth taking a differentiated look at them and not panicking about warnings that all of Central Europe is bidding farewell to the principles of liberal democracy. 26 October 2017 By Eva van de Rakt
