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In our weekly episodes we bring you updates from across Europe, unpacking the latest news, polls and trends. In the Headlines we bring you the top stories from the continent, in The Breakdown we dive deep into a key issue with politicians, journalists and academic experts, and in History Corner we go back in time to analyse the impacts of a key election in European history.

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In this episode, our co-hosts Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) and Javid Ibad discuss recent electoral news from around Europe, with a special focus on the slew of elections occurring in the Balkans.

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Disclaimer: This episode was made in coordination with ThreeSixOne as part of a financial partnership between ThreeSixOne and EuropeElects. EuropeElects retained all editorial rights in the questions and scope of the interview.

In this episode, our co-hosts Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) and Javid Ibad discuss the recent success of "anti-establishment" parties in Portugal, the UK, and Slovakia.

Gabriel and Javid then speak with Peter Beckett of ThreeSixOne about the 2024 EU parliament elections and what might be expected in their aftermath.

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Episode NotesIn this episode, our co-hosts Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) and Javid Ibad discuss "elections" in European authoritarian states.

The episode explores what Gabriel and Javid see as the path forward for democracy in these countries, why authoritarians hold elections, and how authoritarian regimes have continued to evolve in Europe.

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In our first episode of the new season, our co-hosts Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) and Javid Ibad are joined by Janne Riitakorpi, a Finnish political scientist and political activist associated with the Finnish Centre Party.The episode explores what Gabriel and Javid are excited about during a massive year for elections in Europe and around the world, plus an in-depth interview with Janne about this week's Finnish presidential election.Produced by Europe Elects.You can support this podcast and Europe Elects on our Patreon or via PayPal. All proceeds go to the betterment of our services.- https://www.patreon.com/EuropeElects- https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8bYExemIM1

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In our first headlines episode of 2023, our hosts go over their favourite elections of 2022 and what to look forward in 2023. Then they also discuss our polling highlights from all around Europe!

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In our fifth episode of The Breakdown, our host Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by freelance journalist James Jackson (@derJamesJackson).

The episode explores what is going on in Germany a year after Olaf Scholz became Prime Minister and what is the status of the traffic light coalition and the rest of the political parties.

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In our first headlines episode with our new squad, we go over the news of the last month and discuss our favorite polling highlights from all around Europe!

Check our electoral news from Italy, the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland, Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia and the European Parliament.

And stick around for polling highlights from Italy, the Netherlands, and the UK! 

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For this instalment of the History Corner, our patrons have chosen for our host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), to take us back to 1932 in the then Irish Free State and the first election to result in a change of government in modern Irish history.

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After a longer than expected summer break (sorry for that!) the Europe Elects Podcast is back with an announcement!

We bid adieu to our beloved host Euan Healey (@euanspeaks), without whom this podcast would not have existed, and we welcome Javid Ibad (@javidibad) and Alastair Warner (@WarnerAlastair), our two new hosts that will be keeping Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) company.

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In this headlines episode, our hosts bring us, as always, the news and polling highlights from all around Europe!

Check our electoral news from Iceland, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark and Albania and some fascinating news from France, Estonia, the UK and the European Parliament.

And stick around for polling highlights from Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Turkey, Greece and Slovenia! 

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In our fourth episode of The Breakdown, our new in-depth interview series, our host Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by CEO of Novus, Torbjörn Sjöström (@t_sjostrom).

The episode explores what drives the change in attitudes towards NATO in Sweden, what impact it might have in the upcoming elections and what is the role of opinion polls in influencing significant policies.

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In this headlines episode, our hosts bring us, as always, the news and polling highlights from all around Europe!

Check our electoral news from the UK and Germany and some fascinating news from the European Parliament.

And stick around for polling highlights from Norway, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Finland and France! 

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Our host, Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren), is flying solo this time around and brings us the news and polling highlights from all around Europe!

Check out for electoral results from France, Slovenia, Hungary and Serbia and news from Ukraine.

And stick around for polling highlights from Finland, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Italy and Portugal!

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Ahead of the second round of the french presidential elections, our host Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Ipsos France Research Director Mathieu Gallard (@mathieugallard) in our third episode of The Breakdown, our new interview series.

The episode explores what we saw in the first round of the presidential elections, what's different since the last time the two candidates faced each other in 2017, who the polls say will win the race this time around and what this election will mean for the upcoming parliamentary elections and the french political system going forward.

For more info on the French presidential election projection and polls that is mentioned in the episode, visit:  https://www.euractiv.com/section/all/news/french-elections-all-polls-and-forecasts-at-a-glance/

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In our long-awaited second episode of The Breakdown, our new in-depth interview series, our host Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by journalist Flora Garamvolgyi (@floragaramvolgy) in a discussion about the election in Hungary and how Viktor Orbán’s fourth consecutive term will impact the east-central european country.

The episode explores the state of democracy and rule of law in Hungary, the fate of the united opposition, the widespread popular support for Fidesz and more.

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Coming back after a brief unintentional hiatus, our hosts bring us the news and polling highlights from all around Europe!

Check our electoral news about Hungary, Serbia, Malta, Germany and the Netherlands and political news from Spain, Denmark and the European Parliament.

And stick around for polling highlights from Denmark, Norway, Greece, Belgium and France! 

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In this headlines episode, our hosts as always bring us the news and polling highlights from all around Europe!

Check our electoral news about Belarus, the UK, Hungary and Armenia and political news from France, Ukraine and the European Parliament.

And stick around for polling highlights from Italy, Spain, Greece, Norway, Lithuania, Latvia and Hungary! 

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In our first episode of The Breakdown, our new in-depth interview series, our host Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by political scientist Andrés Santana (@SantanaAndres3) from the Autonomous University of Madrid.

The episode explores the rise of VOX, the crisis of Partido Popular and the general developments and state of affairs of the right in Spain.

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In our first episode of our revamped podcast, our hosts bring us the headlines and polling highlights from all around Europe!

Check our headlines for elections and referenda results from Germany, Spain and Switzerland and news from Portugal, Belarus, Montenegro, Ukraine and the European Parliament.

And stick around for polling highlights from Estonia, Slovakia, Norway, Italy, Moldova, Slovenia and Turkey! 

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In this episode, our hosts bring us the news and polling highlights from all around Europe and a bit of a preview of our new European Parliament projection!

Later in the episode political scientist Raquel Vaz-Pinto (@RaquelVazPinto1) joins Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) in a discussion about the results of the first national parliamentary election in Europe for 2022—the snap elections in Portugal!

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For this instalment of the History Corner, our patrons have chosen for our host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), to once again take us back to 1971—this time in India and a legislative election amid the ruling party Indian National Congress’s split.

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In this episode, our hosts bring us the first news of the year from all around Europe and of course a quick roundup of our latest polling highlights!

Later in the episode political scientist Marina Costa Lobo (@MarinaCostaLobo) joins Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) in a discussion about the first national parliamentary election in Europe for 2022—the upcoming snap elections in Portugal!

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In this episode, our History Corner host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), fills in for Gabriel Hedengren and together with Euan Healey (@euanspeaks), they bring us news from all around Europe and our polling highlights of the last month of the year!

Later in the episode, they discuss the two years of the Europe Elects Podcast and what 2022 might possibly bring us.

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For this instalment of the History Corner, our patrons have chosen for our host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), to take us back to the 1971 belgian national parliament election—the first election after the 1970 State Reform, that established the three cultural communities in Belgium.

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe, a quick roundup of our latest polling trends and they briefly discuss EE’s latest monthly European Parliament projection!

Later in the episode, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by our Bulgaria correspondent, Teodora Yovcheva, in a discussion all about the latest Bulgarian parliamentary election and what the results mean for the Balkan country’s party system.

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and of course a quick roundup of our latest polling trends!

Later in the episode award-winning journalist Harald Schumann (@hsc55), joins Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) in a discussion, not about elections, but about the wonderful world of the Council of the European Union and Investigate Europe’s work to report on what is taking place behind its closed doors.

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For this instalment of the History Corner, our patrons have chosen for our host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), to take us back to just 20 years ago, to the 2001 national parliament election held in Poland.

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In this episode, our History Corner host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), fills in for Gabriel Hedengren and together with Euan Healey (@euanspeaks), they bring us news from all around Europe, our polling highlights and our new European Parliament projection!

Later in the episode, Deník N journalist and editor, Jan Moláček, (@janmolacek), joins Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) for an in-depth discussion to help us contextualise the election result in Czechia.

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In this episode, our hosts go around Europe and bring you all the electoral and political news from last week’s electoral mayhem and later in the episode Europe Elects’ founder and leader, Tobias Gerhard Schminke (@TobiasSchminke), once again joins Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren), this time for a nice download of what happened in the German elections and what to expect going forward.

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In this episode, our hosts go around Europe and bring you all the electoral and polling news you could want. Trust us, you wouldn’t want more, this weekend is full of elections and we talk about all of them.

Later in the episode Europe Elects’ founder and leader, Tobias Gerhard Schminke (@TobiasSchminke), joins Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) in a very useful discussion ahead of the German elections.

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and of course a quick roundup of our latest polling trends!

Later in the episode, lecturer at the University of Glasgow and associate fellow at the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House, Joanna Szostek (@Joanna_Szostek), joins Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) for an in-depth discussion to help us contextualise the upcoming Russian elections.

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For this instalment of the History Corner, our patrons have chosen for our host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), to take us back to our earliest election yet, to the first national election held in France, back in 1791.

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In this episode, our History Corner host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), fills in for Euan Healey and together with Gabriel Hedengren, they bring us news from all around Europe and of course a quick roundup of our latest polling highlights!

Also in the episode Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by our Bulgaria correspondent, Teodora Yovcheva, in a discussion on Bulgaria’s government coalition talks and the chance of yet another election.

And later in the episode Gabriel sits down with TV 2’s political commentator, Aslak Eriksrud (@aslakeriksrud), for an in-depth discussion on the upcoming parliamentary election in Norway.

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For this instalment of the History Corner, our patrons have chosen for our host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), to take us back to Turkey’s first multi-party election in 1946!

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and of course a quick roundup of our latest polling trends!

Later in the episode Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by PAS Youth president and newly-elected MP in the Moldovan Parliament, Eugeniu Sinchevici (@sinchevicieugen), for a discussion on the snap parliamentary elections in Moldova, everything that brought us here and what we should expect from the new parliament and government.

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and of course a quick roundup of our latest polling trends!

Later in the episode our very own Cyrille Amoursky (@punk_cyrille) joins Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) for an in-depth discussion on the regional elections in France, what they mean for the french political system and his experience actually running in the elections!

[Note: The episode and the interview were recorded on Saturday, July 4th, before the national parliamentary elections in Moldova and Bulgaria. Sorry for the delay!]

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For this instalment of the History Corner, our patrons have chosen for our host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), to take us back to the Italy's institutional referendum of 1946!

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe (and there were a lot) and of course a quick roundup of our latest polling trends!

Later in the episode our Armenia correspondent, Ioannis Arshakyan (@GiannisArshaky1), joins Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) for an in-depth discussion on the snap parliamentary election in the Caucasus country.

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and of course a quick roundup of our latest polling trends!

Later in the episode our France correspondent, Adèle Stebach (@adelestebach), joins Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) for an in-depth discussion on the upcoming regional elections in France.

[Note: The episode and the interview were recorded on Saturday, June 5th, before the national parliamentary by-elections in France and the Sachsen-Anhalt election in Germany.]

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and of course a quick roundup of our latest polling trends!

Later in the episode our Cyprus correspondent, Yiorgos Kakouris (@nekatomenos), joins Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) for a crash course in Cypriot politics.

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and of course a quick roundup of our latest polling trends!

Our Spain correspondent, Ignasi Subirà, also joins for a quick update on the Madrid regional election and, later in the episode, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Ben Walker (@bnhw_), co-founder of Britain Elects, in a discussion all about the multitude of elections in the UK.

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For this instalment of the History Corner, our patrons have chosen for our host to take us back to the Austrian presidential election of 1986. Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi) dissects everything that led to Waldheim's election and its impact on the country's identity!

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and a quick roundup of our latest polling trends!

Later in the episode, Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by Altin Gjeta (@gjeta_altin), research fellow at Albanian Centre for Good Government, in a discussion all about the Albanian parliamentary elections and the country’s track record regarding corruption and democracy.

[Note: The episode and the interview were recorded before the Albanian elections on April 25th.]

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe, a quick roundup of our latest polling trends and finally they briefly discuss the EE’s latest monthly European Parliament projection!

Later in the episode, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by our Bulgaria correspondent, Teodora Yovcheva, in a discussion all about the Bulgarian parliamentary election, its result and its effect on the country’s party system.

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For this instalment of the History Corner, our patrons have chosen to for our host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), to take us back to the first national election held in the Russian Empire, in 1906!

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and a quick roundup of our latest polling trends!

Later in the episode, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by our Netherlands correspondent, Nassreddin Taibi (@Nassreddin2002), who has been covering the Dutch national parliament election and coalition government talks.

Finally, Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by Alena Trauschel (@alenatrauschel), a newly elected MP for FDP in Baden-Württemberg and the youngest MP in the new state parliament in a fascinating interview about FDP, German politics and how it feels to be a 21-years-old state MP.

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and a new addition to our segment “On the Flip Side”, where our hosts present two parties seemingly at the opposing ends of the spectrum on a different niche politics topic every time! In this episode we visit Ireland!

Finally, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Volt’s lead candidate in the upcoming Dutch elections, Laurens Dassen (@DassenLaurens), in a fascinating interview about Volt’s political programme and what they plan to do if they elect their very first MP.

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The History Corner has broken free from the confines of the standard Europe Elects Podcast episodes!

You don’t need to do anything to continue listening to it; as long as you’re subscribed to the Europe Elects Podcast, the History Corner will continue to appear in your feed every month alongside the main episodes.

For this special instalment, our patrons have chosen to sent us to the earliest election we have ever covered here at Europe Elects and so our host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), will be taking us back to the newly unified imperial Germany in 1871!

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and a new addition to our segment “On the Flip Side”, where our hosts present two parties seemingly at the opposing ends of the spectrum on a different niche politics topic every time! In this episode we visit Belgium and the linguistic peculiarities of certain parties!

Finally, Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by our first returning guest, the New Statesman’s international correspondent, Ido Vock (@idvck), for a deep dive on Italy’s new Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, and what he could potentially mean for Italy and the European Union.

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by Europe Elects’ Estonia correspondent, Otto-Kristjan Vanajuur in a discussion about the new government in the Baltic country.

Later in the episode, we take a little break from current affairs with, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), taking us back to the UK in 1906!

Finally, in an interview on the upcoming Liechtenstein elections, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Christian Frommelt, Director and Head of Research Politics in the Liechtenstein-Institut (@LieInstitut), for a lively and informative discussion on the microstate’s political and electoral system.

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Returning from our well-deserved time off for the holidays, we bring you news from all around Europe in a jam-packed episode.

Then Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by Europe Elects’ Portugal correspondent, Celso Gomez (@cgom35) in a discussion about the upcoming presidential elections and later in the episode, Emilie Enger Mehl (@emiliemehl), Norwegian MP for Senterpartiet (Sp~RE), joins Gabriel in an interview about the party's ideology and positions, its current status in the polls and the country's stance towards the European Union.

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Happy New Year from the Europe Elects’ podcast team and everyone at Europe Elects!

In the second half of our holiday episodes we dive into what we expect out of 2021! Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) and Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) are once again joined by EuropeElects' founder and fearless leader, Tobias Gerhard Schminke (@TobiasSchminke), and together they answer listeners’ questions in our very first Q&A episode!

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In our Christmas Special we dive into polls, elections and politics in a review of 2020!

Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) and Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) are joined by EuropeElects' founder and fearless leader Tobias Gerhard Schminke (@TobiasSchminke) to discuss what has occurred all across Europe during the year.

Later in the episode, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi) once again helps us travel to another time and place with his history corner visit to Spain a century ago.

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In our last regular episode for 2020 we bring you news from all over Europe and a brand new segment!

Gabriel is once again joined by Europe Elects’ Romania correspondent, Andrei Miclea (@AndreiMiclea9), in a discussion about the parliamentary election results and the new government and later in the episode we premiere the brand new segment with a title everyone (especially Euan) loves - “Sweet Swings”. Finally, our hosts visit Spain in a return of our “On the Flip Side” segment.

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Returning from our well-deserved time off, we bring you news from all around Europe in a jam-packed episode.

Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by Europe Elects’ Romania correspondent, Andrei Miclea (@AndreiMiclea9) in a discussion about the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Later in the episode, we take a little break from current affairs with Europe Elects’ Deputy Editor, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), taking us back to Germany in 1990 to find out what happened in the first federal elections of the then newly re-unified Germany!

Finally, in an interview on everything about the Executive Approval Project (@ExecApproval), Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Ryan Carlin, Professor of Political Science, Director of Graduate Studies of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy at Georgia State University.

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Our hosts and the rest of the Europe Elects Podcast team are taking a one week break and take this opportunity to thank all of our listeners and supporters.

Tune in next week when we go back to our regular schedule!

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe—and there are a lot—and they also discuss the elections in the US and what it means for the polling industry and our continent.

Then our hosts visit Cyprus in a return of our “On the Flip Side” segment and later in the episode, Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by the Secretary-General of the European Green Party, Mar Garcia (@surdeuropa) for a lively discussion on the past, present and future of the green political family in Europe.

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and we are witnessing the triumphant return of our beloved “Who is Who? European Commission Edition” segment.
 Later in the episode, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by the New Statesman’s international correspondent, Ido Vock (@idvck), to fill us in on the upcoming elections in Georgia.

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In this episode, our hosts go through all the news from all around Europe and our Belgium correspondent, Filip Van Laenen (@filipvanlaenen) joins Euan (@euanspeaks) to fill us in about the government formation in the country.

Also, Europe Elects’ Deputy Editor, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi) joins in for a new instalment of “Mathew’s History Corner”, where we take a little break from current affairs and go back to historic elections from all around Europe! This episode we go back and visit Norway in 1945!

Later in the episode, Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by the vice-chairwoman of the Czech Pirate Party, Olga Richterová (@olgarichterova), to discuss anything and everything about the recent elections in Czechia and the Czech Pirate Party.

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In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by Europe Elects new Russia correspondent, Cyrille Amoursky (@punk_cyrille), to discuss anything and everything about the elections in Russia.


Later in the episode, Euan and Gabriel revisit our new segment “On the Flip Side”, where our hosts present two parties seemingly at the opposing ends of the spectrum on a different niche politics topic every time! In this episode we visit Denmark to find out which is the oldest and which is the youngest active political party!

Finally, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Financial Times Milan correspondent, Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli (@silvia_sb_), to fill us in on the regional elections and the referendum in Italy.

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In this episode, Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by Europe Elects new Russia correspondent, Filip Rudnik (@RudnikFilip), and the Financial Times Moscow Bureau Chief, Henry Foy (@HenryJFoy), to fill us in on the elections in Russia, while Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Europe Elects’ Deputy Editor, Mathew Nicolson (@SkeggiEyjar), in our new segment called “Mathew’s History Corner”, where we take a little break from current affairs and go back and look at historic elections from all around Europe! In this episode we go back and visit Moldova in 2010 to find out what happened in a referendum on the presidential electoral system!

And of course our hosts bring us news from all around our continent.

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In our last summer episode the Europe Elects Podcast is packed with electoral and political news from all around the continent and even has a brand new segment!

In this episode, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Europe Elects’ correspondent from the Balkans, Luka Ivan Jukić (@lijukic), to discuss anything and everything about the parliamentary elections in Montenegro.
 Later in the episode, Euan and Gabriel premiere our new segment “On the Flip Side”, where every episode our hosts present two parties at the opposing ends of the spectrum on a different niche politics topic! In this episode we visit Italy to find out which party represents the largest area and which the smallest!

Finally, Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by Europe Elects beloved former correspondent from Latvia, Antons Gusevs (@AntonsGusevs), to fill us in on the municipal elections in Riga.

Note: The episode was recorded before the weekend elections.

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After a short summer break the Europe Elects Podcast crew is back with electoral and political news from all around the continent.

In this episode we focus on the events in Belarus with Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) speaking with our correspondent, Leon Liesener (@laliesener), and Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) sitting down with digital media strategist for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, filmmaker and journalist, Franak Viačorka (@franakviacorka).

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In this episode, we once again catch up with politics and elections from all around the continent.

Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by Europe Elects’ correspondent from Poland, Michał Konarski (@mkonarski3) to catch us up with what happened in the second round of the presidential election and what the result means for the polish political system. Europe Elects’ Polychronis Karampelas (@PolKar12) also joins the pod to update us on the parliamentary elections in North Macedonia.

Later in the episode, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by print and broadcast journalist, Guy Hedgecoe (@Hedgecoe) in an interview about the regional elections in Galicia and the Basque Country and their impact on regional and national politics in Spain.

Finally, Euan and Gabriel play the very last round of "Who is who? European Commission Edition”!

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In this episode we jump back into politics and elections from all around the slowly reopening but still coronavirus-ridden Europe.

Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by our correspondent from Poland, Michal Konarski (@mkonarski3), who fills us in about what happened in the first round of the presidential election in Poland and what to expect in the second round. Luka Ivan Jukić (@lijukic) also joins the pod to discuss anything and everything about the parliamentary elections in Croatia.

Later in the episode, Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by Professor of French & European Politics from the University College London, Philippe Marlière (@PhMarliere), in an in-depth interview about the municipal elections in France and their impact on the country as a whole. Note: The interview took place on Monday, June 29.

Finally, Euan and Gabriel play another round of "Who is who? European Commission Edition".

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In this episode, we once again catch up with politics and elections from all around the slowly reopening but still coronavirus-ridden Europe and later in the episode, Duncan Robinson (@duncanrobinson), Charlemagne columnist and Brussels bureau chief at The Economist, joins Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) in an interview about the EU Recovery Fund, coronabonds, the “frugal four” and more on the present and future of the EU.

Finally, Euan and Gabriel play another round of "Who is who? European Commission Edition".

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In this episode, we once again catch up with politics and elections from all around the slowly reopening but still coronavirus-ridden Europe.

Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by the Programme Director at the Centre for Contemporary Politics and Executive Editor at the European Western Balkans, Nikola Burazer (@NikolaBurazer), to talk about the upcoming elections and the political situation in Serbia.

Later in the episode, Nikolaos Tzifakis (@NTzifakis), Associate Professor of International Relations and Head of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Peloponnese, joins Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) in an interview about the Western Balkans in general, the upcoming elections and the countries’ EU accession path.

Finally, Euan and Gabriel play another round of "Who is who? European Commission Edition".

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In this episode, we once again catch up with politics, elections and changes in the electoral schedule from all around the coronavirus-ridden Europe.

Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by Europe Elects’ correspondent from Poland, Michal Konarski (@mkonarski3) to talk about what is going on in Poland and the upcoming presidential election.

Later in the episode, America Elects (@AmericaElige) team leader Liam Meisner joins Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) in a discussion on all things America and America Elects.

Finally, Euan and Gabriel play another round of "Who is who? European Commission Edition".

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In this Europe Day Special episode, we celebrate our continent.

First we catch up as always with politics and electoral news from all around the coronavirus-ridden Europe. Then Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by the Founder of the European Democracy Lab and Head of the Department for European Policy and the Study of Democracy at the Danube University Krems, Professor Ulrike Guérot (@ulrikeguerot), in an interview on the past, present and future of the EU and Europe as a whole.

Later in the episode, Euan hosts our second-ever Europe Elects Trivia Quiz with Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) going against our very own Europe Elects’ Deputy Editor, Mathew Nicolson (@SkeggiEyjar).

Finally, Euan and Gabriel play another round of "Who is who? European Commission Edition".

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In this episode, we catch up with politics and electoral news from all around the coronavirus-ridden Europe.

Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Europe Elects’ expert on Estonia, Otto-Kristjan Vanajuur, to talk about EKRE, the only ID Group Party currently in power. Otto-Kristjan also wrote an article on this! (https://tinyurl.com/y79owfoe)

Later in the episode, BIRN’s Hungary correspondent and researcher at the Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration & Democracy, Edit Inotai (@einotai), joins Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) in a discussion on anything and everything about Hungary and the Orbán government’s coronavirus response.

Finally, Euan and Gabriel play another round of "Who is who? European Commission Edition".

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In this episode, we catch up with politics, elections and changes in the electoral schedule from all around the coronavirus-ridden Europe.

Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Europe Elects’ Deputy Editor, Mathew Nicolson (@SkeggiEyjar), and our correspondent from Poland, Michał Konarski (@mkonarski3), to talk about the coronavirus pandemic and its impacts on society and popular opinion around Europe and specifically on the electoral campaign in Poland.

Later in the episode, field's leading political scientist Cas Mudde (@CasMudde) joins Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) in a discussion on the effect of coronavirus on populist and far right parties around the world.

Finally, Euan and Gabriel play another round of "Who is who? European Commission Edition".

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In this episode, we catch up with politics, elections and changes in the electoral schedule from all around the coronavirus-ridden Europe.

Later in the episode, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) and Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) are joined by Adam Lawless (@adam1310uk), the Team Leader of Europe Elects' sibling account Asia Elects (@AsiaElects), in a discussion on all things Israel, Asia and Asia Elects.

Finally, Euan and Gabriel play another round of "Who is who? European Commission Edition".

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In this episode, we catch up with politics and elections from all around the coronavirus-ridden Europe and our expert in Slovakia, Tomas Bálint (@tmsblnt), joins Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) to provide an overview of the elections in Slovakia. Later in the episode, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Freedom House’s research associate in Europe and Eurasia, Noah Buyon (@NoahBuyon), in an interview about their latest annual report into global democracy.

Finally, Euan and Gabriel play another round of "Who is who? European Commission Edition".

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In this episode, we catch up with politics and elections from all around Europe and later in the episode, Dr Andreas Nick (@DrAndreasNick), Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and German MP, joins Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) in an interview about PACE and its role in Europe and Miroslava Germanová Širotníková, Bratislava-based freelance journalist, joins Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) in an interview about the elections in Slovakia.

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In our Valentine’s episode, we catch up with politics and elections from all around Europe discussing the latest news from Germany, Romania and Azerbaijan.

Later in the episode, our hosts go over the election results from Ireland with Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) discussing with Europe Elects’ Ireland expert Seán Glennon (@SGlennonB) and Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) interviewing Irish journalist and political correspondent Seán Defoe (@SeanDefoe). Yup, we got two Seáns in this episode.

Finally, Euan and Gabriel play another round of "Who is who? European Commission Edition".

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In this week’s episode, we catch up with politics and elections from all around Europe discussing the latest news from Italy, Austria, Slovenia and Greece.

Later in the episode, Dr Kevin Cunningham (@kevcunningham) of Ireland Thinks joins Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) in an interview about the political system and the upcoming elections in Ireland and Anar Orujov (@OrujovAnar), the editor in chief of Kanal13, joins Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) in an interview about democracy and the upcoming elections in Azerbaijan.

Finally, Euan and Gabriel play a round of "Who is who? European Commission Edition".

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In this week’s episode, our hosts Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) and Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) are joined by Europe Elects’ Luka Ivan Jukić (@lijukic) to discuss anything and everything about the Croatia Presidential elections.

Later in the episode, Europe Elects’ founder and team leader Tobias Gerhard Schminke (@TobiasSchminke) helps us review the elections and political events of 2019 and spars with Euan in our very first Europe Elects Trivia Quiz.

Finally, Euan and Gabriel play a round of "Who is who? European Commission Edition".

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Every episode hosts Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) and Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) take us across Europe talking politics, polls and a whole assortment of general nerdiness.

In this week’s episode, we catch up with politics and elections from all around Europe discussing the latest news from Romania, Croatia, Finland and Greece. We may have also talked a little about Bougainville (Australia was in Eurovision, so why not?).

Later in the episode, Europe Elects’ deputy editor-in-chief Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi) joins our crew once again to talk anything and everything about the UK elections and the impact last Thursday’s result will have on the nations, the UK and Europe.

Finally, YouTrend’s very own Fabio Riccardo Colombo (@fr_colombo) joins Gabriel in an interview about the San Marino election and an overview of the political system of everyone’s favourite enclaved microstate.

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Every episode hosts Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) and Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) take us across Europe talking politics, polls and a whole assortment of general nerdiness.

In this week’s episode, Europe Elects’ deputy editor-in-chief Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi) joins our crew to help us contextualise the upcoming UK election and the state of the campaign and answer questions like what constituencies we should be watching on election night.

Later in the episode, Number Cruncher Politics’ founder and director, Matt Singh (@MattSingh_), joins Euan in an interview about the UK election, polling methods and electoral systems.

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Introducing the podcast of the poll aggregator Europe Elects. Every two weeks Europe Elects’ head of communications Euan Healey and team member Gabriel Hedengren will take us across Europe talking politics, polls and a whole assortment of general nerdiness.

In this introductory episode, Europe Elects’ founder and team leader Tobias Gerhard Schminke joins our hosts to help us understand what Europe Elects is, how it all started and also a bit of personal trivia.

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