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Context 2019 EP elections in Estonia took place amidst a heated political atmosphere that prevailed in the aftermath of the general election held less than three months prior. In a “remarkable failure of mainstream politics” (Walker, 2019), two liberal parties, Reform and Centre (both members of the ALDE group in the EP), failed to cooperate in the process of government formation. Having rejected an invitation by the victorious Reform Party to start coalition talks, the incumbent Centre Party formed a coalition with two right-wing parties, including a moderate Pro Patria and an illiberal, xenophobic, and eurosceptic Estonian Conservative People’s Party...

Andrija Henjak European parliament elections in Croatia took place only a year after the special EP elections held in 2013 just before Croatia’s accession to the EU. Croatian entry into the EU, unlike the accession of other countries of central and Eastern Europe in 2004 and 2007, was not an event market by palpable enthusiasm and high expectations, but rather, it was market with subdued optimism or indifference. It was seen by the public both as a chance to change the direction of the stagnant economy and improve the functioning of institutions, as well as an inevitable development with uncertain...

di Konstantinos Athanasiadis Le elezioni del 25 maggio in Grecia si sono tenute in un contesto caratterizzato da una pronunciata polarizzazione. A questa si sommano una profonda frammentazione e il venir meno delle identificazioni di partito. Curiosamente queste elezioni sono coincise con il quarantesimo anniversario del crollo della giunta militare che guidò la Grecia per sette anni (1967-1974) a cui fece seguito il successivo consolidamento democratico identificato con il periodo della Metapolitefsi (transizione di regime/nuova etica pubblica nella conduzione della politica). Konstantinos Athanasiadis è dottorando di ricerca presso la LUISS Guido Carli. È titolare di un Master in International Politics presso...

Introduction The elections for the European Parliament in Finland took place in the aftermath of the national parliamentary elections that took place on 14 April 2019. In this election, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) with 17.7% of the votes narrowly edged out the right-wing populist Finns party (PS) with 17.5% in second and the conservative National Coalition Party (KOK) in third with 17.0% of the votes. Consequently, the election campaign for the EP elections was rather short. The debate centred on the possible success of the Eurosceptic PS, since the party was expected to ride on the wave of Eurosceptic parties...