Qatargate: A Missed Opportunity to Reform the Union by Alberto Alemanno

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An Attack on Indian Democracy by Anmol Jain

“…<p>Last week, the Indian government introduced a bill in Parliament providing for, inter alia, the mechanism for appointing Election Commissioners in India. The bill proposes the creation of a three-member Selection Committee composed of the Prime Minister, a Union Minister nominated by the Prime Minister, and the Leader of the Opposition to make recommendations to the President in this regard. …”
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EUROPEANISM VS EUROSCEPTICISM IN THE COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE by Georgy T. Georgiev

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The Church and the Quest for Peaceful and Credible Elections in Ghana by Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong

“…The article pays attention to reports on general elections in Ghana by key organizations like the Electoral Commission of Ghana, the European Union, the African Union, the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), and the Alliance for Christian Advocacy Africa on elections in Ghana. …”
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Test of the European Union with Authoritarianism: Hungary by Recep Gülmez

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The 2014 European elections in Britain : the counter-revolt of the masses? by Parau, C

“…The Conservatives, in Coalition with the Liberal Democrats since 2010, were forced to reshuffle their Cabinet to give Eurosceptic MPs a higher profile; to pass a European Union Act mandating an in-out referendum on EU membership in 2017; and to persuade the EU to appoint a British Conservative to head the European Commission’s Financial Services Directorate. …”

EUROPEAN UNION AFTER THE CRISIS: DECLIN OR RENAISSANCE? by O. V. Butorina

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Protecting the Fairness of European Parliament Elections via Preliminary Ruling by Dániel G. Szabó

“…Supreme or constitutional courts regularly step in to protect the democratic process by deciding election disputes. It is remarkable that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has so far barely been engaged concerning the European Parliament (EP) elections. …”
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Are Europeans ready for a more democratic European Union? New evidence on preference heterogeneity, polarisation and crosscuttingness by Hale, T, Koenig-Archibugi, M

“…Some scholars and policy makers argue in favour of increasing democratic contestation for leadership and policy at the European level, for instance by having European-wide parties campaign for competing candidates for President of the European Commission ahead of European Parliament elections. But do such changes put the survival of the European Union at risk? …”

Polityka w cieniu koronawirusa by Ryszard Żelichowski

“…Politics in the Shadow of COVID-19: Parliamentary Election in the Kingdom of the Netherlands On March 15-17, 2021, the first parliamentary elections in the European Union during the pandemic took place in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. …”
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The Spitzenkandidaten Method and the European Material Constitution by Enzo Cannizzaro

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European Citizens’ Initiative "Call to achieve a tobacco-free environment and the first European Tobacco-Free Generation by 2030" by Raquel Fernández Megina, Cornel Radu-Loghin, Francisco Rodriguez Lozano

“…Conclusions The European Citizens' Initiative is a unique way for you to help shape the EU by calling on the European Commission to propose new laws. The group of organizers decided to use this tool not only to advance with new legislation at European Union level, but also to put Tobacco Control in the agenda of all Politic Parties the year before the European Parliament elections. …”
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Homo europaeus: identity, bureaucracy and belonging in Brussels by Montgomery, S

“…The first seeks to capture a shifting institutional ethos inside the European Commission, investigating how policymakers see their roles as Union officials and embody, negotiate and problematize a particular administrative identity. …”

CORPORATISM IN WESTERN EUROPE: CURRENT STATE AND PROSPECTS FOR EVOLUTION by Р. Ja. Feldman

“…The main task of the author is the study of the policy of harmonizing the interests of labor and capital (trade unions and employers’ associations), which is implemented in countries such as the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Denmark etc. …”
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Russia-Ghana relations in the past and the present: a time-proven partnership by Olga Sergeevna Kulkova, Hajj Ahmed Sanusi

“…The article of Russian and Ghanaian authors describes the evolution of political and economic relations between Soviet Union/Russia and Ghana throughout different historical periods (starting from 1950s to present). …”
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Media, Democracy and Participation in the EU by Luciano Morganti, Marinella Belluati

“… Following the results of the European elections in May 2019, the newly elected President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, started her mandate issuing six political guidelines to set the work ahead for the European institutions during her five years mandate between 2019 and 2024. …”
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Relativization od european national minority politics – Case study Bosnia and Herzegovina by Miloš Šolaja

“…In the meantime, the newly elected European Parliament as well as recently appointed European Commission accepted the SAA although the Sejdić-Finci decision was not incorporated in the constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.…”
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The European Parliament as Transformational Actor toward the Reconsideration of the EU Eastern Policy by Zheltovskyy Vadym

“…In order to define the transformative potential of the EP in the institutional system of the European Union (EU) as regards the eastern dimension of its neighbourhood policy, the analysis covers selected resolutions and recommendations as well as key political addresses delivered by leaders of the EP, European Council and European Commission. …”
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Too Little, Too Late - Four Reasons Why EU Sanctions against Hungary Do Not Work by Zoltán Szente

“…All signs indicate that the various procedures and instruments invented and used by the European Commission to improve the situation of the rule of law in Hungary have so far not been successful. …”
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LIBER Workshop "Microfilming and Digitisation for Preservation" by Maria Luisa Cabral

“…For libraries, the European Union has been an elected stage to perform all sorts of alliances. …”
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