9 years since the 9th JCMS @jcms-eu.bsky.social Annual Review of the EU I edited with Nat Copsey was published. Many of the articles written by our stellar contributors have stood the test of time and deserve (re-)reading 😉

It’s been on-line for over a year, but for an old fuddy duddy like me it’s always great to see an article assigned to an issue. Our deep dive into Robert #Fico’s return to power in #Slovakia has been published in the latest EEPS journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @marekrybar.bsky.social

In the latest People, Power, Politics podcast I talk to @profkatedommett.bsky.social about her insightful scholarship on campaigning and parties. @drjennings.bsky.social @timbale.bsky.social @profsob.bsky.social @robfordmancs.bsky.social @fromagehomme.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

Campaigning, Parties and the Digital in Contemporary Politics

Podcast Episode · People, Power, Politics · 8 July · 52min

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With the 10th anniversary of the #Brexit vote just around the corner, I share my review article published a few years ago in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Great new article by my awesome departmental colleague Licia Cianetti.

Andrea Pirro@andreapirro.it · 3mo ago

At @eepolitics.bsky.social, we are delighted to share this new article by Licia Cianetti (@unibirmingham.bsky.social) on democratic resilience and re-democratisation. Enjoy the read! @adamfagan.bsky.social @petrkopecky.bsky.social @lenkabustikova.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/2159...

Want reflections & insights on the Brexit referendum & its consequences 10 years on? For the latest PPP podcast I spoke to @profsob.bsky.social, Monika Brusenbauch Meislova & @drcharlottegalpin.bsky.social (link in comments) @robfordmancs.bsky.social @timbale.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... @timbale.bsky.social for your store of potential Brit pol essay/exam questions: “Tony Blair was the best prime minister of the past 50 years, but has been the worst former prime minster”. Discuss.

Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump

In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next election

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Insightful analysis from the always great @zsolt.bsky.social on 🇭🇺 and the election

LSE European Politics@lseeuroppblog.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Viktor Orbán’s defeat has deprived illiberalism of one of its central figures. Now the world will be watching to see if Péter Magyar can establish the constraints on executive power that were so conspicuously absent during the Orbán era. ✍ @zsolt.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Rumen Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria won a clear victory in Bulgaria’s election on 19 April. While Radev has capitalised on anti-corruption sentiment, can he deliver on his promises in office? Emilia Zankina, Kevin Deegan-Krause and @timhaughton.bsky.social for @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

What Rumen Radev’s victory means for Bulgaria, the EU and Russia

Rumen Radev has capitalised on anti-corruption sentiment to win power in Bulgaria, but it remains to be seen whether he can deliver on his promises in office.

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"Radev’s victory does not necessarily mean one awkward partner in Brussels has been replaced by another. Radev has pro-Moscow leanings, but he is unlikely to become Putin’s puppet in Brussels." ✍️ Emilia Zankina, Kevin Deegan-Krause & Tim Haughton blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

What Rumen Radev’s victory means for Bulgaria, the EU and Russia

Rumen Radev has capitalised on anti-corruption sentiment to win power in Bulgaria, but it remains to be seen whether he can deliver on his promises in office.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

1000 words from Emilia Zankina, Kevin Deegan-Krause and me on Sunday’s election in #Bulgaria 🇧🇬 . Another stunning success for a #NewParty in Central and Eastern Europe blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

What Rumen Radev’s victory means for Bulgaria, the EU and Russia

Rumen Radev has capitalised on anti-corruption sentiment to win power in Bulgaria, but it remains to be seen whether he can deliver on his promises in office.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

Looking for a postdoc position working on themes related to authoritarian regimes, democratic resilience etc.? Great opportunity to work with some of my awesome colleagues www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQY811/r...

Research Fellow at University of Birmingham

Apply for the Research Fellow role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

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It seems like so many people are now experts on Hungarian 🇭🇺 politics. I wonder how many of them can even speak of word of Hungarian ….

#Hungary’s elections are just around the corner. A reminder that if you want a briefing on Hungarian 🇭🇺 politics have a listen to the insights from two of the best scholars of the country’s politics: Zsolt Enyedi and Emilia Palonen newbooksnetwork.com/populism-pol...

A post election analysis of last weekend’s parliamentary #elections in #Slovenia 🇸🇮. Plenty of food for thought for those interested in #NewParties #Polarization #Delivery whogoverns.eu/a-new-script...

#Slovenia 🇸🇮 #elections today. #newparties #volatility #electoralthresolds #campaigning a primer from Alenka Krasovec & me @catherinedevries.bsky.social @casmudde.bsky.social @timbale.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/the-old-and-...

The old and the “new”: Slovenia’s parliamentary elections - UK in a changing Europe

Ahead of the election in Slovenia on Sunday 22 March 2026, Tim Haughton and Alenka Krašovec explain the Slovenian political landscape and where the different parties stand in the polls.

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1000 words from me and Alenka Krasovec on this weekend’s parliamentary elections in Slovenia 🇸🇮 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-old-and-...

The old and the “new”: Slovenia’s parliamentary elections - UK in a changing Europe

Ahead of the election in Slovenia on Sunday 22 March 2026, Tim Haughton and Alenka Krašovec explain the Slovenian political landscape and where the different parties stand in the polls.

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🇸🇮"Slovenia has seen the emergence of new parties and plenty of churn in the past couple of years with several fissions, fusions and new creations." 🤓 Get up to speed ahead of Sunday's election in Slovenia with this from @timhaughton.bsky.social & Alenka Krašovec 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-old-and-...

The old and the “new”: Slovenia’s parliamentary elections - UK in a changing Europe

Ahead of the election in Slovenia on Sunday 22 March 2026, Tim Haughton and Alenka Krašovec explain the Slovenian political landscape and where the different parties stand in the polls.

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🗳️ On Sunday, voters go to the polls in Slovenia's parliamentary elections 🗳️ 🇸🇮 To understand the Slovenian political landscape and where different parties stand in the polls, read this from @timhaughton.bsky.social & Alenka Krašovec 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-old-and-...

The old and the “new”: Slovenia’s parliamentary elections - UK in a changing Europe

Ahead of the election in Slovenia on Sunday 22 March 2026, Tim Haughton and Alenka Krašovec explain the Slovenian political landscape and where the different parties stand in the polls.

ukandeu.ac.uk

1000 words from me and Alenka Krasovec on this weekend’s parliamentary elections in Slovenia 🇸🇮 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-old-and-...

The old and the “new”: Slovenia’s parliamentary elections - UK in a changing Europe

Ahead of the election in Slovenia on Sunday 22 March 2026, Tim Haughton and Alenka Krašovec explain the Slovenian political landscape and where the different parties stand in the polls.

ukandeu.ac.uk

#NewParties set for electoral success in several #elections in Europe in the coming weeks and months. Want to know more about new parties and the challenges they pose to themselves and others? Then read our book, The New Party Challenge ecpr.eu/Shop/ShopPro...

Hungary goes to the polls next month in what could be highly significant elections. Have a listen to my discussion with Zsolt Enyedi and Emilia Palonen for the latest episode of the People, Power, Politics podcast . newbooksnetwork.com/populism-pol... newbooksnetwork.com/populism-pol...

Elections in #Slovenia next month. For those looking for a primer on the development of the party system over the past few decades and insights into the last elections in 2022 check out our article in @europe-asia.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Very pleased to see my review article, Clicks and Mortar, on electoral campaigning assigned to an issue in the latest Government and Opposition. 1/2 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

17.11.1989 a 17.11.2025

For all interested in democracy’ and the twists and turns of #Polish politics have a listen to this People Power Politics podcast in which I talk to @benstanley.eu and Stanley Bill about their recent publications. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

Democracy After Illiberalism: A Warning from Poland

Podcast Episode · People, Power, Politics · 28/10/2025 · 56m

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For Your listening pleasure. I recently had a chat with my ever insightful colleague @adamjamesquinn.bsky.social for the Political Worldview podcast to talk about all things #Czech and #Slovak. We also ended up talking quite a lot about the US.

Adam Quinn@adamjamesquinn.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Czech out (ahem) the latest episode of the podcast! This time I’m chatting with our go-to knower of small Central European countries, @timhaughton.bsky.social, about how the Czechs and Slovaks have been doing since the Velvet Revolution. 🇨🇿 🇸🇰 Audio links under the original post. 👇

Congratulations to my awesome PhD student Rachel Herring (whom I supervise with the great Ed Turner) on her first academic article: a fascinating study of #German-Polish relations www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘Poland is Back’: German Narrative Adjustment in the German-Polish Special Relationship, 2007–2024

Poland is one of Germany’s most significant international partners and is characterised in German discourses as a neighbour, friend and ally. Nevertheless, recent changes in government in Poland ha...

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A quick take on the Czech elections 🇨🇿 written with one of my PhD students, Marek Prsin: views-from-central-and-balkan-countries.eu/motorists-pi... @sarahobolt.bsky.social @filipkostelka.bsky.social @petraguasti.bsky.social @zsolt.bsky.social @timbale.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social

Over 95% votes now counted. Babis’s ANO wins over a third of the vote. Some form of coalition with ANO at the helm likely.