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| Belgium
A new “Black Sunday”Belgium’s European elections took place amid relative indifference, not the least of paradoxes in the country which is home to the European Parliament. Significant regional elections (since Belgium became a federal state, the Flemish, Brussels, Walloon and German-speaking regions possess greater powers) were held at the same time and these commanded all the attention. -> read article... |
| Poland
The elections that didn’t take placeIf not for the low rate of participation (20.87%), neither the liberals nor the radical right would have been able to hope for the good scores they registered at the European elections. Their triumph only reflects the depth of the social crisis in Poland. -> read article... |
| Austria
Creating an alternativeThe main results in Austria were victory for the social democrats and greens, despite their right wing orientation. The Conservatives came second and there was a total defeat for the right populist FPÖ of Haider. A new “moderate” populist list won 14% of the vote while the left wing “LINKE” won a modest 0.8%. -> read article... |