Current EU leaders' discussions on bolstering defense spending summarised in a photo: while citizens in the North answer the EU should focus on defense and security to foster its position in the world, citizens in the South prefer a focus on competitiveness, economy and industry.

📢 Excited to be part of the #IPPSummerSchool2025!
On July 8-9, I'll be in Fregenal de la Sierra, Badajoz, leading the session: "Qualitative Content Analysis for Semistructured Interviews".
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📢 ¡Nos vemos en la #IPPSummerSchool2025!
El 8 y 9 de julio estaré en Fregenal de la Sierra, Badajoz, impartiendo la sesión: "Análisis de contenido cualitativo para entrevistas semiestructuradas".
➡️ Más info: tinyurl.com/2atqny2y

Interesting example on how the selection of indicators matter for analyses.

Political science scholars do not often use the Democracy Index, see here: tinyurl.com/3d2rz2kh

Instead, most often we rely on the V-DEM, although it also notes a certain decline in Spain's score.