Markus Haverland
@mhaverland.bsky.social
Political Science Prof|Erasmus University Rotterdam|European Union Politics and Policy
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🤩 Party positions in the 2024 European Parliament 🇪🇺!
I merged the CHES expert survey with EP composition data to visualize the political space of the current EP. The graphs make the center of gravity in the EP quite clear, on multiple dimensions and policy issues.
dimiter.shinyapps.io/ches/
I merged the CHES expert survey with EP composition data to visualize the political space of the current EP. The graphs make the center of gravity in the EP quite clear, on multiple dimensions and policy issues.
dimiter.shinyapps.io/ches/
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
🤩 Party positions in the 2024 European Parliament 🇪🇺!
I merged the CHES expert survey with EP composition data to visualize the political space of the current EP. The graphs make the center of gravity in the EP quite clear, on multiple dimensions and policy issues.
dimiter.shinyapps.io/ches/
I merged the CHES expert survey with EP composition data to visualize the political space of the current EP. The graphs make the center of gravity in the EP quite clear, on multiple dimensions and policy issues.
dimiter.shinyapps.io/ches/
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This is an excellent thread on the polls and the upcoming Dutch elections by one of the foremost scholars of Dutch politics @tomlouwerse.nl 👇
This is the final 'poll of polls' before the Dutch elections. Three parties at the same level, and two more not much smaller. Given the high percentage of late deciders and voters in doubt, the outcome is still very much uncertain. 🧵
The Peilingwijzer poll of polls for the Netherlands has been updated to include the latest polls of Verian/EenVandaag and Ipsos I&O.
📊 📈 All graphs & figures: https://peilingwijzer.tomlouwerse.nl/
📊 📈 All graphs & figures: https://peilingwijzer.tomlouwerse.nl/
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This is an excellent thread on the polls and the upcoming Dutch elections by one of the foremost scholars of Dutch politics @tomlouwerse.nl 👇
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Driven by fear of the far right, the EU is losing its compass, whether on migration, climate or Gaza. By undermining its own principles, Europe weakens its global position and risks losing not just dignity but political agency.
With @jannikjansen.bsky.social:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
With @jannikjansen.bsky.social:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If Europe keeps placating its own far right, how can it possibly stand up to Trump? | Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen
European leaders’ weakness is undermining the democratic principles on which the EU was built, say Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen from the Jacques Delors Centre
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Driven by fear of the far right, the EU is losing its compass, whether on migration, climate or Gaza. By undermining its own principles, Europe weakens its global position and risks losing not just dignity but political agency.
With @jannikjansen.bsky.social:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
With @jannikjansen.bsky.social:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Excellent!
“Counting U.S.-led buys on the list … the total comes to about €6.8 billion, around 8 percent of Berlin’s plan, with the rest overwhelmingly going to European industry.”
www.politico.eu/article/germ...
Excellent!
“Counting U.S.-led buys on the list … the total comes to about €6.8 billion, around 8 percent of Berlin’s plan, with the rest overwhelmingly going to European industry.”
www.politico.eu/article/germ...
Germany’s €80B rearmament plan sidelines US weapons
A procurement plan obtained by POLITICO shows Berlin’s rearmament spree will overwhelmingly benefit European industry.
www.politico.eu
September 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Excellent!
“Counting U.S.-led buys on the list … the total comes to about €6.8 billion, around 8 percent of Berlin’s plan, with the rest overwhelmingly going to European industry.”
www.politico.eu/article/germ...
Excellent!
“Counting U.S.-led buys on the list … the total comes to about €6.8 billion, around 8 percent of Berlin’s plan, with the rest overwhelmingly going to European industry.”
www.politico.eu/article/germ...
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
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September 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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cato institute analysis of murders by political ideology since 1975, excluding 9/11
September 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
cato institute analysis of murders by political ideology since 1975, excluding 9/11
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In de eerste weken van de verkiezingscampagne zien we weer te veel voorbeelden waarin peilingen verkeerd gebruikt worden door interviewers, duiders, en journalisten.
Daarom hierbij tien vuistregels om de peilingen wijzer te duiden, en om elkaar op aan te spreken.
stukroodvlees.nl/peilingen-du...
Daarom hierbij tien vuistregels om de peilingen wijzer te duiden, en om elkaar op aan te spreken.
stukroodvlees.nl/peilingen-du...
Peilingen duiden: 10 essentiële vuistregels voor duiders - StukRoodVlees
Zetelpeilingen worden vaak misbruikt. Een tiental vuistregels om je publiek niet voor te liegen met non-nieuws.
stukroodvlees.nl
September 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
In de eerste weken van de verkiezingscampagne zien we weer te veel voorbeelden waarin peilingen verkeerd gebruikt worden door interviewers, duiders, en journalisten.
Daarom hierbij tien vuistregels om de peilingen wijzer te duiden, en om elkaar op aan te spreken.
stukroodvlees.nl/peilingen-du...
Daarom hierbij tien vuistregels om de peilingen wijzer te duiden, en om elkaar op aan te spreken.
stukroodvlees.nl/peilingen-du...
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How will Trump respond to this? @anupriyadatta.bsky.social has this huge story here. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
EU fines Google €2.95 billion - Euractiv
The US tech giant was fined for violating EU competition rules in the advertising technology market
www.euractiv.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
How will Trump respond to this? @anupriyadatta.bsky.social has this huge story here. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
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Peilingen zijn nuttige instrumenten voor kiezers, politici, en media. Ze kunnen wezenlijke effecten hebben, vooral via de wijze waarop media er - juist én onjuist - over rapporteren.
Ook in de campagneperiode hoop ik dat journalisten en duiders de peilingen gebruiken waarvoor ze geschikt zijn:
Ook in de campagneperiode hoop ik dat journalisten en duiders de peilingen gebruiken waarvoor ze geschikt zijn:
September 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Peilingen zijn nuttige instrumenten voor kiezers, politici, en media. Ze kunnen wezenlijke effecten hebben, vooral via de wijze waarop media er - juist én onjuist - over rapporteren.
Ook in de campagneperiode hoop ik dat journalisten en duiders de peilingen gebruiken waarvoor ze geschikt zijn:
Ook in de campagneperiode hoop ik dat journalisten en duiders de peilingen gebruiken waarvoor ze geschikt zijn:
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The EU is the elephant in the room in the Dutch snap election campaign
The EU is the elephant in the room in the Dutch snap election campaign
Europe remains the elephant in the room of the Dutch campaign ahead of October snap elections: it is there, it is hugely relevant, yet it is strangely ignored by most parties.
euobserver.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The EU is the elephant in the room in the Dutch snap election campaign
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📰 Media exposure and extreme views
A new study found that uncritical TV interviews with extreme right activists increase agreement with their views and the belief that more people support them.
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#SciComm 🧪 #MediaBias
A new study found that uncritical TV interviews with extreme right activists increase agreement with their views and the belief that more people support them.
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#SciComm 🧪 #MediaBias
Media Platforming and the Normalisation of Extreme Right Views | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Media Platforming and the Normalisation of Extreme Right Views - Volume 55
www.cambridge.org
August 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
📰 Media exposure and extreme views
A new study found that uncritical TV interviews with extreme right activists increase agreement with their views and the belief that more people support them.
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#SciComm 🧪 #MediaBias
A new study found that uncritical TV interviews with extreme right activists increase agreement with their views and the belief that more people support them.
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#SciComm 🧪 #MediaBias
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NEW! 🚨
My take on Trump's power grab in Washington, DC. 👇
My take on Trump's power grab in Washington, DC. 👇
Why is Trump deploying troops to Washington DC? | Cas Mudde
The DC takeover is, first and foremost, an attempt to deflect from the Epstein case. But that’s not all that’s going on
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
NEW! 🚨
My take on Trump's power grab in Washington, DC. 👇
My take on Trump's power grab in Washington, DC. 👇
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“We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea
I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.
www.motherjones.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
“We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Job alert!
Postdoc position available in my project on EU economic governance — with a focus on fiscally conservative member states.
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3536...
Postdoc position available in my project on EU economic governance — with a focus on fiscally conservative member states.
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3536...
postdoc EU economic governance
Join our research on EU economic governance. Unravel the political dynamics shaping reform capacities with a focus on fiscally conservative member states .
www.academictransfer.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Job alert!
Postdoc position available in my project on EU economic governance — with a focus on fiscally conservative member states.
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3536...
Postdoc position available in my project on EU economic governance — with a focus on fiscally conservative member states.
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3536...
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🧵 & article on the potential electoral tradeoffs facing social democratic parties, especially along the dimensions of age (much less on education and class). Top-notch political science from a great group of scholars.
July 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🧵 & article on the potential electoral tradeoffs facing social democratic parties, especially along the dimensions of age (much less on education and class). Top-notch political science from a great group of scholars.
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Republicans in Congress have structured the most painful benefit cuts in their budget bill to kick in AFTER the 2026 midterms.
But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately.
Remember this.
But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately.
Remember this.
July 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Republicans in Congress have structured the most painful benefit cuts in their budget bill to kick in AFTER the 2026 midterms.
But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately.
Remember this.
But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately.
Remember this.
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Powerful example of Justice Jackson bearing witness to what is now evident to all - especially the lower federal courts:
June 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Powerful example of Justice Jackson bearing witness to what is now evident to all - especially the lower federal courts:
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The Supreme Court just took the brakes off. They gutted nationwide injunctions...one of the last fast-acting tools to block presidential overreach. This is the most dangerous shift of the Trump era yet—and most people won’t see it until it’s too late.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
The Supreme Court Just Blew the Doors Off: Why Today’s Nationwide Injunction Decision May Be the Most Dangerous Trump Era Shift Yet
How Today’s Supreme Court Decision Hands Future Presidents a Fast-Track to Unchecked Power.
open.substack.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The Supreme Court just took the brakes off. They gutted nationwide injunctions...one of the last fast-acting tools to block presidential overreach. This is the most dangerous shift of the Trump era yet—and most people won’t see it until it’s too late.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Absolutely striking numbers. 65% of Germans support Germany significantly increasing its defence expenditures to reach NATO’s 5%* goal.
*it’s a 3,5%+ goal, to be exact.
*it’s a 3,5%+ goal, to be exact.
June 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Absolutely striking numbers. 65% of Germans support Germany significantly increasing its defence expenditures to reach NATO’s 5%* goal.
*it’s a 3,5%+ goal, to be exact.
*it’s a 3,5%+ goal, to be exact.
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This is one of the most eye-opening things I've read this week. If you're interested in what drives Netanyahu, I'd really recommend it. 🧵1/n
Inside the mind of Benjamin Netanyahu
As the Israeli prime minister’s bodyguard, I saw him transform into the gangster he is today.
www.newstatesman.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This is one of the most eye-opening things I've read this week. If you're interested in what drives Netanyahu, I'd really recommend it. 🧵1/n
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Just to give an idea of how much the Trump administration wants to "help" the citizens of Los Angeles by sending in the military
June 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Just to give an idea of how much the Trump administration wants to "help" the citizens of Los Angeles by sending in the military
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The replies to this. Bluesky gold.
What’s the slowest burn on you realising something? I think with me it’s working out what the “lithic” in Neolithic means which - despite me reading the word at a bare minimum thousands of times *and* me being aware of other connected lith words - just didn’t click until about 18 months back.
June 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The replies to this. Bluesky gold.
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What happened in the Netherlands and what will happen next? I wrote a short piece about the collapse of the Dutch government for @ukandeu.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/when-not-if-...
When, not if: the fall of the Dutch cabinet - UK in a changing Europe
Simon Otjes explains the recent fall of the government in the Netherlands prompted by the radical right-wing populist PVV under Geert Wilders.
ukandeu.ac.uk
June 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
What happened in the Netherlands and what will happen next? I wrote a short piece about the collapse of the Dutch government for @ukandeu.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/when-not-if-...