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Raul Gomez
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Reader (Senior Associate Professor) in Comparative Politics at the University of Liverpool. Editor of the EJPR Political Data Yearbook. ‘Você não se afoga caindo em um rio, mas ficando submerso nele’.
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Marco Meloni & Fabio G. Lupato examine the evolution of digital procedures and their consequences on intra-party democracy and party change, using the Spanish party Podemos as a paradigmatic case. Open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Evolution of Democratic Digital Innovations in Podemos
While the digitalisation of political parties is increasingly analysed, less attention has been paid to the evolution of digital procedures and their consequences on intra-party democracy and party...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Yiannos Katsourides & Chrystalla Agathocleous analyze the effects of cartelisation on the intra-party balance of power among the three ‘party faces’ of the Cypriot radical left AKEL. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Intra-party Balance of Power: Cartelisation versus Communist Organisational Tradition in the Cypriot Radical Left AKEL
The article analyses the effects of cartelisation on the intra-party balance of power among the three ‘party faces’ of the Cypriot AKEL. Aiming to provide a testable hypothesis for other radical le...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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-- @juanroch.bsky.social & @guillermocordero.bsky.social examine whether left and right populist parties refer to class identities in their discourses or mainly highlight a moral distinction between ‘people’ and the ‘elite’. Open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A moral or class divide for populist parties? ‘The people’ in the discourse of Podemos and Vox in Spain
Do populist parties refer to class identities in their discourses or do they, as most populism literature assumes, mainly highlight a moral distinction between ‘people’ and the ‘elite’? To explore ...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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José Pedro Lopes identifies a post-industrial pattern of class support for the radical left in Spain, Portugal and Greece. Open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Post-industrial alignment and class support for radical left parties in Southern Europe
Focusing on Southern Europe during the sharp electoral rise of radical left parties (RLPs) (2008–2020), this article identifies a post-industrial pattern of class support for the radical left. Leve...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Recent articles on the radical left in Southern Europe in @sespjournal.bsky.social. @raulgomez.bsky.social @ljramiro.bsky.social & @lamprinirori.bsky.social analyze whether changes in programmatic stances & voter base are associated w/major events. Open access
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October 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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❤️ If you like your research #OpenAccess, then you'll love @pdyearbook.bsky.social.
🆓 PDYinteractive is our free-to-use, customisable data resource, covering 37 countries.
🆓 More than 1/2 of our articles are #OA this year + all will be from 2026! #OAweek
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October 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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🆕 #Greece #PoliticalData
🗳️ In a turbulent 2024, Greece saw low-turnout for the #EUelections, #SYRIZA's leadership crisis, #Wildfires, inflation + became the 1st Orthodox Christian country to legalise 💒 #SameSexMarriage, reports @harrismylonas.bsky.social.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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🆕 #Belgium #PoliticalData
🗳️ Belgium’s 2024 elections reshaped politics, report @audreyvdleene.bsky.social & colleagues, as #MR & #LesEngagés ended Socialist dominance, N-VA led Flanders, the ecologists declined + new ‘Arizona’, ‘Azur’ & tripartite coalitions emerged.
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October 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Writing a report about Israeli politics in 2024 for @pdyearbook.bsky.social was quite a challenge. Luckily, I had @roizur.bsky.social as a collaborator.
We hope this report helps make sense of an extremely difficult period in the country’s history.

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Israel: Political Developments and Data in 2024
In 2024, Israel faced profound political and military upheaval. The Gaza war persisted throughout the year, expanding to direct confrontations with Hezbollah and Iran, while Houthi attacks intensifie...
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October 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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🆕 #Malta #PoliticalData
In 2024, #MaltesePolitics was marked by 🗳️ #EUelections and 🏥 hospital privatisation, challenging Labour's dominance, though deeper shifts in voter loyalty remain uncertain, writes Dominic Fenech.
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October 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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💻 Attending the @ecpr.bsky.social webinar on #Israel's domestic political landscape after the #Gaza war tomorrow?
📘 Get up to speed on Israel's political developments + data in the latest report for PDY from @liranharsgor.bsky.social and @roizur.bsky.social.
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🆕 #Webinar on Middle Eastern Policy & #EU Relations

🏛️ War and Politics: Israel's Domestic Political Landscape after the Gaza War

🎙️ Gideon Levy & Erica Weiss
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#Democratic #PublicOpinion #Governance
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Webinar on Middle Eastern Policy and EU Relations
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October 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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🆕 #Norway #PoliticalData
#NorwegianPolitics remained stable in 2024, report Johannes Bergh & Rune Karlsen despite Cabinet reshuffles, scandals, low polling for the government + a historic unanimous bill to boost defence spending.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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🆕 #Japan #PoliticalData
🗾 Sanae #Takaichi has won a historic vote to become Japan's 1st female PM.
Back in 2024, after scandals + declining support, the LDP elected Shigeru #Ishiba, but lost its majority. Opposition parties surged + new far-right parties also made minor gains. #OA
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October 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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🆕 #Bulgaria #PoliticalData
🇧🇬 In 2024, #BulgarianPolitics remained unstable and fragmented, reports Marina Spirova, with coalition struggles, declining trust, rising #Euroscepticism, and contentious debates despite progress toward #EUintegration.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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🆕 #Australia #PoliticalData
🗳️ 2024 saw the #LaborGovernment face mid-term setbacks, regional election losses, a Cabinet reshuffle, plus policy challenges including cost-of-living, Gaza + #AUKUS commitments, report @marijataflaga.bsky.social & @joshsunman.bsky.social.
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October 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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🆕 #Canada #PoliticalData
📉 PM Justin #Trudeau faced plummeting approval in 2024, reports David K Stewart, along with Conservative poll dominance, party dissent, by-election losses, US tensions + leadership doubts amid a collapsing #NDP agreement.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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🆕 #NewZealand #PoliticalData
✂️ In 2024, PM #ChristopherLuxon & the new coalition government cut public spending, advanced reforms, faced Māori opposition + delivered tax relief while reversing Labour’s policies, report @fionacbarker.bsky.social & @willdreyer.bsky.social.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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🆕 #Portugal 2024 #PoliticalData
🌹 José M. Magone reports on a year that saw nationwide commemorations to mark 50 years since the #CarnationRevolution, multiple elections + the formation of a new minority government led by PM #LuisMontenegro.
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September 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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🆕 #Croatia 2024 #PoliticalData
🗳️ In an election packed year, the ruling #HDZ secured victories in all major polls. President #Milanović faced legal pushback, while public discontent was eased by public sector pay hikes, report Dario Nikić Čakar & Višeslav Raos.
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September 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
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Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream
The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.
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September 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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🧳 Leaving #ecprgc25 today?
🎧 Need something to listen to on your journey home?
🆓 Check out our latest #Podcast episodes covering the #AustralianElections, #GermanElections, #USelections and many more!
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August 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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👍 Attending #ecprgc25 and want to know more about PDY and PDYinteractive?
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August 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Open access to report on 2024 in Danish politics: Queen abdicated. EP elections returned a fragmented Danish representation in Brussels. The cross-the-aisle-majority gov saw some program realization, cf. initiatives on stronger defense, conscription for women & ‘Green Partite’ deal #polisky #dkpol
🆕 #Denmark #PoliticalData
👸 2024 saw the Queen's abdication, political fragmentation in the EP, defence and climate initiatives, new ministries, and preparations for Denmark's 2025 EU chairmanship amid global challenges, writes @karinakosped.bsky.social
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August 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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🎙️ Did you know we do #Podcasts?
🎧 PDY editors, @raulgomez.bsky.social, Michelangelo Vercesi & Tom Mustillo have been speaking to colleagues around the world to predict and reflect on election results in the #US, #Germany, #Australia and many more.
▶️ Catch up on all the episodes: ecpr.eu/podcast
August 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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🆕 #UK #PoliticalData
🗳️ @aliamiddleton.bsky.social reports on 2024, when PM #Sunak called a July election, which #UKLabour won. #Starmer became PM, scrapping the #RwandaPlan and #RachelReeves’ budget cut #WinterFuelPayments, criticising prior policies.
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August 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM