The Slovenian presidential election picked up a bit of unexpected momentum in the past ten days or so with the emergence of what seem to be the two most credible challengers to current #instapresident Borut Pahor to date. Marjan Šarec (left) and Milan Jazbec (right) are challenging president Borut Pahor this…
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Playing With Fire: Using Coordinated Nationalism for Election Success in Croatia
Faced with a political maelstrom, Croatia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic turns to the guaranteed recipe for success in the Balkans – nationalism. Hoping to conceal the failures of his government behind a scandal-ridden right-wing singer, he shows that he is made of the same cloth as many a politician before…
The Toppling of the “Ancien Régime”: New Parties Expected to Transform the French Political Scene
The results of today’s elections will mark the beginning of a new era in French politics. The two parties that have dominated the country’s political scene for the past century suffered humiliating losses in the first round, and must now depend on new parties for entry into the governing coalition and…
The Revolt of The Masses 2.0 – On Serbia’s Comedy Candidate, Trump, and Brexit
I don’t know about you, but I’m still in shock after Serbia’s election result last Sunday. I honestly didn’t expect such a landslide. And here I am not referring to that guy who – next to parliament, government, security agencies, police, courts, largest parliamentary party, etc. – now also happens…
We Asked People in Serbia: What Will the Presidential Election Mean for the Country?
We asked several people in Serbia from various fields to give their opinion on Sunday’s presidential election. This is what they had to say. “After the presidential elections in April, Serbia will have a new president and Aleksandar Vucic yet another position. The person who controls the Serbian government,…
Serbian Elections are a Personality Show – But We Can Take it Off the Air
Serbia has a presidential election on Sunday, but can we expect any kind of substance from the candidates? As Vid Štimac explains, the Serbian language doesn’t even have a word for “policy” . On the implications of personality-driven politics in the Balkans and a possible way out. Election season is upon us…
Op-Ed: Liberalism, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union
Can liberalism rescue Bosnia and Herzegovina from nationalism-driven politics? Senad Osmanovic says yes. The discussion surrounding the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina has for years been at a stalemate, where old ideas and phrases get refashioned in Brussels, and returned to the country in new packaging. These packages promise economic development, prosperity, reforms,…