Elections
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How many legislative files are still under negotiation?
Continuing the theme on the EU’s current workload, I now compare the numbers of legislative files that are still waiting to be finalised prior to the European elections. Continue reading
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Has the European Parliament always been this busy before the elections?
With European elections fast approaching, the EU Institutions have entered the final sprint to adopt unfinished pieces of legislation. But is the current legislative workload higher than usual for Parliament? Continue reading
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Why Authoritarian Regimes in Africa Commit to Continental Democracy Provisions
In a new draft paper prepared for the 59th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA) in San Francisco, we examine why authoritarian regimes in Africa formally support and ratify continental provisions aimed at democracy-promotion. Here’s the abstract. Continue reading
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German Parliament: Part II
Following up on my recent post on the German Parliament, here is another attempt at visualising the data – I jumped on the recent gif-bandwagon. Continue reading
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A Brief Look at Diversity in the German Parliament
In light of the upcoming German federal elections in September 2017, I take a brief look at the age and gender distribution in the German Parliament – the Bundestag – from its establishment in 1949 to the last general election in 2013. The figure… Continue reading
Fabian Bohnenberger 