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Italy’s distracted political elite

Teresa Coratella Commentary

May's European Parliament election will shape the future of Italian political parties – will it enable traditional mainstream parties to stage a recovery? 

Is winter coming to the EU?

Mark Leonard Commentary

Many observers expect a grand showdown between the forces of “open” and “closed” societies in next month’s European Parliament elections, with the very future of the European Union at stake. They are right to be worried, but wrong about the reason

What Europeans really want: Five myths debunked

Susi Dennison, Ivan Krastev, Mark Leonard Special

New ECFR/YouGov research reveals huge fluidity in current voting intentions: 70 percent of Europeans certain to vote are yet to make their choice. Nearly 100m swing voters are up for grabs.

Press release: Almost 100 million swing voters up for grabs in EU elections, according to major new report

Blog Press release

ECFR report, backed by pan-European polling, debunks ‘five myths’ about the forthcoming election. Finds evidence of volatility, rather than a shift to extremes, in Europe’s electorate – with up to 30 percent of voters yet to decide how to cast their ballot. ‘Belief in the system’ is the key indicator towards understanding and engaging the electorate.

15 Apr

Ce que diront les élections de l’opinion publique européenne

ECFR Paris

Nous avons le plaisir de vous convier à un petit déjeuner en partenariat avec l’Institut Montaigne, en présence de Nicolas Bauquet, Susi Dennison, Catherine Fieschi et modéré par Jean-Christophe Ploquin, sur le thème suivant : « Ce que diront les élections de l'opinion publique européenne »