Dániel Antal

Data scientist in the area of European music and film, freelance writer and former policymaker. @antaldaniel on twitter.

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Cover for: Islands of (in)stability

Islands of (in)stability

Netherlands, Austria and Malta after the European elections

The Labour Party’s surprising success in the Netherlands may merely have proven opinion polls wrong but the political earthquake experienced in Austria will clearly have lasting consequences. Both Austria and Malta happened to achieve gender equality among elected MEPs, prefacing a drive to achieve the same among appointments to top EU jobs.

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The sole chance of a higher turnout

Finland, Slovakia and the Netherlands before the EP elections

High drama has characterized political life in all three countries during the run up to the European elections in May. The Left is to form a government for the first time in 20 years in Finland but nationalist populism is no less a force there than in Slovakia or the Netherlands.

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