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Elie Michel

@eliemichel.bsky.social
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Political Scientist - Université de Lausanne & FORS Elections | Political Behavior | Parties | Public Opinion

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Elie Michel @eliemichel.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
What happens when voters are exposed to several crises in succession? With @lukaslauener.bsky.social we examine how the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the energy crisis shaped turnout and vote choice in the 2023 Swiss elections. @spsr.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Elections in Times of Multiple Crises: Turnout and Vote Choice in the Swiss Federal Elections of 2023
This article examines how successive crises shaped electoral participation and vote choice in the 2023 Swiss federal elections. We assess the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, a...
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Reto Bürgisser @retobuergisser.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🚨 Job Alert 🚨 We're hiring a six-year Postdoc @stawi-univie.bsky.social, starting in Oct 2026 (or thereafter). Research: political representation, party competition, institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields 📅 Deadline: 20 Aug 2026 Apply here: tinyurl.com/dyf9bt7h
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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Very proud to see such a strong representation from the @unil.bsky.social at the inaugural #EPSS2026 conference, and deeply grateful to have such supportive, warm, and exceptionally productive colleagues @philipptrein.bsky.social @eliemichel.bsky.social! Todsy is day 3 in Belfast, rise and shine!
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Diane Bolet @dianebolet.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A fully funded 2-year postdoc for my ERC project on climate politics, comparative politics and political economy. Deadline: 29 July 2026, 10am CET Starting date: Jan 2027 (flexible) Feel free to reach out next week at EPSS if you’d like to discuss the position www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
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Call for Applications - Postdoctoral Position GREENLOSS Project
2 Years - Postdoctoral Position Starting January 2027
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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
In June, Switzerland will vote on what is so far the most radical far-right popular initiative launched by the Swiss People‘s Party SVP: capping the population at 10M (currently ≈9.1M). In this thread, I’ll break down what it’s about and how it fits into broader findings on Swiss direct democracy
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Elie Michel @eliemichel.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Why do some people who strongly identify with their region hold more negative attitudes toward immigrants? With Mia Gandenberger and Anita Manatschal, we examine how regional intergroup dynamics shape immigration attitudes in Belgium in @actapolitica.bsky.social. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Regional affects and attitudes towards immigrants: the case of Belgium - Acta Politica
Current research on regional identities does not fully account for the role of regional intergroup dynamics in shaping immigration attitudes. Drawing on insights from the party literature on affective...
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David Colon @davidcolon.eurosky.social · 25/04/2026
La version française du "Manuel d'anti-autocratie" est désormais disponible.. Il s'agit d'un appel à l'action, à la résilience et à la défense collective de la démocratie, de la vérité et de la liberté académique face à la montée de l'autoritarisme zenodo.org/records/1960...
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Manuel d'anti-autocratie: Guide à destination des chercheurs et universitaires confrontés au recul de la démocratie
Translated from the English original: the Anti-Autocracy Handbook Ce manuel d’anti-autocratie est un appel à l'action, à la résilience et à la défense collective de la démocratie, de la vérité et de l...
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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
In the wake of HU elections, social media flooded with „Just do x and far-right populism will be defeated“-solutionism. If it were as simple as anti-corruption campaigning, Fidesz would have been defeated by 2018.
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Questions du soir @questionsdusoir.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
📻18h20 Municipales : les résultats du second tour bouleversent-ils vraiment les rapports de force ? Sur @franceculture.fr, @quentinlafay.bsky.social recevra Adélaïde Zulfikarpasic, sondeuse à Ipsos BVA, @auroremalval.bsky.social, grand reporter et @eliemichel.bsky.social, chercheur
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Municipales : les résultats du second tour bouleversent-ils vraiment les rapports de force ?
Une abstention record qui s'élève à 42,62 %, et des chefs, des représentants de partis, de tous les bords, qui tous annoncent avoir remporté la bataille des municipales. Comment analyser ce scrutin ?
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Elie Michel @eliemichel.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
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Penser la recherche autrement : comment l’université de Lausanne se rêve en laboratoire de la transition écologique
L’établissement s’est lancé dans une révolution avec le lancement d’assises pour modifier en profondeur ses pratiques. Un panel de 70 volontaires réfléchit à de nombreux enjeux liés à la transition éc...
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Elie Michel @eliemichel.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
My article “War in the campaign? Issue emphasis and issue salience during the 2022 French presidential campaign” is now published in Party Politics. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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La Vie des idées @laviedesidees.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
L'adoption du mode de scrutin proportionnel apparaît aujourd'hui, selon deux politistes, comme une condition nécessaire pour redonner à la démocratie française la capacité de renouer avec des gouvernements représentatifs, stables et opérationnels.
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La proportionnelle : une urgence démocratique
L'adoption du mode de scrutin proportionnel apparaît aujourd'hui, selon deux politistes, comme une condition nécessaire pour redonner à la démocratie française la capacité de renouer avec des gouvernements représentatifs, stables et opérationnels.
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Sciencepo ULB @sciencepoulb.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
[OUT] 'The impact of party-voter congruence on affective polarization: evidence from Belgium', new paper by @bjarneck.bsky.social & @emilievh.bsky.social, researchers at SciencePo ULB (Cevipol), with @eliemichel.bsky.social, in JEPOP www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The impact of party-voter congruence on affective polarization: evidence from Belgium
Ideology drives affective polarization, yet research often overlooks horizontal polarization – emotions toward other voters – and struggles to disentangle ideology from partisanship. This study shi...
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Elie Michel @eliemichel.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Out in the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties - with @bjarneck.bsky.social and @emilievh.bsky.social. We show that actual differences in policy positions between voters and parties are important predictors of how voters sympathize with other voters (horizontal affective polarization)
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Elie Michel @eliemichel.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
"Political Life" most salient issue among French citizens in 2025. Ahead traditional most important problems like purchasing power, law and order, immigration, or the environment.
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Elie Michel @eliemichel.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Special issue on “Wartime Europe” in the @jeppjournal.bsky.social With @bjarneck.bsky.social, we examine public opinion on the war in Ukraine, and on supporting Ukraine. And we find little evidence of war fatigue…
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Reto Bürgisser @retobuergisser.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Share widely with your students in Switzerland 🇨🇭thinking about a PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗨𝗜 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 🇨🇭 21 Nov 2025 | 2:30pm CET @alissasiara.bsky.social introduces the program & life at EUI, I share my experience, and we answer your questions. 👉 Register: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
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PhD Prep Talk: Switzerland
Meet an EUI Researcher and alumnus from your country​!
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Elie Michel @eliemichel.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Very much looking forward to this workshop organized by @linerenn.bsky.social and Oscar Mazzoleni at @unil.bsky.social !
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Consortium of National Election Studies @handle.invalid · 29/09/2025
#CNES took the floor at the 3rd #MEDemConference at @gesis.org as Olga Gyarfasova presented our activities to the #DemocracyResearch community 💡 #CNES is a proud partner of @medem.bsky.social and we look forward to a continued collaboration with this emerging European #ResearchInfrastructure 🚀
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MEDem @medem.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Next at the #MEDemConference – @LorenzoDeSio presents his vision for the #MEDemServiceGatewayHub 🌐 – featuring #ATLAS, our living encyclopedia designed to make democracy data findable, comparable, reusable, and linkable. Discover more about our #MEDemTools 👉 link in bio!
Lorenzo De Sio presents at the 3rd MEDem Conference 2025, standing beside a projection of the MEDem Service Gateway Hub. The slide shows tools including MEDem ATLAS, METEOR, AmCAT, and HarDIS, which support comparative democracy research.
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MEDem @medem.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
🚀 Kicking off day 1 of the 3rd #MEDemConference at @gesis.org! From @sldelange.bsky.social discussing radical-right normalization 🗳️ to calls to consolidate democracy data by @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social 📊 — keynotes spotlight why #MEDem matters for democracy.
Sarah de Lange presents at the 3rd MEDem Conference 2025. Behind her, a slide shows the book “The Normalization of the Radical Right” and a quote on how radical-right behavior grows when previously hidden views become socially acceptable.Simon Munzert speaks at the 3rd MEDem Conference 2025 on the past, present, and future of democracy research.
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Emilie van Haute @emilievh.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
📊 New Dataset Release: Belgian Electoral Panel Survey 2024 🇧🇪 We’re excited to announce the release of a new dataset from a 4-wave panel survey conducted during the 2024 Belgian elections! 📥 Download the dataset now: www.sodha.be/dataset.xhtm...
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Elie Michel @eliemichel.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Antoher thorough demonstration that geography can mirror politics - but does not produce political preferences in itself!
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Elie Michel @eliemichel.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Important roundtable on academic freedom at #ecprgc25. Insightful (but grim) presentation by @isaliba.bsky.social on attacks on academic freedom globally and also in Europe.
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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
🚨 We're hiring! Join our CSES Team @gesis.org Cologne as a Senior Researcher. If you’re into comparative electoral research and love diving into data, this is your moment. Come shape global democracy with us! 🌍📊 www.gesis.org/en/institute...
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Philip Rathgeb @philiprathgeb.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Glad to share a symposium on my book "How the Radical Right Has Changed Capitalism and Welfare" with SER: academic.oup.com/ser/advance-.... Featuring @alexandreafonso.bsky.social, @vapunkt.bsky.social, @ankehassel.bsky.social, @danielk24.bsky.social, @gscheiring.bsky.social, & rejoinder by myself 👇
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Elie Michel @eliemichel.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
New publication with @bjarneck.bsky.social on public opinion toward supporting Ukraine in Europe out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social @forsresearch.bsky.social @sspunil.bsky.social
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CEVIPOF - Sciences Po @cevipof.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
#VendrediLecture New paper out @eliemichel.bsky.social & Sylvain Brouard @cevipof.bsky.social on the effect of crises on electoral behavior: "Retrospective voting in times of pandemic: comparative evidence from panel data" in Political Science. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... OPEN ACCESS
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Retrospective voting in times of pandemic: comparative evidence from panel data
Existing studies on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on elections provide incongruent results. For governments’ handling of the pandemic to be a competence signal, voters should believe that inc...
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Elie Michel @eliemichel.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
New paper out (with Sylvain Brouard) on the effect of crises on electoral behavior: "Retrospective voting in times of pandemic: comparative evidence from panel data" in Political Science. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @forsresearch.bsky.social @sspunil.bsky.social @cevipof.bsky.social
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Retrospective voting in times of pandemic: comparative evidence from panel data
Existing studies on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on elections provide incongruent results. For governments’ handling of the pandemic to be a competence signal, voters should believe that inc...
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Bjarn Eck @bjarneck.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
New paper out in @bjpols.bsky.social, co-authored with Emilien Paulis. Using survey data from 13 European democracies, we show that electoral winners are less supportive of referendums, especially when they are affectively polarized. 1/6 Paper: doi.org/10.1017/S0007123425000365
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Elie Michel @eliemichel.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Fichier cumulatif de près de 50 ans d'une enquête électorale nationale de grande qualité ! @asso-afsp.bsky.social @spsr.bsky.social
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Elie Michel @eliemichel.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Very useful cumulative file of a benchmark national election study ! @nesconsortium.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social
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Line Rennwald @linerenn.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Great afternoon at the GREC workshop in Lausanne @forsresearch.bsky.social @sspunil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social with @lacic.bsky.social @matthiasenggist.bsky.social @eliemichel.bsky.social @lukaslauener.bsky.social @anketresch.bsky.social and many others
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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Steven Levitsky on why the U.S. is now a competitive authoritarian regime and can't be considered a democracy. www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
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Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science @skytteprize.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Herbert P. Kitschelt is the winner of the 2025 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. 🏆 He is awarded the prize for " having increased knowledge of the functioning of democratic party systems with exquisite theoretical acuity and impressive empirical breadth and depth."
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Elie Michel @eliemichel.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Big news from ‪@medem.bsky.social‬ ! Congratulations !
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Elie Michel @eliemichel.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Congratulations ! MEDem is an exciting project supported by more than 1000 researchers !
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Politics of the Low Countries @plc-journal.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
"Towards a Polarised Electorate?" By @bjarneck.bsky.social @ulbruxelles.bsky.social @eliemichel.bsky.social available in #OpenAccess at plc-journal.eu/article/view...
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Consortium of National Election Studies @handle.invalid · 07/04/2025
We are looking forward to this online seminar on #survey #sampling on May 13! 🤩 Sign up to attend: newsletter.forscenter.ch/newsletter/i... 👇
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CNES Seminar Series: Fourth edition “Sampling in Challenging Circumstances: Strategies and Opportunities”
CNES Seminar Series: Fourth edition “Sampling in Challenging Circumstances: Strategies and Opportunities”
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Elie Michel @eliemichel.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Exciting workshop on the 2023 Swiss Federal Elections - gathering researchers from so many universities. Look forward to our research output @spsr.bsky.social. Thanks to the support of @forsresearch.bsky.social @ipz.bsky.social @sspunil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social
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Laurent Cesari @laurentcesari.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
theconversation.com/la-condamnat... (Luc Rouban, très juste comme souvent.)
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« La condamnation de Marine Le Pen représente un progrès indéniable pour notre démocratie »
Marine Le Pen a été reconnue coupable de détournement de fonds publics et condamnée à quatre ans de prison et cinq ans d’inéligibilité avec application immédiate. Cette décision de justice l’élimine p...
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Line Rennwald @linerenn.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Looking forward to exchanges on #ElectionStudies with German and Austrian colleagues @gles.bsky.social #AUTNES #Selects at @forsresearch.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social @sspunil.bsky.social @anketresch.bsky.social @lukaslauener.bsky.social @eliemichel.bsky.social
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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Coalitions of the willing are back in vogue, with Macron hosting another summit tomorrow in Paris. Here’s a chart I made on forms of differentiated integration and political cooperation in Europe:
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Janine Dahinden @janinedahinden.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Qui aimerait venir travailler et faire une thèse avec/chez nous? Mise au concours: 2 postes d’assistant.e doctorant.e à 80% au sein du LAPS- Uni!Neuchâtel Nous, c‘est une équipe formidable! Nos spécialités: études critiques/réfléxives sur les mobilités et migrations. www.unine.ch/laps/wp-cont...
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Encyclopédie d’histoire numérique EHNE @ehne.fr · 18/03/2025
Le Conseil national de la Résistance a-t-il inventé la Sécurité sociale ? Est-il à l'origine de l’État-providence en France ? ✍️ Découvrez les explications de @guillaumepollack.bsky.social sur ehne.fr/fr/eduscol/t... 🤝 @aphg.bsky.social @lettres-sorbonne.bsky.social
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15 mars 1944 : le Programme du CNR
Le Conseil national de la Résistance (CNR) est une institution politique qui se réunit la première fois le 27 mai 1943 sous la présidence de Jean Moulin. Il résulte du processus d’unification des mouv...
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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
@dacemoglumit.bsky.social is bang on. Same applies in Europe, of course. Plural institutions, including a string HE sector, are critical for successful societies and the economy: on.ft.com/4by1BXg
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The real threat to American prosperity
Nobel-winning economist Daron Acemoglu on trade wars, tech industry hubris — and how loss of faith in US institutions could spiral
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EditionsScpo @editionsscpo.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Décès de Dominique Colas, professeur émérite de science politique à #sciencespo, chercheur au @ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social, auteur de nombreux ouvrages et articles consacrés à Lénine, à l’URSS et à la Russie ainsi qu’au nationalisme www.pressesdesciencespo.fr/fr/book/?gco...
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Poutine, l'Ukraine et les statues de Lénine - Presses de Sciences
Dominique Colas - Détruites en Ukraine, protégées et restaurées en Russie, les statues de Lénine révèlent la coupure radicale entre un pays sur le chemin de la démocratie et la dictature guerrière qui...
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Matthijs Rooduijn @mrooduijn.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Completely missed this! Based on data from The PopuList, ParlGov, and other sources, @economist.com shows that far-right parties are now supported by 24% of European voters. This makes them Europe’s most popular party family. www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
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Lucas Schramm @lucasschramm91.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
3/3 Importantly, this did not happen - in most member states - because French policy ideas were prevailing. Rather, external pressures are pushing the EU towards greater efforts for more sovereignty, independence and (!) protectionism. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Toward a more ‘sovereign’ Europe? Domestic, bilateral, and European factors to explain France’s (growing) influence on EU politics, 2017–2022 - French Politics
In recent years, both inside and outside France, scholars and policymakers have emphasized a small and declining French influence on European politics and the political direction of the European Union...
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Philipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Lots of great positions at @mpifg.bsky.social, pls share! - 2yr postdoc in wealth research - 2yr postdoc in technology & sovereignty - 3+3yr senior researcher in political economy - 3+3yr senior researcher in economic sociology - tenure/director-track group leader digitalization & society
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