Young people in Europe and, by extension, the West, are increasingly disengaging from electoral politics. Academic studies are still trying to understand the phenomenon. But Kevin Meyvaert argues that...

Une étude de l’IBSA et de Vivalis met en lumière de fortes inégalités d’espérance de vie selon les quartiers bruxellois. ... %

Voters in the predominantly Dutch-speaking Belgian region of Flanders are often assumed to be more conservative than those in predominantly French-speaking Wallonia. Yet as Daan Delespaul shows, there is reason to question whether the two regions constitute distinct political worlds. The structure of western European party systems has long been shaped by sticky political divides – termed cleavages – that originate in longstanding group conflict. Historically, these cleavages were based on a small number of social divisions (mainly on class and religion) that caused stable and durable alignments between parties and voters. Belgium has always been characterised as an archetypal

A fresh US assault is aimed at Europe’s right to regulate tech. It’s an outrage – and we must resist it, says former European commissioner Thierry Breton

Genderongelijkheid bij migranten: ‘Als migrantenvrouw groei je op met het idee: je moet de eer van je familie beschermen’ (Knack)

Macron’s 2025 speech exposes the EU’s growing credibility gap as its normative identity clashes with geopolitical realities. Europe now faces a strategic crossroads: reconcile ideals with actions, or ...

The revolt of the lower middle class is reshaping politics across the US and Europe. As traditional parties lose ground, right-wing populists gain traction among economically strained voters. This tec...

Le chiffre de mortalité est deux fois plus élevé entre la population qui vit dans les quartiers les plus pauvres et celle...

Voters around the world are losing faith in democracy’s ability to deliver and increasingly turning toward more authoritarian alternatives. To restore citizens’ confidence, democracies must show they…

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">François Bayrou a réuni ce mardi matin plusieurs membres de son gouvernement ainsi que des parlementaires et des partenair...

Kira Renée Kurz, L. Constantin Wurthmann, Martin Gross

In a between-subjects experiment (n = 3270) conducted in Flanders (the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium), we examine the electoral ramifications of claims by a ri...

De nouvelles données permettent de mieux cartographier les inégalités. On découvre notamment que les ménages bruxellois les plus aisés déclarent des revenus bien supérieurs à leurs pairs de la très prospère Flandre, explique l’économiste Philippe Defeyt.

Op donderdag 23 januari organiseert BRIO de studienamiddag ‘De Rand als regio? Gelijkenissen en verschillen in de Rand’. Vertrekkende van de BRIO-Randcomponent worden de Randgemeenten in zeven gemeen...