Questions tagged [europe]
Questions related to the politics of countries within Europe (i.e. comparing aspects of policy regarding various European countries).
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What are some representative European political news sources? [closed]
In an effort to become more exposed to perspectives from outside the US, I've sometimes looked for European news sites to read from. I read El Mundo for a while but I think it's a little more slanted ...
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Why does there seem to be such a big difference in case mortality between the USA and Europe? [closed]
At the time of writing (11 July 2020) the USA have almost 3.2 million confirmed cases of coronavirus infections, while Europe has slightly over 1.8 million with the USA passing Europe around 10 May ...
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Why has trust in the written press fallen so dramatically in the UK?
According to the new 'Trust in Media' report (requires free registration to view) published at the end of April by the European Broadcasting Union, the UK has the lowest level of net trust in the ...
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Did Poland ever apologize for its alliance with Germany before 1939?
It is not widely known now, but before 1939, Poland and Nazi Germany were neighbours with very good relations:
Czechoslovakia was occupied by both Nazi Germany and Poland.
Poland was the first ...
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Is it customary (or even allowed at all) for farmers' markets to have live animals on premise, in Europe or North America? [closed]
In a comment on an answer on a recent question, this other question was posed:
Is it customary for farmers' markets to have live animals on premise at all, in Europe or North America? not just wild,...
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Are there any EU/NATO/Atlantic help programs for Italy?
Italy now has the most deaths from COVID. It's even above China in that list.
Italian government asked for international help, some countries responded:
At first, China provided huge help
then, ...
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How can European states have a sustainable retirement system since deteriorating health is associated with the increasing retirement age [closed]
As far as I know, especially across Europe, the retirement age is increasing due to low birth rates and population ageing, the current pension system being unsustainable in this situation.
But this ...
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Democracy Index rating of EU?
Would it be difficult to measure the EU by the Democracy Index, seeing as the EU has a parliament, elections, laws, a currency, a supreme court and a central bank?
What challenges are there for the ...
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Does Ireland's Dáil have an unusually high number of independents, compared to other European legislatures?
I noticed that the 4th largest "party" in the current Dáil are independents with 19/160 seats. Is this proportion high (or not) in a broader European perspective in national legislatures?
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Is there a party in Europe whose supporters show a high degree of sympathy towards Israel?
I find this plot over time of US sympathy for Israel rather fascinating, especially when broken down by US party.
One has to wonder how much of that is explained by "conflict extension" in recent ...
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Is there a sustained difference in public views on the Israel-Palestine issue between Europe and the US, and if so why?
I found an interesting YouGov poll from 2014:
Is this a sustained trend over a longer period of time, echoed in other polls? If, so what explains the difference? (I would prefer if the latter issue ...
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Is there any European country that managed to construct a coalition made out of more than five parties?
According to Wikipedia, Finland manages to systematically construct a large coalition government (five parties and even six). I am wondering if this is an isolated case in Europe or not.
Question: Is ...
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Has there been a comparison of party discipline in the UK with other European countries?
On one hand, the fact that MPs are elected in single-member districts would suggest they are more likely to break party discipline if their constituency has different interests. On the other hand, ...
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Has the US fined any European companies for sanctions-busting since Trump took power?
In 2014 the US imposed the largest fine until then for "sanctions busting" on BNP Paribas in the amount of $9 billion for circumventing sanctions on Sudan, Iran and Cuba.
Have other European ...
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How different are JCPOA snapback sanctions from those in effect due to the US “maximum pressure” campaign?
About a week ago, the E3 have triggered the Dispute Resolution Mechanism of JCPOA after Iran has announced yet another escalation of their non-compliance. (Germany in particular has confirmed that ...
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What is the deal with national birds across European countries?
Yesterday congress of Czech second-biggest political party ODS took place.
On one of the vice-chairman positions were elected Alexandr Vondra. In his candidate speech, he mentioned that from all ...
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Is there an European precedent for all coalition in power parties being led by women + female PM?
Not sure if this is more fit on History, but Finland politics offered an interesting situation - all coalition parties are led by women:
Social Democratic Party - Sanna Marin
Centre Party - Katri ...
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Being an EEC member, what will Norway gain and lose if it decides to join the EU? [duplicate]
Specifically, what rights does a non-EU member in the EEC not have? And what restrictions can it avoid being out of the EU but in the EEC?
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Dependencies, autonomous territories and the EU
UK Crown Dependencies (e.g.: Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man), Overseas Territories (e.g.: The Falkland Islands) as well as Danish autonomous territories (Greenland and the Faroe Islands) are not ...
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Why are some microstates not members of the European Union (EU)?
While Luxembourg is a full-fledged member state of the EU, other European microstates (Monaco, Liechtenstein, Andorra, San Marino and the Vatican City) are not. The economies of these microstates are ...
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Do minimum wage laws in Europe prevent or induce immigration?
Do minimum wages (whether through minimum wage laws or because trade unions control access to low paying jobs) prevent or cause immigration in Europe?
On one hand high minimum wages are attractive for ...
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What is a constituency in the Georgian political system?
I want to try alternative voting systems and wanted to take Georgia as my mock example as their political elections data is very granular as one can see here. Georgian has a unicameral parliament, ...
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Why is “Jews are more loyal to Israel than to their own country” antisemitic? [closed]
This news articles states that 25% of Europe is antisemitic. It uses a number of questions to determine this, some of which are seemingly innocuous:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-in-four-europeans-...
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Why do American jurisdictions generally prohibit ex post facto laws as opposed to European countries which apply lex mitior (“the milder law”)?
According to Wikipedia article related to Ex post facto law:
While American jurisdictions generally prohibit ex post facto laws, European countries apply the principle of lex mitior ("the milder law")...
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Seen from Europe, why is there a hard separation between Republicans and Democrats in the US?
I live in Germany, and it seems completely strange to see a stable separation between Republicans and Democrats, and even somewhat near half of the votes for each.
I see that the number of two ...
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Is there any European organization that issue protest / demonstration warnings similar to what US embassies or OSAC are issuing?
I have stumbled across a protest during vacation and I wanted to find out more. My surprise was to find out the some US organizations such as US embassies or Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) ...
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Is there any European politics study related to the effectiveness of pets usage in political campaigning?
Romania is preparing for the Presidential elections and one of members of a party posted a photo with that of the party president holding a cat (original in Romanian, the following quote was written ...
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Have supporters of “right-wing populist” parties in Europe explained why they trust Trump?
According to a Pew survey/study, supporters of "right-wing populist" parties (by which they mean e.g. UKIP, FN of France, Northern League in Italy, or AfD in Germany) have more confidence in Trump to "...
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On what dimensions does the current Republican party differ substantially from the right-wing parties in Europe?
According to a NYT opinion piece
the Republican Party is far to the right of mainstream conservative parties in Britain, Canada and Germany, and to the right even of groups like the National Rally (...
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How many Europeans have died fighting for the YPG & YPJ?
According to a March 2018 UK press report, 8 UK citizens (7 men and one woman) have died fighting as volunteers in/alongside the YPG or YPJ.
Are there any similar broader statistics for Europe?
We ...
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Do European politicians typically put their pronouns on their social media pages?
Probably in an effort to embrace or promote transfeminism, some US politicians now list their pronouns on their twitter pages, e.g. Elizabeth Warren lists "she/her". (It's a big cultural trend to ask ...
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Why is the population of post-Soviet states declining?
After the fall of the Soviet Union, many modern European states gain independence: the Baltic republics, Ukraine, Belarus.
But there is something common among nearly all of them: their populations ...
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Has the solidarity tax been successful in any country? [closed]
I have recently saw an older recording of an economist arguing that he does not know of any "successful implementation" of the solidarity tax. I have searched a little bit about this and found this ...
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How is the bill blocking the no-deal Brexit useful?
The referred bill is the one mentioned in this page.
I ask this question because I don’t understand the following: if Boris Johnson is truly determined to leave the EU without a deal, why can’t he ...
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Poland 80th anniversary of WW2. How many international leaders rejected personal visit?
As known, Poland recently marks 80th anniversary of WW2 start:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ww2-anniversary-poland/poland-marks-80th-anniversary-of-start-of-world-war-two-idUSKCN1VL0TL
Also, I'...
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What can France do to prevent West African countries from ditching the CFA Franc?
What can France do to prevent West African countries from ditching the CFA Franc?
https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/african-currency-eco-replace-cfa-franc-190711162229142.html
Leaders from eight ...
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How is the policy of the European Central Bank determined if every country has a different economic situation?
How is the policy of the European Central Bank determined if every country has a different economic situation? Is there a sort of weighing system that makes the economic situation of certain European ...
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Could Europeans in Europe demand protection under UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?
Link to declaration:
https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_en.pdf
Especially some points concerning protection of traditional indigenous culture, including its proper access to media ...
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Book recommendation for connection between immigration and crime [closed]
I'd like to know a little bit more about the reasons behind the migration flows to Europe, especially in recent years, and the (eventual) connections with (organized) crime, especially in Southern ...
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What would the EU do if an EU member declared war on another EU member?
What would the EU do if an EU member declared war on another EU member? I am wondering what would happen if a country like France attacked a country like Cyprus, what would the EU do in that situation?...
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What has caused the decline of parties in the center?
I've heard a lot about how centrist parties are losing ground in countries all across Europe. It also seems that in the United States, the two parties are becoming more and more polarized.
I am ...
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What European countries have secret voting within the Legislature?
Most, if not all, democratic countries in Europe elect representatives to the national legislature by some form of secret ballot. For example the UK uses secret election on the first-past-the-post ...
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Is there any governmental organization/party in europe that has a main goal to untangle eu from US?
Well ever since the US decided to step out of the climate accord, I've been wondering whether some consider the US the biggest enemy of Europe. Considering climate change will hit Europe hard and ...
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Think tanks and newspapers that are associated with Macron's En Marche and pan-European Renaissance?
What think tanks are associated with Macron's En Marche and pan-European Renaissance? What newspapers (possibly French) are read by the voters/supporters of En Marche and Renaissance?
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What are the disadvantages for federalizing the European Union? [closed]
The European Union is already integrated in many ways. There is a democratic chosen parliament. There is free traffic of people and goods. But there's no central army; there's no EU embassies around ...
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Why did most European countries adopt the proportional voting system?
Is it because they are "young democracies/countries" (compared to the US and the UK) and at the time of their establishment there were more people with different political views and therefore the ...
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How nobility status affect modern Britain's social and power structures?
Unlike most other European countries, Britain had no noble-destroying revolutions in history, so its noble class appears to be present. But Is there some limits based on noble/not noble in modern ...
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Why was Switzerland one of the last countries to give women the vote?
Women in Switzerland were only given the right to vote on a federal level in 1971, a time when every single European country had given women the franchise decades prior, and a time when pretty much ...
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What is Pro-Europeanism?
I was reading a list of some political parties and one of them supports the idea of "Pro-Europeanism". What is that and is it supported by a lot of people?
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Why do European cities have so many homeless and beggars despite its high-tax welfare system?
Any European cities I have ever visited had homeless or beggars on the street. Or these people may not necessarily be homeless but it is clear enough that they are extremely poor and need help from ...
