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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Why aren't the UK and Germany following the USA, China and Russian lead in suspending patent rights for covid-19 at the WTO? [closed]
The WTO intellectual property council is refusing to suspend patent rights in the case of covid-19 vaccine. This refusal has been spearheaded by the Germany and a number of wealthy European nations, ...
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Why does Germany's traffic light coalition seem more likely than ever before?
Even though the parties of the Germany's grand coalition - CDU/CSU and SPD regained majority support in this year's election, according to the commentators, the traffic light coalition has the ...
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Why would the U.S. exclude Europe from the new Indo-Pacific security alliance?
According to the South China Morning Post
The new Aukus security alliance formed by the United States, Britain
and Australia has left France frustrated at being left out, prompting
concerns over the ...
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What are some of the biggest differences between Germany's SPD and The Greens?
At glance, the SPD and green party in Germany seem to pursue agendas too similar for me to see the difference. What are some of the most prominent ones?
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Which countries have the same international importance, influence and power as Sweden? [closed]
Sweden is not a superpower at all and it's not a country with a high level of influence (such as Russia or China). However, it has a relatively large GDP for its population and it's known that Sweden ...
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Did all European countries choose to evacuate their diplomats from Afghanistan?
According to xinhuanet.com:
BRUSSELS, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- More European countries said on Monday
that they were evacuating embassy staff and nationals from Afghanistan
following the latest ...
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If a King in a traditional European-style monarchy resigns in favor of his son (and is thus still part of the ruling family), what is his title?
The only instance I found in an admittedly quick internet search of a such an event was Edward VIII of England, but he was given the Dukedom of Windsor and became a Duke quickly after, and I couldn't ...
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Why do some (North Americans) consider Europe socialist?
Recently I see more and more posts on social media (mainly FB) in which people advocate socialism (and sometimes communism) or are anti capitalist.
When mentioning examples (after being asked or when ...
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Have the salaries or benefits of members of the Constitutional Court ever been decreased in an European country?
Background
I have watched an interview with an economic analyst arguing that Romania is in a strange situation ("conflict of interest") because the Constitutional Court members are able to ...
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Why are the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark among the countries with the largest wealth gaps in the world?
Wealth Inequality By Country 2021
Here are the 10 countries with the highest wealth inequality:
Netherlands (0.902)
Russia (0.879)
Sweden (0.867)
United States(0.852)
Brazil (0.849)
Thailand (0.846)
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Why is the European Peace Facility considered risky?
Recently, I've read a Guardian article, describing the risks of the European Peace Facility:
Despite its name, the European peace facility, worth €5bn over the next seven years, will allow the EU to ...
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Why do most European countries choose to keep their national patent offices when the EPO itself can serve as a patent office?
Patents having effect in most European states may be obtained either
nationally, via national patent offices, or via a centralised patent
prosecution process at the European Patent Office (EPO). The ...
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How do all the different European Union countries maintain their different laws while being a part of the Schengen zone?
How do two countries that share a border in the EU (which are a part of the Schengen area) maintain their different laws regarding customs regulation and price regulation of various commodities (as ...
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Why do white supremacists use the term "Anglo Saxon values"?
I heard on the news about a group called "America First" that supposedly wants to protect "Anglo-Saxon values". Other American and European nativists have also used that phrase.
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How did Croatia join the EU without settling the border dispute with Slovenia?
There is a curious dispute between Croatia and Slovenia in regards to their land and maritime border. It appears to be ongoing since the breakup of Yugoslavia.
Noticeably Slovenia tried blocking ...
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Are police in Western European countries right-wing or left-wing?
In America, the police have a reputation for being politically conservative. One rarely sees clashes between conservative demonstrators and police.
In Europe, though, there seem to be lots of clashes ...
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Has any European country recently scrapped a bank/public holiday?
I have tried to find whether any European country has recently (in the past 30 years or so) scrapped a national free day or similar. The closest I could get is the idea of replacing/moving a bank ...
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To what extent have developed European countries utilized strategies that Australia utilized against Coronavirus?
Compared to Europe, Australia has had a low rate of coronavirus infections and deaths. There are a large number of differences between Australia and Europe, such as population density, the ease of ...
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How did the view of Continental Europe on Brexit change between the 2016 Referendum and today?
There are plenty of polls asking the British population what they think about Brexit, but there are hardly any polls regarding Continental Europe's view on it; especially no recent ones.
Judging from ...
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Has any European far-right party managed to enter the legislative body relying almost exclusively on social media promoting?
Romanian has recently held the general elections and a far-right party managed to enter the Parliament. This is not a surprise in itself since the COVID-19 crisis helps rising the popularity of such ...
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Are all EP plenary vote results publically accessible? Where?
Recently I struggled to find the EP vote results in case of this regulation. Although it's marked as adopted on the EUR-LEX website, none of the related votes I could find on VoteWatch ended up ...
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In general, do European right wing parties oppose abortion?
I was wondering about the abortion issue in the US which is a hot topic. Poland just banned abortion and people are protesting against it in the capital. I was wondering about whether or not this ...
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Which, if any, EU28 countries have expressed opposition to the creation of a European Security Council?
There has been some talk about setting up a European Security Council to make collective foreign policy decision more swiftly. For example, an article on the German Institute for International and ...
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How has the support for integration within the EU changed during the COVID-19 pandemic?
I'm interested in any surveys studying the popular support for EU and EU integration done in the EU memberstates within the period of the coronavirus. How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the EU's ...
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Does Germany's Union have a significant Eurosceptic faction?
Do the CDU and CSU have a significant Eurosceptic faction (either hard or soft) which is represented at either grassroots or parliamentary level? Or is support for the European project so deeply ...
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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 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) ...