This article explores diverse views on both the current challenges and limits as well as the reforms and innovations of existing democracies at the beginning of the twenty-first century. First, it argues that socioeconomic inequality, new populism, new forms of communication, and globalization...

On 8-9 March 2018, the European Governance and Politics Programme (EGPP) at the European University Institute's Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies hosted its inaugural conference "2017: Europe's Bumper Year of Elections". The year 2017 saw a wave of key elections all across Europe,...

On 8-9 March 2018, the European Governance and Politics Programme (EGPP) at the European University Institute's Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies hosted its inaugural conference "2017: Europe's Bumper Year of Elections". The year 2017 saw a wave of key elections all across Europe,...

The decline in confidence in the traditional parties in Western Europe has manifested itself through the emergence of the Green parties on the Left and populist parties on the Right. Despite successes in some countries, these parties have remained small, although they have been able,...