Matt Rubenstein / 08 Jul 2019

The Post-Ideological Party

The Greens and German Politics, Part II

Blame it on the climate crisis. That’s what the German press has done. Winning 20.5% of the national vote in this year’s EU elections, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (the Greens) nearly doubled their 2014 showing.(...)

Matt Rubenstein / 01 Jul 2019

Hard to Pin Down

The Greens and German Politics, Part I

At least German pollsters had gotten it right. There was no populist sweep of the country’s parliamentary seats in the 2019 EU elections.(...)

John Foster / 03 Jun 2019

The New Irish Politics

After the EU Elections

Those that don’t follow rugby, or don’t live in Australia may perhaps have missed the affair surround comments posted by Waratahs and Australia star player Israel Folau on social media.(...)