Only six days left until the election of the EU-Parliament in Germany! ⏰ Time to take a closer look at the governments in the European Council (EC) using data from the Manifesto Project (manifesto-project.wzb.euppeg.wzb.eu#ManifestoMonday

First, let’s clarify our database: As you can see in the plots below, combining Manifesto- and PPEG-data we’re able to estimate positions for most EU governments (mean position of gov. parties weighted by seat share). However, our analysis has to exclude Malta and ends in 2020.