Last week, German populist radical right AfD was excluded from the ID party group in the EUParl. French RN, Italian Lega and Belgian VB, among others, supported the move, whereas e.g. FPÖ voted against. This shake-up uncovers ideological splits within the ID – but how generalizable are these? 1/9
Fascinating analysis by @fabianhabersack.bsky.social , who uses our language model "manifestoberta" to classify the Austrian and European parties' manifestos as we approach European Elections 2024 🗳️ next month! 👇
On today’s ManifestoMonday, we will turn to insights into a new political force in Germany, which could enter the European parliament. The BSW, a splinter from the German Left party, is currently polling at 5%. A thread on their national and European positions 🧵 :
Manifesto Monday 📊: Following last week's intro to the salience and position of the EU in national manifestos across the EU, we now turn our attention to Germany. Today we compare parties and their voters. 1/10
It's again time for my favorite alliteration. Watch this space if you are interested in analyses by members of the @manifestoproj.bsky.social#polisky#superwahljahr
Really proud of my friend @tevoelker.bsky.social who wrote a fantastic dissertation and delivered a terrific defense today! Congratulations, Dr. Völker! 🥳🎓
Yes, exactly! The "große Binnen-I" was something the Greens used a lot in their 1998 manifesto. It was overtaken by Kombinationsformen in the early 2000s and then from 2013 on "Gendern mit Sonderzeichen" has been the way to go.
Thanks a lot! These are very good points. Ad a) point taken Ad b) and connected to c) let's diplomatically say that our influence on/observation of the "Druckfahnen" was very limited.
The new @wzb.bsky.socialwww.wzb.eu/de/publikati...@tiondelisa.bsky.social and I contributed some reflections and data on gender appeals in German party manifestos:
