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Sweden's super election year

Sweden will hold crucial national elections in September. Does that leave any political space for the European elections in May? Euro elections landscape, 2014.

By Maja Troedsson

/ 5 Feb 2014

Sweden's super election year

Sweden will hold crucial national elections in September. Does that leave any political space for the European elections in May? Euro elections landscape, 2014.

By Maja Troedsson

/ 5 Feb 2014

Fraternité 2020: a European Citizens' Initiative

Since April of this year, European citizens can launch a pan-European civic initiative (ECI) to bring a matter to the Commission and the Parliament. How does it work in practice? Fraternité 2020, the first ECI ever registered, is a telling example.

By Maja Troedsson

/ 18 Dec 2012