Even though people are free to choose in a new democracy, it takes many rounds of tit-for-tat between the electorate and the new parties to have reliable and respectable politicians.
Posted by Dániel Antal
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, Bulgaria, commission, confidence, democracy, EU, public |
February 6, 2009
Greece has seen similar protests during December 2008 that we had seen in Budapest during 2006. The growing resentment with a corrupt government has caused such a tension that could spark violence. In contrast with Hungary, Greece has an established far-left minority that tried to surf on the waves of discontent. Rioters and demonstrators The… » read more
Posted by Dániel Antal
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, athens, budapest, democracy, development, discontent, riots, transition |
May 18, 2008
The Serbian elections have provided a somewhat surprising result: despite the outgoing (and probably would be) prime minister’s argument that Serbian people have to choose between the EU and Kosovo the pro-European coalition was a relative winner of the early election. It was also somewhat surprising and also reassuring that Mr Kostunica did not win… » read more
Posted by Dániel Antal
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, 2008, democracy, Elections, Serbia, transition |
