Europe Elects Podcast

In our first headlines episode of 2023, our hosts go over their favourite elections of 2022 and what to look forward in 2023. Then they also discuss our polling highlights from all around Europe! Produced by Europe Elects. You can support this podcast and Europe Elects on our Patreon or via PayPal. All proceeds go to the betterment of our services. https://www.patreon.com/EuropeElects https://www....

In our fifth episode of The Breakdown, our host Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by freelance journalist James Jackson (@derJamesJackson). The episode explores what is going on in Germany a year after Olaf Scholz became Prime Minister and what is the status of the traffic light coalition and the rest of the political parties. Produced by Europe Elects.  You can support this podcast and Eu...

In our first headlines episode with our new squad, we go over the news of the last month and discuss our favorite polling highlights from all around Europe! Check our electoral news from Italy, the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland, Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia and the European Parliament. And stick around for polling highlights from Italy, the Netherlands, and the UK! ...

For this instalment of the History Corner, our patrons have chosen for our host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), to take us back to 1932 in the then Irish Free State and the first election to result in a change of government in modern Irish history. Produced by Europe Elects. You can support this podcast and Europe Elects on our Patreon or via PayPal. All proceeds go to the betterment of our servi...

After a longer than expected summer break (sorry for that!) the Europe Elects Podcast is back with an announcement! We bid adieu to our beloved host Euan Healey (@euanspeaks), without whom this podcast would not have existed, and we welcome Javid Ibad (@javidibad) and Alastair Warner (@WarnerAlastair), our two new hosts that will be keeping Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) company. Thank you for no...

In this headlines episode, our hosts bring us, as always, the news and polling highlights from all around Europe! Check our electoral news from Iceland, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark and Albania and some fascinating news from France, Estonia, the UK and the European Parliament. And stick around for polling highlights from Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Turkey, Greece and Sloven...

In our fourth episode of The Breakdown, our new in-depth interview series, our host Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by CEO of Novus, Torbjörn Sjöström (@t_sjostrom). The episode explores what drives the change in attitudes towards NATO in Sweden, what impact it might have in the upcoming elections and what is the role of opinion polls in influencing significant policies. Produced by Euro...

In this headlines episode, our hosts bring us, as always, the news and polling highlights from all around Europe! Check our electoral news from the UK and Germany and some fascinating news from the European Parliament. And stick around for polling highlights from Norway, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Finland and France!  Produced by Europe Elects. You can support this podcast and Europe Elects on our...

Our host, Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren), is flying solo this time around and brings us the news and polling highlights from all around Europe! Check out for electoral results from France, Slovenia, Hungary and Serbia and news from Ukraine. And stick around for polling highlights from Finland, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Italy and Portugal! Produced by Europe Elects. You can support this pod...

Ahead of the second round of the french presidential elections, our host Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by Ipsos France Research Director Mathieu Gallard (@mathieugallard) in our third episode of The Breakdown, our new interview series. The episode explores what we saw in the first round of the presidential elections, what's different since the last time the two candidates faced each other in...

In our long-awaited second episode of The Breakdown, our new in-depth interview series, our host Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) is joined by journalist Flora Garamvolgyi (@floragaramvolgy) in a discussion about the election in Hungary and how Viktor Orbán’s fourth consecutive term will impact the east-central european country. The episode explores the state of democracy and rule of law in Hungary...

Coming back after a brief unintentional hiatus, our hosts bring us the news and polling highlights from all around Europe! Check our electoral news about Hungary, Serbia, Malta, Germany and the Netherlands and political news from Spain, Denmark and the European Parliament. And stick around for polling highlights from Denmark, Norway, Greece, Belgium and France!  For more info on the French preside...

In this headlines episode, our hosts as always bring us the news and polling highlights from all around Europe! Check our electoral news about Belarus, the UK, Hungary and Armenia and political news from France, Ukraine and the European Parliament. And stick around for polling highlights from Italy, Spain, Greece, Norway, Lithuania, Latvia and Hungary!  For more info on the French presidential ele...

In our first episode of The Breakdown, our new in-depth interview series, our host Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by political scientist Andrés Santana (@SantanaAndres3) from the Autonomous University of Madrid. The episode explores the rise of VOX, the crisis of Partido Popular and the general developments and state of affairs of the right in Spain. Produced by Europe Elects. Contains additi...

In our first episode of our revamped podcast, our hosts bring us the headlines and polling highlights from all around Europe! Check our headlines for elections and referenda results from Germany, Spain and Switzerland and news from Portugal, Belarus, Montenegro, Ukraine and the European Parliament. And stick around for polling highlights from Estonia, Slovakia, Norway, Italy, Moldova, Slovenia and...

In this episode, our hosts bring us the news and polling highlights from all around Europe and a bit of a preview of our new European Parliament projection! Later in the episode political scientist Raquel Vaz-Pinto (@RaquelVazPinto1) joins Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) in a discussion about the results of the first national parliamentary election in Europe for 2022—the snap elections in Portugal...

For this instalment of the History Corner, our patrons have chosen for our host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), to once again take us back to 1971—this time in India and a legislative election amid the ruling party Indian National Congress’s split. Produced by Europe Elects. You can support this podcast and Europe Elects on our Patreon or via PayPal. All proceeds go to the betterment of our servi...

In this episode, our hosts bring us the first news of the year from all around Europe and of course a quick roundup of our latest polling highlights! Later in the episode political scientist Marina Costa Lobo (@MarinaCostaLobo) joins Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) in a discussion about the first national parliamentary election in Europe for 2022—the upcoming snap elections in Portugal! Produced b...

In this episode, our History Corner host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), fills in for Gabriel Hedengren and together with Euan Healey (@euanspeaks), they bring us news from all around Europe and our polling highlights of the last month of the year! Later in the episode, they discuss the two years of the Europe Elects Podcast and what 2022 might possibly bring us. Produced by Europe Elects. You ca...

For this instalment of the History Corner, our patrons have chosen for our host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), to take us back to the 1971 belgian national parliament election—the first election after the 1970 State Reform, that established the three cultural communities in Belgium. Produced by Europe Elects. You can support this podcast and Europe Elects on our Patreon or via PayPal. All procee...

In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe, a quick roundup of our latest polling trends and they briefly discuss EE’s latest monthly European Parliament projection! Later in the episode, Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) is joined by our Bulgaria correspondent, Teodora Yovcheva, in a discussion all about the latest Bulgarian parliamentary election and what the results mean for the Ba...

In this episode, our hosts bring us news from all around Europe and of course a quick roundup of our latest polling trends! Later in the episode award-winning journalist Harald Schumann (@hsc55), joins Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) in a discussion, not about elections, but about the wonderful world of the Council of the European Union and Investigate Europe’s work to report on what is taking pla...

For this instalment of the History Corner, our patrons have chosen for our host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), to take us back to just 20 years ago, to the 2001 national parliament election held in Poland. Produced by Europe Elects. You can support this podcast and Europe Elects on our Patreon or via PayPal. All proceeds go to the betterment of our services. https://www.patreon.com/EuropeElects...

In this episode, our History Corner host, Mathew Nicolson (@EyjarSkeggi), fills in for Gabriel Hedengren and together with Euan Healey (@euanspeaks), they bring us news from all around Europe, our polling highlights and our new European Parliament projection! Later in the episode, Deník N journalist and editor, Jan Moláček, (@janmolacek), joins Euan Healey (@euanspeaks) for an in-depth discussion...

In this episode, our hosts go around Europe and bring you all the electoral and political news from last week’s electoral mayhem and later in the episode Europe Elects’ founder and leader, Tobias Gerhard Schminke (@TobiasSchminke), once again joins Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren), this time for a nice download of what happened in the German elections and what to expect going forward. Produced by E...