The 2014 “mother of all elections” in Belgium offers a unique opportunity to test whether
candidate selection for regional and federal elections work alike or differently. The fact that …

Belgium, a small country in the centre of Europe, is a country with many historical divisions:
linguistic, religious and political. Sport has historically been organized along these dividing …

An important issue is whether respondents understood the electoral rules under which they
were asked to cast a vote. If respondents did not understand that they had different options …

The year 2019 was particularly hectic, with simultaneous federal, regional and European
Parliament elections on 26 May. Anti-system parties were the main winners, especially the …

The year 2014 was particularly dense, with simultaneous regional, parliamentary and
European Parliament elections on 25 May. This was followed by a relatively short …

The non-typical Michel I federal coalition formed in 2014 (Rihoux et al. 2015) went through a
tumultuous year and eventually fell in December. After an unsuccessful attempt to continue …

The year 2015 was much less atypical than the previous year, which had witnessed
simultaneous regional, parliamentary and European Parliament elections and the formation …

This contribution applies the theoretical framework developed by Schoeller and Falkner (this
issue) to the case of Belgium. First, it examines Belgium's preferences and the status quo …

The year 2016 was expected to be a relatively quiet one, as a mid-term year in between the
2014 general elections and the next electoral cycle in 2018 and 2019. Some tensions …

The year 2020 started off with the continued impossibility of forming a new Cabinet after the
May 2019 elections, hence still with a caretaker government (Wilmès I). From March …