Prague, Czech Republic. Source: Flickr. The political situation before the elections On October 8 and October 9, 2021, the Czech people went to the polls to decide the future composition of the 200-member Chamber of Deputies. After the 2017 elections and the two Babiš cabinets, the Country looked like it was in for quite the change, which the elections did not fail to deliver. Czechia headed to the polls with a minority coalition government made of two parties (the pro-busine

Source: Flickr Recent elections, including the Brexit vote, have uncovered marked political divergences across European urban and rural areas. However, geographic polarisation of political attitudes is by no means a new phenomenon. Indeed, Europe had already experienced a stark divergence in voting behaviours between agriculture-oriented rural areas and manufacturing-based cities during the peak of the industrial revolution. Today's re-emergence of this old tendency requires

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at the Opening Ceremony for Cop26 at the SEC, Glasgow. Source: Flickr Brief introduction to the COP26 The COP26 is the 26th edition of the United Nations annual climate change conference. This year’s Conference Of Parties (COP) is hosted by the UK, more specifically in Glasgow, with Italy as main partner and is taking place from the 31s of October to the 12th of November. At the COP delegates from different countries meet for formal negot