The deployment of EU Election Observation Missions (EOMs) has become a standard intervention of EU foreign policy over the last eight years. Since 2000, more than 50 EU EOMs have been deployed to Africa, the Middle East, Latin-America and Asia. The methodology of EU EOMs is being consolidated in...

Following each election in the European Parliament, the European Commission issues a report examining how EU citizens' rights were enforced and how the relevant EU rules were implemented by the Member States and assessing EU citizens' participation and the overall conduct of the elections. The...

This Flash Eurobarometer survey on electoral rights (No 431) builds on the work of previous Electoral Rights Flash Eurobarometer surveys conducted in 2012, 2010, 2007 and 2002. It investigates Europeans’ views on a range of questions associated with electoral issues and electoral rights within...

Support to elections includes electoral assistance programmes and European Union (EU) election observation missions. Although interrelated through their complementary activities, they are each independent. Electoral assistance is funded regionally while observation missions are implemented...

Within a two-step GARCH framework we explore the linkages between equity returns of ten sectors in the euro area, the United States and Japan, respectively. Our estimation framework allows a distinction to be made between spillover effects originating from one of the three currency areas and...