Adrian Eppel

Adrian Eppel is a PhD candidate at the Freie Universität Berlin. In his research he focuses on elections, electoral campaigns and the emergence of new political parties across Europe. Before working as a media analyst in London, he engaged in the promotion of regional democracy in Mozambique as well as at the Assembly of European Regions in Strasbourg.

Germany’s orderly campaign and a wider political spectrum

On September 24th, German voters will elect a new parliament. This year, the circumstances of the electoral campaign are very different since the campaign is partly shaped by two parties that are currently not in the German Bundestag: the…

New prospects for Europe with a renewed Franco-German relationship?

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right CDU has won the last three regional elections in Germany. This show of political strength included beating the centre-left SPD in its heartland, North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German…

Merkel’s powerful image: a long chancellorship and today’s Germany

Looking back at 2005, the year Angela Merkel entered into office, it seems like a different world – especially when remembering her counterparts: George W. Bush, Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac. They all belong to a distant past. Twelve years…

A tale of two dynamic cities – London and Berlin

Both London and Berlin have undergone major transformations in the past 10 to 15 years, having developed into the two most important cities in Europe. Although Brussels hosts the majority of European institutions, Berlin could indeed be…

Why this Spanish electoral campaign is different

The ongoing electoral campaign in Spain is different in many ways from the previous ones in almost forty years of Spanish democracy. It is the first time in over thirty years that the two-party-system is seriously challenged by contenders…

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