Elections in Macedonia: Intensification of Nationalist and Authoritarian Tendencies

After several failures to schedule early elections in Macedonia, the parties of government and the opposition finally set a date for December 2016. All political actors, in their own way, perceived the elections as an opportunity to overcome the severe political crisis that had begun at the beginning of 2015, when the government was accused of wiretapping over 20,000 citizens, among them journalists, opposition politicians, and state and government officials. Moreover, the government led by national-conservatives VMRO-DPMNE is accused of dismantling democratic institutions throughout the last decade. Leading international institutions, scholars and think-thanks have classified Macedonia within category of “partly-free” regimes, thus indicating a reversal in post-socialist democratisation process

Branimir Staletović

Branimir Staletović


Branimir Staletovic (PhD) is a researcher with an interest in studying Southeastern Europe. His research primarily revolves around authoritarian regimes, the interplay between authoritarianism and capital cities, urban megaprojects, and the ideological legitimization of authoritarian regimes. Additionally, he serves as the editor of the journal "Contemporary Southeastern Europe," hosted by the Centre of Southeast European Studies in Graz. 


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