The 2014 Belgian elections will test whether the country has learned the lessons from the political deadlock of 2010

Alongside the European Parliament elections in May, Belgium will also hold simultaneous federal and regional elections. Régis Dandoy assesses the role of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) in the elections. The N-VA, which advocates the independence of Flanders from Belgium, emerged as the largest Belgian party in the 2010 federal elections, but the country endured 20 months of negotiations before a government was finally formed. He notes that with the N-VA likely to receive similar levels of support in 2014, lessons from the 2010 crisis will need to be taken on board if the same impasse between Flemish and Francophone parties is to be avoided

The demise of symmetry between ‘sister parties’ has opened up a new chapter in Belgian politics

Belgium’s language divide between predominantly French-speaking Wallonia, and predominantly Dutch-speaking Flanders, is one of the key features underpinning the country’s party system. Régis Dandoy notes that while the language issue continues to be a major part of Belgian politics, the country’s political landscape has nevertheless undergone a significant change over the last decade, underlined by the outcome of the 2014 Belgian federal elections. He writes that the tendency to ensure symmetry in Belgian governments between ‘sister parties’ from the same party family has gradually become displaced by a new framework which has the potential to substantially alter the dynamics of Belgian politics

Despite on-going coalition negotiations, regionalist parties remain the clear winners of the 2014 Belgian elections

Belgium held federal, regional and European elections in May, with parties currently involved in negotiations over the formation of a new government. Régis Dandoy writes on the electoral results of the country’s regionalist parties. He notes that while much of the attention has tended to focus on the success of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) in Flanders, every region in Belgium witnessed the presence of at least one regionalist party. He argues that when these parties’ results are taken together, it is clear that regionalist parties were the clear winners of the elections overall

From a green high tide to government participation:the successes of ECOLO and GROEN in the 2019 Belgian elections

On 26 May 2019, over 7 million voters went to the booths to elect 21 Members of the European Parliament, 150 Members of the Belgian (federal) Chamber of Representatives, 124 Members of the Flemish Parliament, 75 Members of the Walloon Parliament, 89Members of the Parliament of the Region of Brussels-Capital and 25 Members of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community. Of the total 484 MPs directly elected, 72 were from a green party, compared with 41 greens elected in 2014

HUBUNGAN KEBIASAAN BELAJAR DAN MINAT MEMBACA DENGAN PRESTASI BELAJAR IPS PADA SISWA KELAS X DI SMKN I LEMAHABANG KABUPATEN CIREBON

AGUSTINA NINGSIH : Dalam Hal kebiasaan belajar, siswa di SMKN I Lemahabang masih kurang memperhatikan kebiasaan belajarnya hal ini dapat dilihat dari segi keteraturan dalam belajar, kebiasaan mempersiapkan keperluan studi, kebiasaan hadir di kelas sebelum pelajaran, serta kebiasaan belajar sampai paham dan tuntas. Dalam minat membaca pun masih kurang, hal ini dapat dilihat dari segi kebiasaan dalam mengunjungi perpustakaan, kesenangan dalam membaca, kesadaran akan manfaat membaca, kurangnya menyempatkan waktu untuk membaca, serta dari jumlah buku yang dia baca. Tujuan penelitian dalam skripsi ini adalah untuk memperoleh data tentang kebiasaan belajar siswa pada mata pelajaran IPS, Minat membaca siswa pada mata pelajaran IPS, Prestasi belajar siswa pada mata pelajaran IPS, Seberapa besar hubungan antara kebiasaan belajar dan minat membaca terhadap prestasi belajar siswa pada mata pelajaran IPS. Selain mempunyai kebiasaan belajar yang baik, membaca juga merupakan tuntutan penting bagi para siswa. Karena pada dasarnya belajar memang tidak dapat lepas dari aktivitas membaca. Kegiatan membaca yang dilakukan di sekolah biasanya merupakan suatu alat untuk dapat menguasai semua bahan pelajaran. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas X di SMKN I Lemahabang yang berjumlah 300 siswa, sedangkan pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan menggunakan purposive, yakni 45 siswa kelas X PM2. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan metode empirik kuantitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data melalui observasi, wawancara, angket, dan dokumentasi. Sedangkan untuk analisis data menggunakan analisis regresi ganda, uji t dan uji F. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa terdapat hubungan yang positif dan signifikan antara kebiasaan belajar terhadap prestasi belajar siswa pada mata pelajaran IPS ditunjukan oleh nilai thitung 2,146 > ttabel 2,021 dengan nilai signifikansi 0,035 , terdapat hubungan yang positif dan signifikan antara minat membaca terhadap prestasi belajar siswa pada mata pelajaran IPS ditunjukan oleh nilai thitung 23,388 > ttabel 2,052 dengan nilai signifikansi 0,000 , terdapat hubungan yang positif dan signifikan secara simultan antara kebiasaan belajar dan minat membaca terhadap prestasi belajar siswa pada mata pelajaran IPS hal tersebut terbukti dari hasil uji F yaitu diperoleh nilai Fhitung 297,056 > Ftabel 3,11 dengan signifikansi 0,000 koefisien determinasi (R Square) sebesar 0,871 hal tersebut menunjukan bahwa prestasi belajar siswa pada mata pelajaran IPS berhubungan dengan kebiasaan belajar dan minat membaca sebesar 87,1% sisanya 12,9% berhubungan dengan faktor lain diluar penelitian seperti motivasi dalam belajar, inteligensi, bakat, konsentrasi serta dari faktor keluarga, masyarakat maupun sekolah, dll

Between the rock and a hard place : Ecuador during the covid-19 pandemic

In 2020, Ecuadorian politics was not only constrained by the COVID-19 pandemic, but also stirred by political instability and an intense online electoral campaign. In this article, we outline the Ecuadorian economic, social, and political context from February 2020 to February 2021. Then, we explore the core measures and overall impacts of the COVID-19 on Ecuadorian politics. We also present the main institutional and policy changes, bearing in mind that 2020 was the last year of Lenín Moreno’s presidential term. In addition, this article examines the latest electoral reform and the main issues of the electoral campaign, as well as the key results of the national and Andean elections of February 2021

Provincial dynamics in the 2017 national elections in Ecuador

This article focuses on the provincial dimension of national politics in Ecuador. Based on an empirical analysis of the party vote shares for the different elections of February 2017, it aimed at understanding why parties dominate the elections in some provinces while remaining peripheral actors in others. This territorial heterogeneity of the vote in national elections was measured using a set of three quantitative indicators: the electoral success of provincial parties, the provincial-national incongruence of the vote and the provincialization of party systems. This article concludes that the provincial distribution of the votes remains one of the key elements in order to understand national elections in Ecuador and that it relies on a subtle combination of province-specific factors, party characteristics and party strategies.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Provincial dynamics in the 2017 national elections in Ecuador

This article focuses on the provincial dimension of national politics in Ecuador. Based on an empirical analysis of the party vote shares for the different elections of February 2017, it aimed at understanding why parties dominate the elections in some provinces while remaining peripheral actors in others. This territorial heterogeneity of the vote in national elections was measured using a set of three quantitative indicators: the electoral success of provincial parties, the provincial-national incongruence of the vote and the provincialization of party systems. This article concludes that the provincial distribution of the votes remains one of the key elements in order to understand national elections in Ecuador and that it relies on a subtle combination of province-specific factors, party characteristics and party strategies