New Blog Post: Brussels Is Keeping Women in Politics - Because National Systems Still Aren’t?
The blog post in the Belgian ABSPs' BEPolitix blog was published on January 23rd, 2026 in french under the title: Bruxelles garde les femmes en politique – parce que les systèmes nationaux n’y parviennent toujours pas ?
Based on recent research also tied to the Evolv'EP project, I explain why women in the European Parliament have equal or better chances of political survival than men. Read the full article here: https://absp.be/article/bruxelles-femmes-en-politique-systemes-nationaux-parviennent-pas/
Blog Posts & Policy Briefs
Fortin-Rittberger, Jessica and Frech, Elena. 2025. "The complex struggle for gender equality in EU politics, Blog Post on LSEs European Politics, published on May 25th, 2025.
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Elena Frech, Niels D. Goet and Simon Hug. 2021. "Passiver und weniger parteitreu: Wie sich die Amtszeitbeschr"ankung auf Parlamentsmitglieder auswirkt", Article on the academic platform DeFacto, published on February 1st, 2021.
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Elena Frech, Niels D. Goet and Simon Hug. 2021. "Wenn das Ende des Mandats naht: Wie sich die Amtszeitbeschr"ankung auf Parlamentsmitglieder auswirkt", Article on Higgs.ch, published on February 16th, 2021.
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Euchner, Eva-Maria and Frech, Elena. 2020. “Speaking or drafting? How parties’ candidate selection procedures shape the prioritization of parliamentary activities in the European Parliament”, Blog Post on the Academic Blog Counting Counts, published on June 9th, 2020.
Elena Frech. 2019. Scientific supervision of the party ranking within the Swiss campaign and social movement `Helvetia ruft!', ranking published on October 18th, 2019.
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Frech, Elena. 2016. “Jostling for position: What determines where candidates are placed on electoral lists during European elections?”, Blog Post on LSEs European Politics and Policy Blog, published on May 23rd, 2016.