Outreach
Interviews, podcasts, commentary and public writing on French, European and post-communist politics
I regularly comment on European democracy for international media, and write for policy blogs and the press. Pieces are listed below by year, with the outlet, country and language of each.
podcast · interview · quoted or cited · blog post or op-ed · public talk
2026
Respekt · Czechia · 26 October 2026
The children of the homeland have risen. In Czech. Read →Václav Moravec (webcast) · Czechia · 25 October 2026
In Czech. Watch →The Economic Times · India · 22 October 2026
France’s protests increased polarisation and helped the far right. In English. Read →Hankyoreh · South Korea · 22 October 2026
In Korean. Read →iDNES.cz · Czechia · 21 October 2026
In Czech. Read →Deník N · Slovakia · 7 October 2026
Behind the school protests in France lies a deeper crisis, not fringe groups. In Slovak. Read →Seznam Zprávy, 5:59 podcast · Czechia · 7 October 2026
Solidarity, violence and professional troublemakers: young France rises up. In Czech. Listen →El País · Spain · 26 October 2026
All against immigration, but divided over Putin: what unites and what divides the European far right. In Spanish. Read → In Spanish. Read →International Bar Association · International · May 2026
Hungary’s second return to Europe is a boost for the EU project and Ukraine, by Polly Botsford. In English. Read →LSE EUROPP Blog · United Kingdom · 16 April 2026
How Péter Magyar and Tisza remade the Hungarian party system. With Zsófia Barta. In English. Read →LSE EUROPP Blog · United Kingdom · 14 April 2026
What should we expect from the next Hungarian government? With Zsófia Barta. In English. Read →Sciences Po public conference · France · 14 April 2026
Hungary: the end of the Orbán era? With Zsófia Barta. In French. More →
2025
Gulan Media · Kurdistan Region of Iraq · 7 December 2025
Ethnic minority representatives can be skilful politicians who strengthen democracy. In English. Read →Seznam Zprávy, 5:59 podcast · Czechia · 15 October 2025
Macron hollowed out the mainstream and opened the extremes’ path to power. In Czech. Listen →LSE EUROPP Blog · United Kingdom · 6 October 2025
The 2025 Czech election: Andrej Babiš’s Pyrrhic victory. In English. Read →The Conversation · France · 2025
The 2025 Czech legislative elections: Andrej Babiš’s Pyrrhic victory. In French. Read →Respekt · Czechia · 8 September 2025
The government fell over budget cuts, but the chaos in a divided country goes on: the French don’t know how to do coalitions. In Czech. Read →Seznam Zprávy, 5:59 podcast · Czechia · 2 April 2025
A defeat for Le Pen may be a victory for the far right. In Czech. Listen → · Spotify →Respekt · Czechia · 2 April 2025
The far right will use the verdict against Marine Le Pen to mobilise voters and further divide society. In Czech. Read →Český rozhlas (iROZHLAS) · Czechia · 8 March 2025
Macron as Europe’s leader in the face of Trump and the war in Ukraine. In Czech. Read →
2024
Vozpópuli · Spain · 26 December 2024
Pessimism for European social democracy over the coming decade. In Spanish. Read →Suomen Kuvalehti · Finland · 12 December 2024
French politics is in exceptional chaos, and the lack of trust leaves it open to manipulation. In Finnish. Read →L’Avenir · Belgium · 22 July 2024
An electric atmosphere in Paris on the eve of high-tension Olympic Games. In French. Read →Centre France (La Montagne and seven other regional dailies) · France · 10 July 2024
“We must learn, and fast”: facing ungovernability, can France switch to coalition mode? In French. Read →Forbes Česko · Czechia · 9 July 2024
The promises that won the French left the election, and whether it can deliver them. In Czech. Read →Respekt · Czechia · 9 July 2024
Obyvatelé průmyslového severu Francie věří, že jim lepší život přinese Marine Le Pen. Dunkerk se snaží z krize dostat sám In Czech. Read →Who Governs Europe · International · 2024
Long live the Republic, and long live parliamentarism: the 2024 French legislative elections. In English. Read →Semafor · United States · 16 June 2024
Germany’s elections: the far left and far right could give Russia a win. In English. Read →Respekt · Czechia · 30 May 2024
Residents of France’s industrial north believe Marine Le Pen will bring them a better life. In Czech. Read →LSE EUROPP Blog · United Kingdom · 21 March 2024
How populism and EU-scepticism shape party support for Ukraine. With Ryan Bakker, Liesbet Hooghe, Seth Jolly, Gary Marks, Jonathan Polk, Marco Steenbergen and Milada Vachudova. In English. Read →
2022
LSE EUROPP Blog · United Kingdom · 28 June 2022
Paris sur Danube: why French politics now looks distinctly Eastern European. In English. Read →The Conversation · France · 2022
Do the 2022 elections make France an Eastern European country? In French. Read →Respekt · Czechia · 2022
Paris sur Danube: why the elections made France an Eastern European country. In Czech. Read →
2021
- Die Zeit · Germany · May 2021
The German Greens are a model for Europe. In German. Read →
2020
Respekt · Czechia · 2020
ANO is a historical mistake. In Czech. Read →LSE EUROPP Blog · United Kingdom · 1 June 2020
Who opposes the EU? Continuity and change in party Euroscepticism between 2014 and 2019. With Ryan Bakker, Liesbet Hooghe, Jonathan Polk, Marco Steenbergen and Milada Vachudova. In English. Read →
2019
- The Washington Post, Monkey Cage · United States · 25 June 2019
In Prague, protesters demand the resignation of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. With Milada Anna Vachudova. In English. Read →
2018
2017
LSE EUROPP Blog · United Kingdom · 23 October 2017
Election reaction: the Czech Republic shifts toward the Polish and Hungarian model. In English. Read →Chinese Political Science Review · International · 2017
Anti-elite/establishment rhetoric and party positioning on European integration. With Jonathan Polk. In English. Read →
2016
- LSE EUROPP Blog · United Kingdom · 2 March 2016
Hungary and Poland’s anti-democratic turn: a new era or more of the same? In English. Read →
2015
The Washington Post, Monkey Cage · United States · 23 September 2015
Some in Eastern Europe are welcoming refugees. Some aren’t. Here’s why. In English. Read →Revue européenne des sciences sociales 53(1) · International · 2015
Outsiderness, social class, and votes in the 2014 European elections. With Nonna Mayer, Allison Rovny and Nicolas Sauger. In English.UCL SSEES Research Blog · United Kingdom · 19 January 2015
All tomorrow’s parties? The future (and past) of politics in Eastern Europe. In English. Read →