Social media 20 January 2020 Europe and the welfare state in the debate about Italian budgetary law By Francesco Castelli No more than one year ago, the Italian government – at the time supported by a Yellow Green majority, with the Five Star Movement and the League as main shareholders – and the EU Commission were fighting a long battle over the Italian national budget. With the EU denouncing the substantial imbalances in the Italian budget draft and the Conte cabinet defending its budget ‘for the people’, social policies and welfare were de facto bones of contention between Rome and Brussels. We use Twitter communication data to try to shed light on how the political debate on this topic unfolded.
Social media 9 December 2019 EU-related discussions in 2019 Spanish general elections: a Twitter study By Francesco Castelli On April 28 Spanish citizens went to the polls to renew the Cortes Generales, the Spanish bicameral parliament. The 2019 ballot has been a peculiar one for at least two reasons: on the one hand, it has been a snap election, held after the resigning of the Sanchez government and the consequent dissolution of the Parliament. The election campaign was expected to run along two lines: one focused on the urgent internal crisis – tied to the events in Catalonia – and one hinging on the upcoming European elections. Did the Twitter public debate about the Spanish general elections follow these two lines?
Social media 11 June 2019 European Elections 2019: the Spitzenkandidaten debates as seen from Twitter By Francesco Castelli We followed the three main Spitzenkandidaten debates and collected tweets containing the ‘official’ hashtag of each debate or the hashtag #Spitzenkandidaten. The Greens and the ALDE have managed to somehow dominate the Twitter debate during the three debates.
Social media 24 May 2019 The EU Parliament elections 2019 on Twitter – Spain By Francesco Castelli and Carol Carcangiu The data hereby presented refers to the Twitter activity of the candidates to the European Parliament and of the most influential party figures/accounts from the main coalitions of France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Social media 24 May 2019 The EU Parliament elections 2019 on Twitter – Ireland By Francesco Castelli and Carol Carcangiu The data hereby presented refers to the Twitter activity of the candidates to the European Parliament and of the most influential party figures/accounts from the main coalitions of France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Social media 24 May 2019 The EU Parliament elections 2019 on Twitter – UK By Francesco Castelli and Carol Carcangiu The data hereby presented refers to the Twitter activity of the candidates to the European Parliament and of the most influential party figures/accounts from the main coalitions of France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Social media 24 May 2019 The EU Parliament elections 2019 on Twitter – Germany By Francesco Castelli and Carol Carcangiu The data hereby presented refers to the Twitter activity of the candidates to the European Parliament and of the most influential party figures/accounts from the main coalitions of France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Social media 24 May 2019 The EU Parliament elections 2019 on Twitter – France By Francesco Castelli and Carol Carcangiu The data hereby presented refers to the Twitter activity of the candidates to the European Parliament and of the most influential party figures/accounts from the main coalitions of France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Social media 23 May 2019 The EU Parliament elections 2019 on Twitter – Italy By Francesco Castelli and Carol Carcangiu The data hereby presented refers to the Twitter activity of the candidates to the European Parliament and of the most influential party figures/accounts from the main coalitions of France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.