{"id":5457,"date":"2026-02-25T14:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/repdem.org\/?p=5457"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:18:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:18:47","slug":"new-data-release-february-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/repdem.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/new-data-release-february-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"New data release (February 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5457\" class=\"elementor elementor-5457\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bbf5f1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bbf5f1d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68930156\" data-id=\"68930156\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c7a3f9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c7a3f9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This release updates the dataset to 31 December 2025, incorporating terminations, new cabinets, the addition of a new variable, and corrections to previously identified coding errors. 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Below is a short summary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><!--[endif]--><span lang=\"EN-GB\">New governments formed between mid-September and December have been coded.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Government terminations occurring from mid-September through\u00a0February 2026 have been coded.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can find the datasets <a href=\"https:\/\/repdem.org\/index.php\/current-dataset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fbbe516 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fbbe516\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97d0c87\" data-id=\"97d0c87\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b02a2b9 elementor-shape-circle e-grid-align-right elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"b02a2b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-facebook elementor-repeater-item-48a7682\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/2334537560011362\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Facebook<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-facebook\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-linkedin elementor-repeater-item-84ef83f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/repdem\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Linkedin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce a major data release that provides detailed information on important aspects of government formation, coalition governance, and government termination in 28 European countries until 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The dataset combines and expands data that was collected for Coalition Politics in Central Eastern Europe (2024),  Coalition Governance in Western Europe\u00a0(2021),\u00a0and Coalition Governance in Central Eastern Europe\u00a0(2019).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"post_formats":[],"class_list":["post-5457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-data-release"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We are happy to announce a major data release that provides detailed information on important aspects of government formation, coalition governance, and government termination in 28 European countries until 2022. 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