AUTHOR=Gasparyan Arman , Rijavec Danila TITLE=Editorial: Local government in central and eastern Europe: current trends and challenges JOURNAL=Frontiers in Political Science VOLUME=7 YEAR=2025 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/political-science/articles/10.3389/fpos.2025.1586747 DOI=10.3389/fpos.2025.1586747 ISSN=2673-3145