EA on The Tonight Show: Can France’s Far Right Be Contained?
Analyzing first-round outcome of France’s elections for the National Assembly, and whether far-right Rassemblement National can be contained in the second.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jul 2, 2024 | EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Europe, Media, Populism in Action, Populism in the World, Video, World | 0
Analyzing first-round outcome of France’s elections for the National Assembly, and whether far-right Rassemblement National can be contained in the second.
Read Moreby Paul Mazet | Jun 30, 2024 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in the World, What's New, World | 5
After 20 years of governance from “traditional” parties to Macron, is it still possible in France to stem a dynamic in which far right is the “new normal”?
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jun 14, 2024 | EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Europe, Media, Populism in Action, Populism in the World, UK, Video, World | 0
Elections in UK and France: Governments in trouble, but big differences in challengers – far right in France, center in UK – and in Britain’s Brexit burden.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jun 10, 2024 | Audio, EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Europe, Media, Populism in Action, World | 0
Knocking back headlines of “far right surge” to explain “patchwork” outcome in elections, varying from country to country across Europe’s 27-nation bloc.
Read Moreby Blaire Brandt | Jun 7, 2024 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in the World, What's New, World | 0
“If Mi Hazánk is successful in this week’s elections, its conclusion for Hungary: the far-right has never been more wrong in thinking that they are right.”
Read Moreby Paul Mazet | Mar 1, 2024 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in the World, What's New, World | 4
Germans rally v. threat of far right AfD: “Healthy society does not need politicians singling out and threatening ‘others’. The call should be for humanity”
Read Moreby Daniele Albertazzi | Oct 27, 2023 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in Italy, What's New, World | 0
Giorgia Meloni’s populist radical-right party is in power in Italy — but she finds it is subject to same external constraints as any other administration.
Read Moreby Paul Mazet | Sep 18, 2023 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in the World, What's New, World | 1
Why is the emblematic supporter of France’s left-wing organizations travelling towards the far right party of Marine Le Pen, especially in the northeast?
Read Moreby Frane Kulaš | Sep 12, 2023 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in the World, What's New, World | 1
Will the liberal confines and “stability” of The Netherlands be broken in November’s elections? A look at the issues and parties — including the far right
Read Moreby Frane Kulaš | Jul 25, 2023 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in the World, What's New, World | 5
“4 years ago, Austria’s far-right Freedom Party appeared to consign itself to scandalous past. But now, there is a belief that tomorrow belongs to them.”
Read Moreby Shane Caldwell | May 18, 2023 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in the World, World | 2
“No longer are Irish Republicans just positioned v. Northern Ireland’s union with Britain. They also want to be frontline opponents of far right in Ireland.”
Read Moreby David O'Mahoney | Nov 3, 2022 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in the World, What's New | 0
“For now the far right’s message is failing to resonate in an Ireland which can legitimately claim to be a country standing against political extremism.”
Read Moreby Daniele Albertazzi | Sep 30, 2022 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in Italy, World | 0
I answered the questions of Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Isabell Hoffmann about Sunday’s...
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Sep 24, 2022 | Audio, EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Europe, Media, Populism in Action, Populism in Italy, What's New, World | 0
Rula Jebreal on Italy’s slide into autocracy & wider context of far right — politics, disinformation, and threats — from Europe to the Middle East to US
Read Moreby Mariana S. Mendes | Mar 21, 2022 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in the World, World | 0
Beyond the success of ruling center-left Socialist Party is a question for Portugal’s politics: how do you deal with the rise of radical right-wing populism?
Read Moreby Daniele Albertazzi | Mar 18, 2022 | Comparative Populism, Europe, Populism in Action, World | 0
“Ukraine Invasion shows adaptability and flexibility are strengths for populist parties on European radical right. Opponents should not underestimate that.”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Feb 9, 2022 | Comparative Populism, Europe, Populism in Action, World | 0
Is radical right-wing populism on the rise across Europe? How should we begin to assess parties through organization, tactics, and popularity with voters?
Read Moreby Stijn van Kessel | Jan 28, 2022 | Comparative Populism, Europe, Populism in Action, World | 0
Why Europe’s right-wing populists prefer to focus on more tangible issues like immigration rather taking risk of calling for departure from European Union.
Read Moreby Daniele Albertazzi | Jan 15, 2022 | Comparative Populism, Europe, Populism in Action, World | 1
A discussion of radical-right populism in Italy and Switzerland, Silvio Berlusconi, effect of Coronavirus on populist politics, & meaning of “illiberalism”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Nov 21, 2021 | Audio, Comparative Populism, EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Europe, Media, Populism in Action, World | 0
“I am not saying that right-wing populists are new normal everywhere. But this is the direction of travel, and it is important to analyse what is happening.”
Read Moreby Niko Hatakka | Nov 13, 2021 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in Finland, World | 2
Caught between Government measures and anti-vaccination movement, the Finns Party’s wait-and-see approach risks controversy of becoming “a corona party”.
Read Moreby Judith Sijstermans | Nov 4, 2021 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in Belgium, World | 0
Belgium’s populists Vlaams Belang “bucks Coronavirus expectations by neither amplifying the sense of alarm or encouraging scepticism about experts”.
Read Moreby Adrian Favero | Oct 31, 2021 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in Switzerland, World | 0
In the Coronavirus pandemic, the Swiss People’s Party is still walking a very fine line between being in government and performing the role of an opposition.
Read Moreby Donatella Bonansinga | Oct 21, 2021 | Comparative Populism, Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in the World, World | 0
How does populism exploit insecurity for hostility towards “elites” and the “enemy”? An answer through Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon in France
Read Moreby Niko Hatakka | Jun 24, 2021 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in Finland, World | 0
Finns Party successful leader Halla-aho steps down, but “if new leader follows his investment in connection with party on ground, it continues to thrive”.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jun 23, 2021 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in the World, World | 0
What are the lessons from “twilight of Spanish left populism” after resignation of Pablo Iglesias as Podemos leader and party turns into “normal” movement?
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jun 14, 2021 | EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Media, Populism in Action, Video, What's New, World | 0
Amid the rise of far right movements — some of them calling themselves “populist” — what hope is there for liberal democracy? Cas Mudde offers insight.
Read Moreby Donatella Bonansinga | May 14, 2021 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in Italy, World | 0
“Despite reshuffling and division brought by pandemic, Italy’s populism coalition is in good electoral health with winning formula for foreseeable future.”
Read Moreby Niko Hatakka | May 10, 2021 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in Finland, World | 0
Why did the populist radical right Finns Party expel its youth organization? Because the overt ethnic nativism of young activists threatened its legitimacy.
Read Moreby Mattia Zulianello | Apr 27, 2021 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in Italy, World | 0
Italy’s League is the world’s modern mass party — but can it export its model to Italian regions that in past were hostile and which the party derided?
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