Is Ireland A Firewall Against Far-Right Politics?
“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 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?
Read Moreby Daniele Albertazzi | Apr 10, 2021 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in Action Media, Populism in the World, World | 0
Discussing the rise of the populist radical right in Europe, and its status amid the crisis of the Coronavirus pandemic from Italy to Belgium
Read Moreby Adrian Favero | Apr 3, 2021 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in Switzerland, World | 0
Coronavirus’s challenge for Swiss People’s Party: “Once you’ve found success as an outside agitator, what do you do when you are part of the establishment?
Read Moreby Judith Sijstermans | Mar 30, 2021 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in Belgium, World | 0
Way forward for Belgium’s right-wing populist Vlaams Belang: continue pairing local and personal with virtual in its development of 21st-century mass party.
Read Moreby Adrian Favero | Mar 23, 2021 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in Switzerland, World | 0
Swiss People’s Party is one of the most successful radical right populist parties in Western Europe since 1990s. But will internal issues limit its rise?
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Mar 21, 2021 | Comparative Populism, EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Europe, Media, Populism in Action, Populism in Italy, Video, What's New, World, World Unfiltered | 0
The leaders of Italy’s two largest right-wing populist parties, Matteo Salvini (L) and...
Read Moreby Judith Sijstermans | Mar 9, 2021 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in Belgium, World | 0
Women are underrepresented in right-wing populist parties but “gendered activism, policies, and images require more nuanced view & more considered response”
Read Moreby Marta Lorimer | Mar 2, 2021 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in the World, World | 1
The end of the National Rally? “Ten years on, Marine Le Pen has achieved much. But her best may not be enough for a far right ascendancy in France.”
Read Moreby Daniele Albertazzi | Feb 25, 2021 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in Italy, World | 0
“Italy’s crisis has given way to political continuity — but in-fighting between ruling parties looks likely to be permanent feature of Draghi Government.”
Read Moreby Mariana S. Mendes | Feb 14, 2021 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in the World, World | 0
Europe’s growing family of radical right parties has a new member in Portugal. But is Chega just the one-man André Ventura Show?
Read Moreby Daniele Albertazzi | Jan 24, 2021 | Podcast, Populism in Action, Populism in the World, World | 0
A 55-minute discussion about the development of right-wing populism and parties, and the situation of “mainstream” parties in response to the challenge
Read Moreby Niko Hatakka | Jan 19, 2021 | Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in Finland, World | 0
How has Finland’s only right-wing populist parliamentary party reacted to the government’s actions during the first wave of the Coronavirus outbreak?
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