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.”
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Comparative Populism
Italy’s Radical Right Meloni Moment
I answered the questions of Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Isabell Hoffmann about Sunday’s...
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EA/EuroFile VideoCast: Italy’s Slide Into Far-Right Autocracy
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
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Facing The Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Portugal
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?
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Europe’s Right-Wing Populist Parties Adjust to a Ukraine Challenge
“Ukraine Invasion shows adaptability and flexibility are strengths for populist parties on European radical right. Opponents should not underestimate that.”
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VideoCast: PiAP’s Report Card on Right-Wing Populism, 2 1/2 Years Later
Is radical right-wing populism on the rise across Europe? How should we begin to assess parties through organization, tactics, and popularity with voters?
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Why Europe’s Right-Wing Populists Aren’t Ready to Leave the EU
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.
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Italy’s Radical-Right Populism is Not “Fascism”
A discussion of radical-right populism in Italy and Switzerland, Silvio Berlusconi, effect of Coronavirus on populist politics, & meaning of “illiberalism”
Read More Right-Wing Populism in Europe Is A “New Normal”: An Interview with Daniele Albertazzi
“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.”
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The Finns Party Risks Becoming a “Corona Party”
Caught between Government measures and anti-vaccination movement, the Finns Party’s wait-and-see approach risks controversy of becoming “a corona party”.
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Belgium’s Right-Wing Populists Defy Expectations Over Coronavirus
Belgium’s populists Vlaams Belang “bucks Coronavirus expectations by neither amplifying the sense of alarm or encouraging scepticism about experts”.
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Swiss People’s Party Walks a Fine Coronavirus Line Between Government and Opposition
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.
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Populism’s Exploitation of Insecurity: A Look at France
How does populism exploit insecurity for hostility towards “elites” and the “enemy”? An answer through Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon in France
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The Finns Party Is Changing Its Leader
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”.
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Spain, Podemos, and the Paradox of Left-Wing Populism
What are the lessons from “twilight of Spanish left populism” after resignation of Pablo Iglesias as Podemos leader and party turns into “normal” movement?
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World Unfiltered: In Defense of Democracy with Cas Mudde
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 More Has the Pandemic Changed Populism in Italy?
“Despite reshuffling and division brought by pandemic, Italy’s populism coalition is in good electoral health with winning formula for foreseeable future.”
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The Finns Party: Free Rein or Reining In?
Why did the populist radical right Finns Party expel its youth organization? Because the overt ethnic nativism of young activists threatened its legitimacy.
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Why Italy’s League is The World’s Modern Mass Party
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 More EA on Radio Adelaide: The Populist Radical Right in Europe Amid Coronavirus
Discussing the rise of the populist radical right in Europe, and its status amid the crisis of the Coronavirus pandemic from Italy to Belgium
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How Switzerland’s Far Right Fell Victim to Coronavirus
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?
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How Belgium’s Vlaams Belang Leads the Way in Digital Politics
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.
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Leaders vs. Members: Can the Swiss People’s Party Deal with the Tension?
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 More World Unfiltered: Italy and Populism in Europe
The leaders of Italy’s two largest right-wing populist parties, Matteo Salvini (L) and...
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What Happens When Right-Wing Populism Meets Gender Politics?
Women are underrepresented in right-wing populist parties but “gendered activism, policies, and images require more nuanced view & more considered response”
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Le Pen at 10: Has France’s Far Right Gone as Far as It Can Go?
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.”
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Why Italy’s New Government Will Be A Bumpy Ride
“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 More Portugal’s Right-Wing Populism is A One-Man Show
Europe’s growing family of radical right parties has a new member in Portugal. But is Chega just the one-man André Ventura Show?
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Coffee Talk Politics Podcast: Is Right-Wing Populism Here to Stay?
A 55-minute discussion about the development of right-wing populism and parties, and the situation of “mainstream” parties in response to the challenge
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Profiteers of Fear? Finland’s Right-Wing Populists and the Coronavirus Crisis
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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