Populism

Populism

Populism

Populism

17 December 2018

Passion, coolness and credibility: containing populism

By Astrid Séville

Recent electoral successes of populists in Europe have created a nervous atmosphere in the political arena. Politicians (and their staff) must talk to voters and confront their position with opposing ones to make political competition visible. Debates need to represent pluralism – and politicians need to endorse it.

29 November 2018

When Le Pen meets Salvini – A Twitter analysis

By Martina Zaghi

Speaking at a joint press conference in Rome, on October 8, the French National Rally leader Marine Le Pen and Italian deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini unveiled their common plans for the European Union in the run-up to the European Parliament elections of May 2019

4 October 2018

Macron Vs Orbán and Salvini: the debate on Twitter between openness and closure

By Martina Zaghi

On August 28 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán flew to Milan to meet Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. We followed the public discussion on Twitter related to the meeting, collecting and analyzing messages, retweets and comments.

5 March 2018

Snubbed and impoverished by the élites? Why voters back populists in France and Italy

By Maurizio Ferrera

EuVisions’ Director, Maurizio Ferrera, and Marc Lazar, professor at Sciences Po and LUISS University in Rome, met in Milan on the occasion of a meeting organised by the Foundation Corriere della Sera Milano, to discuss populism in Europe.

10 July 2017

Is Podemos a Eurosceptic party?

By Leandro Gago

The case of Podemos should push us to make clearer distinctions between hard Euroscepticism and softer Eurocritical positions.

26 June 2017

Why is there no right-wing populism in Spain?

By Leandro Gago

Several historical, cultural and institutional factors can help explain the virtual lack of right-wing populism in Spain.

27 March 2017

Anti-Capitalist, Illiberal, Eurosceptic: The Puzzles of Post-Socialist Europe – Part III

By Igor Guardiancich

Post-socialist Europe has witnessed the rise of an Eastern brand of Euroscepticism, more concerned with power-grabbing at home than with bringing down the EU.

6 March 2017

Will Martin Schulz revive European social democracy?

By Bjorn Bremer

Martin Schulz might be a breath of fresh air for social democracy in Germany and Europe. His road to the chancellery, however, is uphill.

4 January 2017

The crisis of democracy and the European Union

By Michele Salvati

Unlike what many think, Europe’s democratic problem has to do less with its representation mechanisms than with the output of its political processes.

15 December 2016

Left populism, Laclau and the case of Podemos

By Giulio Ferraresi

While Podemos is the movement most clearly influenced by Ernesto Laclau, the philosopher’s views may apply to left-wing populism well beyond Spain.

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