Tag Archives: populism

Europe as antipolitics machine

Posted on 24 October 2012 by

The customers in this Westminster café seem a strange mix of  suited civil servants and builders in boots and hi-vis. But it’s worth the early start and the cup of industrial strength tea to beat a path back to the … Continue reading →

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A spectre of … something is haunting Europe

Posted on 18 October 2012 by

Photo: Tom Morris, via Wikicommons  At 8.30am I am sitting in a thinktank seminar on ‘subterranean politics’ in Europe.  At 8pm I am sitting in launch event for a book about populism in Europe and the America. It is a … Continue reading →

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Is there a Czech Berlusconi in the wings?

Posted on 21 January 2012 by

A recent report I read suggested that the travails of Public Affairs (VV) party had put voters in the Czech Republic off new political parties: VV, which burst from nowhere onto the political scene in the 2010 elections as an … Continue reading →

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Poland’s elections: Eyes down

Posted on 22 September 2011 by

As in 2007 Poland’s parliamentary elections in two weeks are being followed mainly as a battle between the (now incumbent) liberal Civic Platform (PO) and the conservative-national Law and Justice (PiS), which despite modest electoral revival has been on the … Continue reading →

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Populism in Central and Eastern Europe Spectres of moderation?

Posted on 22 September 2011 by

Radicalism and extremism, especially of the far-right variety, hold an enduring hypnotic fascination for political scientists and journalists. Extremist populism and illiberal movements more generally, we are told, relentlessly on the rise in both Western and Eastern Europe. In countries … Continue reading →

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