Europe

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The Center Right Goes Hardline On Immigration In Europe

The Importance Of The Immigration Issue The European Refugee crisis, which began in 2015, has provided significant challenges for mainstream political parties in Europe, both on the center left, the…

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4 min

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Portfolio Distributions of Radical-Right Cabinet Ministers

Over the past few decades, radical-right parties have found themselves serving more and more often in government coalition. While moderate parties may have a variety of reasons for seeking out…

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5 min

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Star Trek vs. the Radical Right: Visions of a Better World

Science fiction has a long history of progressive politics. Probably the best-known example is the Star Trek franchise that started in the 1960s with an Asian helmsman, a navigator from…

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6 min

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Europe’s Far Right Fails to Capitalize on COVID-19

The European radical right seems to have failed to develop coherent responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Europe’s radical-right parties have quickly understood the benefit they can derive from criticizing their…

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7 min

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Disunity within the Ranks? Party Expulsions in the European Radical Right: 2000–2020

Drawing on an original database of party expulsions of radical right parties in Europe across twenty countries from 2000-2020, Felix Wiebrecht, James F. Downes, Edward Chan and Anna Kam devise…

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12 min

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Will be the world more tolerant after the Covid-19 Pandemic?

Introduction In April 2020, the German radical right party ‘Alternative for Germany’ (AfD) lost more than 4% in the opinion polls compared to January. Its popularity this month was at…

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3 min

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The ‘other’ in a time of a crisis: Europe’s Populist Radical Right Response to Covid-19

Almost four months after the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in China, we can state with confidence that coronavirus pandemic has the potential to radically change the world and society…

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6 min

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Will France’s Marine Le Pen be a profiteer or victim of the pandemic?

Is it reasonable to expect that the radical populist right is going to make somewhat of a comeback after the CoVid-19 crisis has passed? For those of us who have…

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4 min

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It’s Time for a New European Approach to Social Policy

The EU needs to regain control of the political debate around social welfare, which has been masterfully monopolized by European populist parties in the last decade. The European economy is expanding for…

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5 min

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The Role of Sovereignism for European Radical/Extreme Right Parties

In the last month, European countries witnessed a series of events that reinforce the surge of radical and extreme right movements, such as the rise of Vox as the third…

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The Center Right Goes Hardline On Immigration In Europe

Portfolio Distributions of Radical-Right Cabinet Ministers

Star Trek vs. the Radical Right: Visions of a Better World

Europe’s Far Right Fails to Capitalize on COVID-19

Disunity within the Ranks? Party Expulsions in the European Radical Right: 2000–2020

Will be the world more tolerant after the Covid-19 Pandemic?

The ‘other’ in a time of a crisis: Europe’s Populist Radical Right Response to Covid-19

Will France’s Marine Le Pen be a profiteer or victim of the pandemic?

The Role of Sovereignism for European Radical/Extreme Right Parties

Populism Research Unit-Ideology Research Unit- Mini Conference

Has COVID brought about a far-Right dystopia?

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Pandemic Poses Radicalization Risks For Children