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Tag Archives: populism
Feb 6 2015
Varoufakis on the international media catwalk: on the politics of style
3 CommentsBy Maria Kyriakidou About ten days have passed since the new Greek government came into power and also the spotlight of the international media over its negotiations with European partners concerning the country’s debt. Negotiations aside, however, there is a … Continue reading
Posted by: February 6, 2015
Tagged with: Greek economy, populism, SYRIZA
Feb 5 2015
Greek elections 2015: the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?
4 CommentsBy Sotirios Zartaloudis SYRIZA’s recent electoral victory attracted global attention. This commentary will try to explain SYRIZA’s surprise move to form a coalition government with the far-right party ANEL arguing that both parties share a worldview that explains their co-operation. … Continue reading
Posted by: February 5, 2015
Tagged with: ANEL, austerity, elections, Germany, Greece, Nationalism, populism, SYRIZA
Jan 9 2015
The challenge of responding to extreme political views: Germany struggles to address Pegida’s anti-Islam protests
1 CommentBy Stefan Bauchowitz Unlike European countries in times of the financial crisis, Germany’s economic success meant that it largely avoided debates on closing off countries against a “tide of immigrants”, and populism was largely confined to opposition to bailouts in … Continue reading
Posted by: January 9, 2015
Tagged with: immigration, Nationalism, Pegida, populism
Nov 20 2014
Crisis Discourses in Europe: Media EU-phemisms and Alternative Narratives
3 CommentsBy Tamsin Murray-Leach It would be catastrophising to claim that euroscepticism won the European elections earlier this year – but it certainly staked a claim. Two years ago, we predicted the capturing of Europe by populist parties in our study of … Continue reading
Posted by: November 20, 2014
Tagged with: austerity, Election, EU, Euro, Euro crisis, European Elections 2014, European Public Sphere, European Union, Euroscepticism, media, populism, Public Sphere
Nov 11 2014
Time for the 89ers to Defend Europe
6 CommentsBy Henry Radice On the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the familiar rituals of remembrance feel particularly poignant in a year marking the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, yet itself scarred by a grim … Continue reading
Posted by: November 11, 2014
Tagged with: Berlin Wall, David Cameron, Euro crisis, European identity, European integration, European Union, Euroscepticism, frames, framing, Nigel Farage, populism, Remembrance Day
Aug 28 2014
The End of Tolerance and the New Populism
4 CommentsBy Marina Prentoulis and Lasse Thomassen Reflections on the 2014 local and European election results have heavily stressed the rise of the populist far right. Clearly they have emerged as a leading political force at home and abroad, but this … Continue reading
Posted by: August 28, 2014
Tagged with: alterity, far-right, immigration, left wing politics, Marxism, othering, populism, tolerance, UKIP
Jun 24 2014
The Lost Art of Diplomacy: David Cameron to Europe’s Rescue?
4 CommentsBy Max Hänska The British leadership has engaged in much posturing over Jean-Claude Juncker, the Spitzenkandidat of the EPP, and favoured candidate for European Commission President, ostensibly out of concern for Europe’s future, which, it claims, would be better served by a fresh face. … Continue reading
Posted by: June 24, 2014
Tagged with: David Cameron, European Commission, European Elections 2014, Euroscepticism, Jean-Claude Juncker, populism, President of the European Commission
Jun 20 2014
EU: Reframing Can Go Hand in Hand with Reform
4 CommentsBy Marley Morris Last year my colleague Giulio Carini and I wrote an article about ‘reframing’ the EU. We thought that the current frames supporters of the EU were using in the debate were obstructive and we wanted to suggest … Continue reading
Posted by: June 20, 2014
Tagged with: anti-populism, David Cameron, frames, framing, Jean-Claude Juncker, populism
Jun 6 2014
European Union in Need of a “Relaunch”
4 CommentsBy Dimitris Mathioudakis In its simplest sense, the winner is the one to come first. In the same sense, for the front-runner of last European elections, Jean Claude Juncker, the votes of the EPP signalled a win. However, a win in … Continue reading
Posted by: June 6, 2014
Tagged with: EU, European Elections 2014, European identity, European Union, Euroscepticism, Nationalism, populism
May 29 2014
A Legitimization of the Italian Government More Than a Vote for Europe
4 CommentsBy Monica Poletti The overwhelming victory of the Democratic Party Elections in Italy rarely fail to surprise. The victory at the 2014 EP elections of the Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his centre-left, pro-European Democratic Party (PD) came as a … Continue reading
Posted by: May 29, 2014
Tagged with: Democratic Party, Election, EU, Euro, Euro crisis, European Elections 2014, European Union, Euroscepticism, Eurozone, Eurozone crisis, Five star movement, Grillo, Italy, Nationalism, populism, Renzi