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The project of Marine Le Pen will lead to benefits for the better off

18 March, 2018 / 4 minutes of reading

Although stigmatisation of foreigners has been the mainspring of the National Front since its foundation, the far-right party is now trying to present itself as “the voice of the people” and defender of the weak by investing in economic and social issues. The inability of successive governments to provide convincing answers to rising inequalities, lack …

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The German Extreme Right and the French Interpretation

13 March, 2018 / 11 minutes of reading

In recent days, the German Constitutional Court refused to ban the NDP and the AfD from gathering at Koblenz as part of the European National Populist Convention. The historian Nicolas Lebourg, a member of the Foundation’s Research Centre on political radicalism has conducted an analysis of these two events in light of the varied development …

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FEPS Post-Summit Briefing: European Council, 15 December 2016

13 March, 2018 / 8 minutes of reading

A summary written by Catalin Dragomirescu-Gaina, Hedwig Giusto Lisa Kastner and Vassilis Ntousas. EU leaders met in Brussels last Thursday (December 15) for a year-end summit to discuss the crisis in Syria, economic sanctions on Russia, a trade deal with Ukraine and greater military cooperation. Economic and financial reforms, including the Digital Single Market and reforms …

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FEPS post summit briefing: European Council, 20-21 October 2016

14 March, 2018 / 7 minutes of reading

  European leaders met in Brussels last week (20-21 October) to discuss the many challenges the European Union (EU) is facing today. The question of the continuing flows of migrants across the Mediterranean, the opposition from the Wallonia region of Belgium towards the EU-Canada free trade agreement and the ongoing need to promote social standards …

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Populism Report: July – September 2016

14 March, 2018 / 1 minute of reading

With the support of European populist parties at a standstill, this year’s general trend has continued during summer months too. However, their decelerating expansion across Europe is at best a neutral, and in no way a positive development. According to opinion polls, it seems that populist forces have managed to stabilize and consolidate their support …

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Ones to Watch: Robert Biedroń

9 July, 2018 / 4 minutes of reading

Robert Biedroń shakes up most stereotypes one would have about Poland and its politicians. He has been active in politics since the early 2000s.

The most ‘successful’ populist parties in government

14 March, 2018 / 2 minutes of reading

In this analysis of Policy Solutions, the performance of the most popular populist parties in government was examined. During the first half of 2016, out of the four most popular governing populists two continued to increase their supports (Law and Justice in Poland and Fidesz in Hungary), meanwhile the other two lost supports and faced …

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State of populism in 2015: Annual report released

14 March, 2018 / 2 minutes of reading

FEPS and Policy Solutions released its first report on the state of populism in Europe. The analysis clearly shows that 2015 can be definitely marked as a “breakthrough” for populist parties. They captured with significant support in the opinion polls of 26 of the 28 EU member states. In nine countries populist parties were involved …

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