The Threats of Populism: Europe’s Reluctant Radicals

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THE THREATS OF POPULISM: EUROPE’S RELUCTANT RADICALS Marley Morris St Antony’s College, Oxford 12 November 2013

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THE THREATS OF POPULISM: EUROPE’S RELUCTANT RADICALSMarley MorrisSt Antony’s College, Oxford12 November 2013

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Leaving aside the committed radicals, we focused on:

The reluctant radicals who have cast a vote for a populist party but do not ‘feel close’ to those parties (much less than committed core voters do).

The potential radicals who have not cast a vote for a populist party but agree with their views.

This enables us to map the softer outer-core of support for these parties.

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Why the reluctant radicals?• The uncommitted, soft supporters of right-wing populism• Two reasons to focus on them.• (1) They make up a significant proportion of the right-wing

populist electorate

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Beyond the headlines• Anti-Europeanism, anti-elitism, or anti-immigration views

are hallmarks of right-wing populist politics, but tackling them generically is both ethically (for progressives) and practically difficult.

• Understanding – and acting on – the specific historical, cultural and emotional springs of the surface mobilisation against Europe or immigration would allow policy-makers to make a more appealing and, above all, more implementable offer to the reluctant radicals.

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France: the disconnected radical• Low levels of trust in people• Low levels of interest in politics• Reside in peri-urban areas

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The Netherlands: the nostalgic radical• Social conservatism in a new guise?• Deep distrust in modern politics• Nostalgia for an older form of consensus

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Finland: The alienated radical• Thirty-three per cent say their main reason for voting for

the True Finns was to generate change.• Working class and middle-aged• A crisis of modernity and masculinity?

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The prospects for populism

Image: Ssolbergj

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Greens / EFAALDE

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Policy-making in the European ParliamentAverage number of reports per MEP for each of the political groups

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Voting powerPercentage of votes won by each of the political groups on all policy areas (14.07.09 — 14.07.12)

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Voting coalitionsEFD matching other European party groups on all policy areas (14.07.09 — 14.07.12)

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SpeechmakingAverage numbers of questions and speeches per MEP

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Conflicted Politicians

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Group CohesionComparative cohesion rates of political groups in the European Parliament (14.07.09—14.07.12)

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The price of nationalism?

Stigmatisation

Conflicting nationalisms

Ideological divergence

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Scenarios for the next Parliament

UKIPFinns PartyDanish People’s PartyLega NordOrder and JusticeIndependent Greeks

Front NationalPVVVlaams BelangFPÖ

Europe of Freedom and Democracy

A new populist group

Non-Attached Members

JobbikMS5

Image: Remi Noyon, Niccolò Caranti

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Scenarios for the next Parliament

Front NationalPVVVlaams BelangFPÖLega Nord

A new populist group

Non-Attached Members

JobbikUKIPMS5Finns PartyDanish People’s Party

Image: Remi Noyon,  Jennifer Jane Mills

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Scenarios for the next Parliament

Image:  Niccolò Caranti

UKIPFinns PartyDanish People’s PartyLega NordOrder and JusticeIndependent Greeks

Europe of Freedom and Democracy

Non-Attached Members

JobbikMS5Front NationalPVVVlaams BelangFPÖSweden Democrats

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