Populism
Now that Portuguese citizens have voted it’s time to take a look at where the players have landed and towards what might lie ahead.
Read moreA ground-breaking new book demonstrates how far-right forces have constructed a worldview that refutes proven facts and logic.
Read moreWith projections of climate science now indisputable, many of Europe’s right-wing populist parties are abandoning responses of dismissal and denial in favour of a very different approach. The threat of climate change is increasingly appropriated and reframed to suit a nationalist political agenda.
Read morePrime Minister Janez Janša is locked in a war with imagined enemies, fuelled by conspiracies and a distorted view of history.
Read moreTorrential online abuse is reproducing structural inequalities and weakening democracy.
Read moreIt is time to let go of the assumption that democracy always leads to progressive outcomes.
Read moreEce Temelkuran warns of the signs of creeping authoritarianism.
Read moreUntil 2019, Portugal seemed unaffected by the right-wing populism on the rise elsewhere in Europe.
Read moreThe Hungarian government has attempted to exploit the pandemic for its own ends – at great cost to the population.
Read moreFrom attacking social partners to women’s rights, Covid-19 has been a catalyst for Law and Justice’s autocratic tendencies.
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