Conservatism
While conservatives are still dominant in eastern Europe, most illiberal parties are struggling. Why is it important for the future of the EU?
Read moreA look at how the far-right politics of Sweden Democrats reaches beyond Sweden’s borders.
Read moreWe spoke with MP Tomas Tomilinas who explained the issues driving politics in Lithuania today.
Read moreThe government has exploited cultural issues to the detriment of democratic rights and norms, putting already vulnerable groups further at risk.
Read moreRaisa Galea explores the contradictions of a debate which is bound to questions of national identity, morality and sovereignty.
Read moreIn Poland the incumbent right-wing Law and Justice party, backed by the Catholic Church, demonised LGBT organisations in its recent successful electoral campaign. Adam Ostolski spoke to feminist activist and scholar Agnieszka Graff about why gender politics have become central to Polish politics, taking a step back to analyse how the Right’s scapegoating of gender is a response to the same set of social issues that the Left attributes to neoliberalism.
Read moreLiberalism, conservatism and socialism have long been seen as the dominant political paradigms of modernity. But these centuries-old frameworks are no longer unchallenged.
Read moreThierry Baudet, leader of the Forum for Democracy, could be the new face of the Dutch populist right.
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