Nationalism

With 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.

What strategies does Alternative für Deutschland use to discredit school strikers, and why does climate mobilising generate such a strong reaction on the Right?

Research debunks the myth that far-right parties across Europe share a stance of climate denialism. But what might rising ‘climate nationalism’ mean?

As a way of doing politics, populism is here to stay. Its opponents must offer real alternatives and keep political debate grounded upon the choices at hand.

With Europe in a moment of profound change, politics as normal will no longer suffice. Political forces must adapt to offer a vision for Europe that moves with its citizens.

For the French philosopher, climate has become a defining question in politics today, shaping worldviews across the spectrum of left and right. At EU election time, Bruno Latour argues that the Green movement find itself at last talking the right language and setting the agenda for the future.

In overlooked parts of Europe, nationalism or regionalism is the basis for a progressive politics looking beyond the status quo.

A new, educational divide has become visible in Western European democracies.

Rather than letting the Right monopolise the idea of national sovereignty, the Left must construct a progressive vision of it and centre it in their politics.

How can we account for the perception among Slovenia’s general population that migrants pose a threat?