
Populism and Religion
Europe does not share the American ‘faith and flag’ correlation between religion and politics.
Europe does not share the American ‘faith and flag’ correlation between religion and politics.
Leftist parties are predicted to lose dozens of seats, making a right-wing majority finally possible.
The conference was an important light in a country that is fast emerging as one of the last remaining total liberal holdouts.
The growth of the Right comes at the expense of Europeans Greens as voters turn their back on the flatlining European Green Deal.
While a PP voter is the closest thing to a VOX voter, a PP leader—at least Feijóo—is the closest thing to a PSOE leader.
Irish police confirmed that no criminal proceedings were underway as speculation mounted that the right-wing ‘The National Party’ had undergone an internal coup.
Merz’s apparent dismantling of his party’s firewall against the AfD at the local level comes just days after an opinion poll revealed that support for the anti-globalist party, once again, reached a new all-time high, at 22% of the national vote—just four percentage points behind the CDU.
Noting the real danger confronting the UK, Home Secretary Suella Braverman remarked “there is no room for complacency, political correctness or cultural timidity,” in handling the specter of terrorism.
FROM THE SUMMER 2023 PRINT EDITION: In Europe, populists were permanently marginalised—or so it was claimed by hostile observers. However, since pandemic policies ended, unresolved problems have returned to the forefront of political debate, giving a boost to right-wing populist parties everywhere.
These populist parties are rising in popularity because the established parties of both left and right have sold out the interests of their peoples.