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The emergence of anti-EU populist far-right parties fueled by Europe’s languid recovery from the Great Recession and the 2015 wave of migration has led to concerns about the stability of the European Union. ..…
The emergence of anti-EU populist far-right parties fueled by Europe’s languid recovery from the Great Recession and the 2015 wave of migration has led to concerns about the stability of the European Union. ..…
The neoliberal political establishment in Europe and its anti-EU populist opponents are fond of appearing dead-set against one another, but it seems they share the same fairytale beliefs about WWII that the Nazis and Soviets were equivalent evils as inscribed in this latest decree. ..…
The neoliberal political establishment in Europe and its anti-EU populist opponents are fond of appearing dead-set against one another, but it seems they share the same fairytale beliefs about WWII that the Nazis and Soviets were equivalent evils as inscribed in this latest decree. ..…
The neoliberal political establishment in Europe and its anti-EU populist opponents are fond of appearing dead-set against one another, but it seems they share the same fairytale beliefs about WWII that the Nazis and Soviets were equivalent evils as inscribed in this latest decree. ..…
To introduce reflection on the lesson from the catastrophe that is Donald Trump's retreat Syria, Stephens begins with warm-and-fuzzy parable.. ..…
The bloodshed that will result from the world's hegemon leaving power vacuum will make Europe's populist parties even more popular.. ..…
In North America and western Europe, populist leaders have gained control of the highest levers of power over the course of only the past few years. ..…
EU forced the removal of elected leaders Italy and Greece, and, led by Germany, facilitated mass migration from the world without the consent of the people of Europe's democratic nation-states. ..…
From 1960 to 1973, U.S economy grew by average of 4.3 percent year with government share of 30 percent of GDP... ..…
A Gallup poll conducted in 2008 underscored the respect that Muslims have for Europe’s democratic institutions. ..…
Politicisation is certainly not a panacea that will solve all the EU’s democratic deficiencies and many policy issues are simply not eligible to ever become politicised. ..…
Richard Corbett MEP, leader of Labour group Strasbourg, appeared to be endorsing Ursula von Leyen German from CDU as President of European Commission.. ..…
By opposing the nomination of, BERLIN - Germany's Social Democrats risk harming the in. ..…
This does not of course automatically enhance the European Union’s democratic legitimacy. ..…
But are Europe's populist movements really on the wane now? . . . . . . 12 April 2017 . ..…
Conservative Party and Liberal Party were in that country in Victorian age, meaning most of the 19th century, and into the 20th century.. ..…
The 'populist wave' often mentioned in recent weeks did not overwhelm Europe. 'Populist' parties will have only a little more than twenty percent of the seats in the European Parliament: enough to be heard, but not enough to exert influence. . ..…
Commentators rightly point out that Europe’s populist parties are not united by any common vision. ..…
By limiting the gains of Vox, far-right party whose opposition to immigration, feminism, and LGBT rights echoes the values that prevailed during Franco, PSOE's victory has also lifted the spirits of social-democratic parties across Europe secessionism, and skepticism about European integration.. ..…
Several studies have already been carried out on how to identify anti-EU, populist, and EU skeptic parties – all these concepts are generally used to describe those who oppose deeper integration in the EU. ..…
John Fonte is American critic of what he calls Europe of Brussels.. ..…
Campaigning across the continent is muted, only minority of citizens could name either of the two leading candidates for president of European Commission, German Manfred Weber and Dutch Frans Timmermans.. ..…
Across the board, Europe's populist parties may be expected to double the number of seats they hold in European Parliament and are hardly likely to take more than one-third of all parliamentary seats. ..…
In this sense, the notion that the solution to EU’s democratic deficit consists in its parliamentarization — that is, in granting the European parliament full legislative powers as in any parliamentary democracy — fails to acknowledge the fundamental obstacle to the creation of a..…
By the tens of thousands on, LONDON — Anti- Brexit protesters swarmed the streets of London Saturday, demanding that Britain's Conservative-led government hold referendum on whether Britain should leave European Union.. ..…
Europe's democratic difficulties . By Helen Thompson . . . Furthermore, the Commission’s weakness in non-Union treaties made enforcing their legal provisions difficult. ..…
The Report finds that the EU’s democratic deficit is intrinsic to its design and resistance to any effective reform. ..…
In order to protect Europe's democratic institutions, European leaders, especially those in UK and France, will have to think of effective ways to gain renewed confidence in their political systems. ..…
, a former member of this Court, the eminent jurist and scholar Dieter Grimm, attributed Europe’s democratic deficit to the fact that economic policies which should normally be decided by successive national governments are actually prescribed in European treaties. . ..…
With next May’s European elections approaching, and the Hungarian Prime Minister seemingly intent on presenting himself as the leader of Europe’s populist and nationalist right, as opposed to the technocratic and pro-European centre embodied by French president Emmanuel Macron, we..…
In both Denmark and Germany, legalization isn't currently favored by the central governments, while in Italy, everything is in limbo after Europe's populist uprising swept the prime minister out of office. ..…
In the closing years of the century, SPD's Eduard Bernstein was in the vanguard of defining democracy as movement that sought to achieve both material progress and justice. ..…
The attacks on democratic institutions in Poland and Hungary put EU's democratic foundations at serious risk. . ..…
So what persuaded Czech voters to become a part of Europe’s populist surge? ..…
Steve Bannon met the Italian leader that month and, while speaking of his plan to form a trans-Europe populist alliance, reported that “we have Salvini on board.” . ..…
Steve Bannon met the Italian leader that month and, while speaking of his plan to form a trans-Europe populist alliance,reportedthat “we have Salvini on board.” . ..…
In the middle of Europe, populist governments violate the principal institutions of freedom of the press, freedom of expression, the rule of law, even fair and free elections are under threat. ..…
Instead of seeking a ‘remedy for the populist politics of the present’, as Fukuyama suggests, we should be trying to fix Europe’s democratic deficit. . ..…
(Related report: In Western Europe, Populist Parties Tap Anti-Establishment Frustration but Have Little Appeal Across Ideological Divide) . ..…
He believes that the only rational solution to the EU’s “democratic deficit” is to create what he calls a “more integrated democratic core Europe.” ..…
Working with EU populist parties and their leaders, he is about to launch European force intended to influence future political decisions by European Parliament and, by extension, European Commission and Council, and some EU governments.. ..…
The EU passed motion last year censuring Poland for undermining Europe's democratic values. ..…
While some strive to throw Catalonia’s political process into the snake pit that Europe’s populist movements dwell in, other observers abroad understand it as a passionate, democratic struggle. ..…
., and across Europe populist demagogues are both stoking and responding to anxieties thrown up by wrenching social and economic changes. ..…
European Union on Tuesday warned Romania to respect EU democratic values or risk undermining its bid to join Europe's passport-free zone... ..…
In General Election Debate between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, I had discussion with my Amy the day before I came here to ask her what the important issue was. ..…
Any observer of Europe in the 1930s would have been hard-pressed not to feel that its future belonged to either communism or fascism. ..…