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The Swedish vote is another populist failure

Commentary / World Sep 11, 2018

The Swedish vote is another populist failure

by Leonid Bershidsky

The election was a warning to centrists to do more to integrate immigrants.

Europe must learn to work with its autocrats

Commentary / World Apr 10, 2018

Europe must learn to work with its autocrats

by Leonid Bershidsky

Hungary's Viktor Orban may have pushed the boundaries of the acceptable, but he's at home in some mainstream European parties

People power: The new version

Commentary / World Oct 3, 2017

People power: The new version

by David Howell

No government, no administration, no political party can afford to neglect these new forces to which the digital age has given birth.

Europe's populist revolt: A close-up

Commentary / World Oct 3, 2017

Europe's populist revolt: A close-up

by Dennis Macshane

Can the rise of populism in Europe be contained?

Merkel wrong about Trump, Brexit

Commentary / World Jun 6, 2017

Merkel wrong about Trump, Brexit

by John Lloyd

All over Europe, politicians and commentators are rolling up Brexit and Trump into one ball of populist horror, and spitting on it.

Editorials May 9, 2017

Victory for the center in France

While the ideological center has held in this election, France's established political parties have been rejected.

Now the EU must change

Commentary / World May 8, 2017

Now the EU must change

by Leonid Bershidsky

The bloc's growing popularity is helping centrist leaders win, but without reform the effect won't last.

The populist wave breaks

Commentary / World Apr 25, 2017

The populist wave breaks

by Gwynne Dyer

The "populist wave" that seemed to be sweeping through Western politics turns out to be merely a storm in the Anglosphere teacup.

How the European left lost the working class

Commentary / World Dec 13, 2016

How the European left lost the working class

by John Lloyd

If left-wing parties can't appeal to the working class, what's their use?

Commentary / World Nov 24, 2016

Vladimir Putin is winning the French election

by Leonid Bershidsky

Unless the Socialists can pull a rabbit out of a hat, France will get a Putin-friendly president next year.

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