Sweden’s next prime minister will juggle an awkward coalition Jacob Christensen - September 22, 2022 Passing budgets and laws won’t be easy, given the policy disagreements among the four parties
Sweden’s new governing coalition relies on a party founded by neo-Nazis Anders Ravik Jupskås - September 15, 2022 That’s a first — but the right-wing parties forming the next government don’t necessarily agree on social and economic issues
Racially divisive parties have more voters now, but voters aren’t becoming more racist. What explains this? Sheri Berman - December 1, 2019 Populists thrive when the mainstream left and right focus on identity politics.
New study of 381,000 political speeches finds that liberals use more complex language than conservatives Martijn Schoonvelde, Gijs Schumacher, Bert N. Bakker, and Anna Brosius - March 3, 2019 We examined the sentences of politicians in four countries.
When left-leaning parties support austerity, their voters start to embrace the far right Maria Snegovaya - November 20, 2018 [caption id="attachment_80438" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Left- and right-wing sympathizers hold flags
Five takeaways about the Swedish election — and the far-right wave across Europe Sheri Berman - September 12, 2018 In Sweden’s general election on Sept. 9, 2018, voters reduced
Why a far-right party with white supremacist roots is on the rise — in Sweden Matthew Goodwin - September 10, 2018 On Sunday, voters went to the polls in Sweden. The
Sweden’s far-right party may do well in Sunday’s election. Here’s a surprising reason. Jennifer Fitzgerald - September 8, 2018 [caption id="attachment_77488" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Hundreds of Sweden Democrats supporters and
A far-right party just won seats in three German state parliaments. Here’s why. Mark Kayser and Arndt Leininger - March 22, 2016 [caption id="attachment_37659" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Swiss far-right politician Eric Weber celebrates
The far right in the 2014 European elections: Of earthquakes, cartels and designer fascists Cas Mudde - May 30, 2014 Media reports on far right gains in the 2014 European
The Le Pen-Wilders alliance and the European Parliament: Plus ça change, plus la meme chose Erik Voeten - February 11, 2014 This is a guest post by Cas Mudde, an assistant