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The EU can probably learn to live with these populists, because it has to.
Populists
come to power promising “to clean house,” but once they move in and become identified with the house and all its flaws, they fall back on clientelism and state capture by the ruling parties (as we are now seeing in Poland) rather than becoming more radical.
Sadly, these principles are now being threatened, not so much by the National Front and other
populists
(whose leaders have been prosecuted for anti-Semitic musings and Holocaust denial), but by the growing influence of radical and hardline interpretations of Islam.
This may aid the rise of right-wing
populists
riding the wave of anti-Trump nationalism.
“A little hyperbole never hurts,” Trump explained in The Art of the Deal, and his fellow
populists
agree.
The
populists
are probably right about these problems.
With the rhetoric of intolerance masquerading as nostalgia,
populists
such as US President Donald Trump advocate building walls and closing borders to reclaim “sovereignty” and “security.”
Speaking on behalf of a ruling class comprising financial experts, bankers, corporate representatives, media owners, and big industry functionaries, they act exactly as if their goal were to deliver the working classes into the grubby hands of the
populists
and their empty promise of making America and Britain “great again.”
And now Euroskeptic
populists
are in charge in both Austria and Italy.
A Germany without Merkel at the helm would be a boon to
populists
everywhere.
After all, the central issue facing Europe is not sovereignty, as the right-wing
populists
claim, but democracy.
If the country's
populists
(the Nazis) had come to power before 1932, they would have faced an impossible choice.
But many have embraced the ludicrous story, served up by the populists, that their countries are being overrun by migrants, who will exacerbate the social and economic challenges that they face.
Second, Trump will respond, as
populists
do, by attempting to distract attention from his failure to deliver the economic goods.
The power games, pork barreling, and compromises that have been reached without public debate all underscore the disconnect between Germany’s mainstream parties and the electorate – driving voters directly into the hands of
populists.
In a way, Santorum’s canards must come as a relief to a country that has increasingly been in the news for outrageous statements by right-wing
populists
about Muslims and Greeks.
Fatigue-clad guerrillas, charismatic populists, and reactionary military junta leaders have long cut much larger figures than moderate politicians in boring gray suits.
First, they must seize further ground from populists, by delivering reforms that yield tangible short-term benefits.
By debunking such myths, EU leaders can create space for action, while undercutting the credibility of
populists.
But just as Dutch and Scandinavian
populists
now use gay rights and feminism as symbolic cudgels with which to attack Islam, right-wing leaders have taken up “the West” as something that must be protected from the Muslim hordes.
As people struggle to hold on to their shrinking share of the pie, their anxiety has created a political opening for opportunistic populists, shaking the world order in the process.
Populists
have also left a legacy of corruption.
Yet in every general election since,
populists
have been returned to power.
Two savage consequences are foreseeable: first, that there is no better way to turn parts of public opinion in the candidate countries against the EU than by allowing local
populists
to portray the Union as an agent of spreading German power.
For Italian
populists
like Matteo Salvini, this means immigrants, primarily dark-skinned people from Africa who wear their outsider status on their sleeves.
The Female ResistanceWARSAW – Antagonism is mounting between today’s right-wing
populists
and a somewhat unexpected but formidable opponent: women.
As women have stood in the path of the populists, mainstream political leaders and parties have practically cowered; unsurprisingly, they continue to lose ground.
The question now is whether women can win the battle against the
populists.
And, most important, women far outnumber
populists.
That makes them poorly equipped to stand up to the most shameless group of all: the
populists.
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