European Project in Danger? Understanding Precisely the Phenomena “Euroscepticsm, Populism and Extremism” in Times of Crisis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12968488 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Florian Hartleb (University of Passau, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of European Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1918-7173 • E-ISSN: 1918-7181 |
| Publisher | Canadian Center of Science and Education (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5539/res.v4n5p45 |
| OpenAlex | W2013822178 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 17 |
The European project has recently reached a critical point, where a discussion on the fundamental objectives of the European Union has entered public debate. Obviously, a new euroscepticism is on the rise which is often linked with the agenda of populist or even extremist parties and a general tendency of ‘renationalizing Europe’. The drifting apart within the mainstream parties shows the cracks in European society. The success of right-wing populist tends to be volatile despite of the fact that this heterogeneous party family seems to be a permanent factor in the European party landscape. In Austria or France, the parties show with the second generation of leadership that they are able to renew themselves. But the parties differ a lot in the national backgrounds, can be extremist or totally not. In general, it is unlikely that any right-wing populist or extremist international groups will be formed any time soon competing as unified force at the European level. Extremist parties do not have enough potential support to pose a threat to the existing liberal democratic order with some exceptions such as Hungary an Greece due to the time of a severe crisis not only in economic terms. The power of European integration is so strong that it is unlikely that there will be any national U-turns on this issue, despite the occasional upsurge of populism or extremism in individual countries. Nevertheless, the debate over the future of European integration and of the European Union itself will continue to have a significant influence on the political debate in individual member states
Democracy · Economics · European integration · European union · International trade · Mainstream · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Power (physics · Sociology · Terrorism · Violent extremism · European Union Policy and Governance · German legal, social, and political studies · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements
Faces of Populism in Central and South-Eastern Europe
Constructions and (attempted) deconstructions of ‘memory nationalism’
The ‘pure polish people’ vs the ‘European elite’ – how do populism and Euroscepticism interact in Polish politics
Convergence and public debt in the European Union
The Chameleon Nature of Populist Parties. How Recurring Populism is Luring ‘the People’ of Serbia and Croatia
How Politics Shape Views Toward Fact-Checking
Drivers of Populism
End of jouissance, start of resentment
Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe
Understanding Euroscepticism
The Political System of the European Union
The Political System of the European Union
Statecraft
Sources of Euroscepticism
Mainstream Euroskepticism
Discontent and European Identity
Party System Instability in Europe
The limited impact of Europe on national party systems
Taking Europe To Its Extremes
A Loveless Marriage
Contemporary Euroscepticism in the party systems of the European Union candidate states of Central and Eastern Europe
A Touchstone of Dissent
The post-communist left and the European Union
Sleeping Giant
A Re-assessment of the Concept of Political Support
| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |