Being European, the nationalist way
Europe in the discourse of radical right parties
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7950419 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laurie Beaudonnet (0000-0002-0828-0743, Department of Political Science, Université de Montréal Faculté des Arts et des Sciences, Montréal, QC, Canada, corresponding author), Henio Hoyo Prohuber (0000-0002-7077-0110, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 519-530 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Party Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13540688231161209 |
| OpenAlex | W4327617288 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 29 |
European radical right parties (RRPs) have recently experienced strong electoral success and have strengthened their positions within the European Parliament. While their Eurosceptic positions are well documented in the literature, the fact that most RRPs refer not only to their nations but to Europe in general in order to ground their nationalist visions remains understudied. We investigate this issue by analyzing the discourses of MEPs from 24 radical right parties in the 8 th legislature of the European Parliament (2014–2019). Relying on a vast corpus (36,413 speeches) and using quantitative text analysis, this research sheds light on the various notions of Europe that are used by radical right MEPs. We find evidence of three visions of Europe: as a civilization; as an ethno-religious community; and as a liberal society. The use and preferences for these visions vary according to ideological positions, strategies and national contexts
Ideology · Legislature · Nationalism · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Radical right · Sociology · Vision · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 6 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |