We won’t let Brussels dictate us
Eurosceptic populism in Hungary and Poland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7989529 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Csehi (0000-0003-0888-1554, Hochschule für Politik München, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany, corresponding author), Edit Zgut (College of Europe, Warsaw) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-68 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Politics and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2374-5126 • E-ISSN: 2374-5118 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23745118.2020.1717064 |
| OpenAlex | W3003592324 |
| Language | NL |
| Citations received | 102 |
| References cited | 60 |
As a result of various crises, the European Union (EU) witnessed the rise of Eurosceptic and/or populist parties in its member states. However, the link between Euroscepticism and populism remains under-theorized, and the East-Central European (ECE) region is still surprisingly under-studied. This paper aims to fill these gaps by studying the development of Eurosceptic populist narratives in Hungary and Poland. Connecting the literature on Euroscepticism and the ideational approach to populism, it is shown through Orbán's and Kaczyński's discourses how (1) the EU is equated with 'the corrupt elite' that stands in conflict with 'the pure people', the Hungarians and Poles, and (2) how the EU is claimed to act against the notion of popular sovereignty. While the article highlights differences between the Eurosceptic populist narratives of the two party leaders, a politically driven 'anti-imperialist' theme prevails in both cases, which differentiates them from their Western-European counterparts as well
Economics · Elite · European integration · European union · International trade · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · Sovereignty · Theme (computing · European Union Policy and Governance · German legal, social, and political studies · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements
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Euroscepticism in national context
Kiedy państwo mnie nie chroni…” – oddolne mobilizacje na rzecz praw reprodukcyjnych a doświadczanie obywatelstwa
Anti-EU Backlash from Below or Above? Public Opinion in Central and Eastern Europe Prior to the 2015 Migration Crisis
Kaczyński’s Poland and Orbán’s Hungary
The Rule of Law Under Pressure
Populist (Dis)Engagement with International Parliamentary Institutions
Siyasal İletişim Modeli Olarak Propaganda
Resisting Europeanisation
Emerging patterns of right-wing international populism in Central Eastern Europe and Latin America
Why History Matters? Populist Radical Right Governments in the EU and Their Foreign Policy
Freedom in Populist Radical Right Discourses
Towards Ego-Ecology? Populist Environmental Agendas and the Sustainability Transition in Europe
From defying to (re-)defining Europe in Viktor Orbán’s discourse about the past
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Faces of Populism in Central and South-Eastern Europe
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Bridging the Divide Between Structural and Actor-Oriented Explanations of Populism
Centrist and Radical Right Populists in Central and Eastern Europe
The ‘pure polish people’ vs the ‘European elite’ – how do populism and Euroscepticism interact in Polish politics
Evolving populist rhetoric
The EU as a weak and authoritative traitor
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The Europeanization of Hungarian foreign policy and the Hungarization of European foreign policy, 2010-18
Populist politics of representation and foreign policy
Populist argumentation in foreign policy
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Economic Discontent and Anti-System Political Parties in the Czech Republic
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What about Europe? European identity and spatial imaginaries of Europe among Polish migrants during post-Brexit negotiations in Scotland
Minilateral Cooperation in the EU’s Post-Brexit Common Security and Defence Policy
A Defender of Christendom’? The Inner Logic of Hungary’s Humanitarian Aid Policy
Politicization of climate change and Central and Eastern European countries’ stance towards the European Green Deal
Democracy promotion under populist rule? The case of Poland’s democracy aid in Ukraine
Using forced migration to foster emergence? International aid and development policies in Cameroon
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Viewpoint detection on LGBT + reporting using contextual embeddings and qualitative thematic analysis
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Populist alone, but harmless together? Analysing inter- and transnational populism of EP parties ID and ECR on Facebook
Refugee commodification
The challenge populist governments pose for the process and theory of European integration
The Legitimacy of European Union Migration and Asylum Policy among the Czech Public
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Fundamental Change Beneath the Surface
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Comparing public attitudes towards internal and external EU sanctions
Eurosceptic narratives in the age of Covid-19
Playing on distance
The role of religion in sovereignist narratives of European integration
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Far right political ecologies and the battery sector
Transformation of foreign and domestic Polish politics by conservative national populism
Have Your Say’ in practice
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Czech political parties and the war in Ukraine
Shaping EU Attitudes Through Identity Leadership
Can EU judicial intervention increase polity scepticism? Quasi-experimental evidence from Spain
Macroprudential Policy on an Uneven Playing Field
The law and politics of transnational rights protection
Democratic backsliding and the constitutional blitz
Between international academic relations and diaspora policy
Introduction
Anti-EU Parties and the People
The Ideational Approach to Populism
Some remarks on the EU’s action on the erosion of the rule of law in Poland and Hungary
The constitutional crisis in Poland, Schmittian questions and Kaczyński’s political and legal philosophy
Divided national memories and EU crises
We don’t want any immigrants or terrorists here’
A New Populist Divide? Correspondences of Supply and Demand in the 2015 Polish Parliamentary Elections
Going Soft or Staying Soft
National past and populism
Absorbing the blow
United against a common foe? The nature and origins of Euroscepticism among left-wing and right-wing citizens
It takes two
The populist politics of Euroscepticism in times of crisis
Populist Eurosceptic trajectories in Italy and the Netherlands during the European crises
Contesting the EU in times of crisis
The ‘Alternative for Germany
The populist politics of Euroscepticism in times of crisis
Contagious Euroscepticism
Introduction
The rise of the German Eurosceptic party Alternative für Deutschland, between ordoliberal critique and popular anxiety
From pathology to mainstream phenomenon
Mobilizing Europe in national competition
Paternalist populism and illiberal elitism in Central Europe
Putting Brexit into perspective
Coming in from the Cold? Euroscepticism, Government Participation and Party Positions on Europe
Populist Radical Right Parties in Central and Eastern Europe
Europe’s Other Democratic Deficit
The paradox of nationalism
Divergent trends of euroscepticism in countries and regions of the European Union
Contemporary Euroscepticism in the party systems of the European Union candidate states of Central and Eastern Europe
Between nationalism and civilizationism
Rethinking the incumbency effect. Radicalization of governing populist parties in East-Central-Europe. A case study of Hungary
Confrontation by default and confrontation by design
Success in opposition – failure in government
Europe’s union in crisis
Measuring Populism
The Elite Is Up to Something
Populism versus Democracy
Trust the People! Populism and the Two Faces of Democracy
Populism and nationalism in a comparative perspective
Populism and Protest in Poland
The Nucleus of Populism
State of the field
Neither episodic, nor destined to failure? The endurance of Hungarian populism after 2010
Populists in government? Hungary's “system of national cooperation
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The Populist Zeitgeist
Conversations with a Polish populist
| Unique citing works | 102 |
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| Citations per year | 17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 101 |