The left’s slide in Germany is a warning for Labour
In power, Olaf Scholz’s coalition offers no answers for a country that has lost its competitive edge in the world.…
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Desperation is turning the centre right against green politics
As populist parties’ influence grows, the consensus around Europe’s climate change agenda is crumbling.
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Technocrats and populists symbolise our anti-political age
Political vision has been hollowed out by “expert knowledge” and “the will of the people”.
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Germany’s centrist parties are fuelling extremism
Treating populist supporters as deplorables is a gift to the far left and far right.
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The left has an England problem
A nation steeped in culture cannot be reduced to statistics and pop psychology.
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Why is the far right surging in Germany?
Economic and social marginalisation is pushing voters towards the AfD.
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A continent drifts
Europe’s politics have stalled. In an age of crisis, the EU needs a new generation of far-sighted leaders.
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The humiliation of the populists
Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon have both been undone by democracy.
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Nicola Sturgeon could lose all that she holds dearest
If Sturgeon places anything above Scottish independence, it is her personal integrity.
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As strongman leaders around the world begin to fall, has authoritarianism peaked?
Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro both tested the democratic system and lost power. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could be next.
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Going native
How Matthew Goodwin became part of the right-populist movement he once sought to explain.
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The new class war
Michael Lind on how the rise of the liberal “overclass” triggered Trumpism, Brexit and the return of the nation-state.
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Europe’s far-right parties are learning from one another
With the hard right in power in Italy and Sweden, sister parties across the EU are hoping they will be…
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Blake Masters sounds like a parody but is all too real
Blake Masters is backed by Donald Trump and blames black people for gun violence. Yet he could soon be a…
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Technology has eroded liberal democracy. But it could also be used to restore it
From using AI to inform legislature to strengthening online voting, institutions are increasingly looking to tech to help protect civic…
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The awkward reality of the far-right becoming diverse
It’s not so easy to paint conservatives as bigoted any more.
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Why British politics is broken
The traditional left-right era is over and neither the Conservatives, nor Labour, have changed enough.
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From God to monsters – the “new nationalism” of the US right
Is the Republican Party of Trump and QAnon also now the party of non-religious class warriors?
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Liberal democracy is still under threat
In countries such as the US, Italy and France, status quo-style politics won’t win elections anymore.
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