In relation with the conference Le Sursaut, 22 students, accounting for 20 different nationalities, undertook an in-depth analysis of European radicalization. Though the minorities attacked vary by country, terror and populism remain, blaming a single enemy for their country’s decline. This worrying European diagnosis requires a global answer, as we must protect our shared democratic values.
Two simultaneous threats arise in Europe. On one political hand, Europe faces the emergence of populist and extremist parties. On the other religious hand, Europe is facing an increase in religious extremism, fed by radical Islamism and an ever-growing number of terror attacks.
This dual and polymorph radicalization has been implemented over time. Using social turmoil as a pretense, some parties have become more extreme, while others attempt a quest of respectability in order to erase past controversies, and by doing so hide parts of their ideologies. Likewise, new forms of religious extremism are appearing: Europe is witnessing the transition from an exogenous danger to an endogenous one, with home-grown-terrorism becoming an important issue. Thus far, the reaction is dominated by passiveness, as we are unwilling and unable to answer to this new threat.
Who is responsible for national extremism? Which minorities are being targeted? From Portugal to Hungaria to the United Kingdom and Romania, Le Sursaut updates this blog with articles written by Sciences Po master students, hopefully increasing European awareness.
This blog is the result of a partnership with the Sciences Po Association of Masters in European Affairs under the direction of Pierre-Adrien Hanania.
Never Again? – Turbulence et radicalization in the discourses in Germany
By Pierre-Adrien Hanania and Henry SchmeesWithin the partnership with the Association of the European Affairs Master at Sciences Po (AMAE) In Germany more than elsewhere, the coming back of radicalization is alarming. On the political arena, the AfD and Pegida seem to revive the traditional populist recipe of a fantasized redefinition of the people by emitting demagogic promises and[…]
Radical Movements in Ukraine: Much Ado About Nothing?
By Diana Muravyova | UkraineSorry, this entry is only available in French. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Within the partnership with the Association of the European Affairs Master at Sciences Po (AMAE) Populists usually see themselves as defenders of[…]
The Italian Way of Populism
By Giulia Campagna | ItalieWithin the partnership with the Association of the European Affairs Master at Sciences Po (AMAE) The expansion of radicalization in Europe is by now a matter of fact. The geopolitical international situation has contributed to the formation of extremist sentiment around the continent and it does not seem about to stop. While Populist parties have always[…]
No longer immune: Populism and Radicalism in Britain
By Edward Banks | Royaume-UniWithin the partnership with the Association of the European Affairs Master at Sciences Po (AMAE) When it comes to the radicalization in the United Kingdom, both political and religious, one might think the country is particularly concerned by this issue: With the British National Party and the United Kingdom Independence Party, the political scene presents[…]
Radical Right-wing Populism and how it feeds from the Crisis Europe faces
By Alva Westlund | SuèdeWithin the partnership with the Association of the European Affairs Master at Sciences Po (AMAE) Radical Right-wing Populism in Sweden – An introduction The campaign organisation Keep Sweden Swedish (Bevara Sverige Svenskt BBS) was created in 1979 with the main purpose of mobilising anti-immigration movements in Sweden that were rooted in Nazi and Fascist organizations. Before the[…]
Catholic tolerance, and the absence of political radicalisation
By Emilie Naulot | IrelandSorry, this entry is only available in French. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Within the partnership with the Association of the European Affairs Master at Sciences Po (AMAE) Contrary to the rest of the[…]
La radicalisation politique: Loin des yeux politiques, près du coeur populaire
By Beatrice Manole | RoumanieSorry, this entry is only available in French. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Dans le cadre d’un partenariat avec l’Association du Master Affaires Européennes de Sciences Po « In Romania things are not all right,[…]
Populism in Lithuania: what actors for what purpose?
By Ieva Andrukaityté | LituanieSorry, this entry is only available in French. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Within a partnership with the Association of European Affairs Masters at Sciences Po. Lithuania’s name does not usually enter the mainstream[…]
La Belgique confrontée à deux menaces disparates
By Olivier Roisin | BelgiqueSorry, this entry is only available in French. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Dans le cadre d’un partenariat avec l’Association du Master Affaires Européennes de Sciences Po. La Belgique s’est construit à l’étranger une triste[…]
Neo-nazi Golden Dawn in Greece : a party between democratic representation and xenophobic criminality
By Villy Kladi et Etienne Berges | GreeceSorry, this entry is only available in French. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Within the partnership with the Association of the European Affairs Master at Sciences Po (AMAE). Golden Dawn has posed a domestically[…]
La droite populiste au pouvoir en Pologne
By Laurin Berresheim | PologneSorry, this entry is only available in French. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Depuis les élections législatives en octobre 2015 remportées par le parti conservateur Droit et Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość – PiS), le gouvernement[…]
The pro, the anti and the silent majority
By Meri Aho et Lauri Koponen | FinlandSorry, this entry is only available in French. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Within the partnership with the Association of the European Affairs Master at Sciences Po (AMAE). Finland, a country of 5,4 million inhabitants[…]
Jobbik's right-wing radicalism and populist moves of mainstream parties in Hungary
By Balázs Gyimesi | HungarySorry, this entry is only available in French. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Within the partnership with the Association of the European Affairs Master at Sciences Po (AMAE) Hungary’s domestic political life has made several[…]
Extrême-droite et radicalisation: l'Espagne, un îlot épargné ?
By Emma Cervantes | EspagneSorry, this entry is only available in French. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Dans le cadre du partenariat avec l’Association du Master Affaires Européennes de Sciences Po Paris Alors que de nombreux pays européens sont[…]
La démocratie directe : une maladie auto-immune?
By Alexandre Dérobert | SuisseDans le cadre d’un partenariat avec l’Association du Master Affaires Européennes de Sciences Po Paris (AMAE). In order to grasp the stakes around radicalization in Switzerland, a short overview of figures seems necessary to show the unusual composition of its population. Switzerland has a 24% rate of foreigners in its population, owing to[…]
Populism and extremism in Denmark: the songs of the sirens
By Christian Augustesen and Rémi Petitcol | DenmarkDenmark has recently drawn a lot attention from its European and Western peers. In these troubled times, the Scandinavian kingdom has decided to adopt an openly unwelcoming stance towards non European migration, which is seen by some as conflicting with the traditional openness and universalistic values of the region. This gap between this idealised[…]
The Austrian danger of a self-fulfilling prophecy of political and religious radicalization
By Andreas Lang | AustriaSorry, this entry is only available in French. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. By Andreas Lang, within a partnership with the Association of the European Affairs Master at Sciences Po. Austrian political life offers a[…]
