European Crisis: The Rise of Populism and Euroscepticism
Date Issued
2017
Author(s)
Apostolovska stepanoska, Milena
Runcheva-Tasev, Hristina
Abstract
Eurosceptic and populist parties have shown strong tendencies to win power and set the political
agenda for the last decades in several EU countries. The elections in some of those countries have
shown that they didn’t achieve their goals, but they won signifi cant number of votes that indicates that
euroscepticism and populism are not dead.
The paper presents an overview of the results of some Eurosceptic and populist movements at the
national elections in several EU Member States and it searches for an answer to the questions whether
populism and euroscepticism are a 21st century invention, what is the ideological background of the
crisis of legitimacy in the EU, how do they relate to classical political ideologies, what is the response
of the mainstream politicians to these threats. The theoretical debate, which includes an overview of
some of the key authors is enhanced by the author’s contribution of recommendations for the possible
convincing alternatives which should be put forward to counter this phenomenon to preserve the
European project.
agenda for the last decades in several EU countries. The elections in some of those countries have
shown that they didn’t achieve their goals, but they won signifi cant number of votes that indicates that
euroscepticism and populism are not dead.
The paper presents an overview of the results of some Eurosceptic and populist movements at the
national elections in several EU Member States and it searches for an answer to the questions whether
populism and euroscepticism are a 21st century invention, what is the ideological background of the
crisis of legitimacy in the EU, how do they relate to classical political ideologies, what is the response
of the mainstream politicians to these threats. The theoretical debate, which includes an overview of
some of the key authors is enhanced by the author’s contribution of recommendations for the possible
convincing alternatives which should be put forward to counter this phenomenon to preserve the
European project.
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