The Rise of the New Polish Far-right

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcin Kosman
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Core Values ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Positive Presentation ◽  
The Catholic Church

Abstract While much research has been done regarding right-wing discourse in modern Europe, the literature of Polish far-right discourse is still insufficient. The present paper discusses the discursive strategies of Grzegorz Braun, one of the leaders of Confederation Liberty and Independence, which were implemented by the politician during the 2019 Gdańsk mayoral campaign. In order to provide a comprehensive analysis of Braun’s discourse, audiovisual materials were included in the study. The findings show that Braun employs positive presentation of the Catholic Church and himself, and negative presentation of his opponents (LGBT activists, immigrants, the European Union, the elites), whom Braun considers to be in an alliance against Poland and its core values under the name of the “Gdańsk Pact”.

Neoliberals against Europe

2019 ◽  
pp. 89-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quinn Slobodian ◽  
Dieter Plehwe
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Debt Crisis ◽  
European Politics ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Explanatory Framework ◽  
European Debt Crisis ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Eu

Since the advent of the European debt crisis in 2009, it has become common to hear descriptions of the European Union as a neoliberal machine hardwired to enforce austerity and to block projects of redistribution or solidarity. Yet by adopting an explanatory framework associating neoliberalism with supranational organizations like the EU, NAFTA, and the WTO against the so-called populism of its right-wing opponents, many observers have painted themselves into a corner. The problems with a straightforward compound of “neoliberal Europe” became starkly evident with the success of the “leave” vote in the Brexit referendum in 2016. If the EU was neoliberal, were those who called to abandon it the opponents of neoliberalism? If the EU is indeed the “neoliberalism express,” then to disembark was by definition a gesture of refusal against neoliberalism. To make sense of the resurgent phenomenon of the far right in European politics, then, our chapter tracks such continuities over time and avoids misleading dichotomies that pit neoliberal globalism—and neoliberal Europeanism—against an atavistic national populism. The closed-borders libertarianism of nationalist neoliberals like the German AfD is not a rejection of globalism but is a variety of it.

scholarly journals The Populist Party in the Countries of the European Union: the Ideological Profile and Activities at the Beginning of XXI Century

2017 ◽  
pp. 100-109
Author(s):  
A. Martynov
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Political Response ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
Alternative For Germany

The article highlights the political renaissance of European right-wing populist skeptics in most countries of the European Union. These political parties to the global economic crisis in 2008, when the process of European integration was on the rise, remained on the margins of politics. The crisis of the liberal model of globalization, the influx of refugees from crisis areas of conflict in the Middle East and North Africa, increased social contradictions reanimated populist right-wing ideology. This socio-political response to this reality has pushed the popularity of far-right nationalist political forces in most Central European countries. In terms of ideology classification of these political forces are represented as populists “left” orientation (the French “National Front”) and “right” populists (the party “Alternative for Germany”). This fact confirms the erosion of traditional ideological markers in politics and the crisis of determining its strategy and tactics.

scholarly journals DIGNITY AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AS CONSUMER’S LAW

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-61
Author(s):  
Adam Snarski
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Human Being ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Religious Symbols ◽  
The Catholic Church

The article indicates the norms of law established in the European Union and Poland developed on the basis of the teachings of the Catholic Church, emphasizing the dignity and freedom of religious feelings, the consumer as a human being. The issue has been compared with the controversial advertising campaigns that broadly use religious beliefs of consumers in order to increase their effectiveness. The stimulus to discuss this issue is the intensification of controversial advertisementsusing religious symbols and cults. This publication also points out the issue of offense of religious feelings in advertising and draws attention to the normative areas of their protection.

scholarly journals The (ambivalent) far-right populist stance on the European Union with the example of the Austrian party FPÖ

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-124
Author(s):  
Albert Guziak
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Advanced Stage ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Mutual Relation ◽  
Ernesto Laclau ◽  
Political Actions ◽  
The Eu

This article explores the attitude towards the European Union represented by right-wing populist parties by the example of the Austrian Freedom Party. Due to the advanced stage of the European integration and a multitude of its positive and negative repercussions, far-right populist parties adopted an antagonistic rhetoric aiming at discrediting and limiting the influence of the EU in a country, they represent. The FPÖ skillfully shapes a Euro-sceptic discourse in Austria, embracing a populist strategy of manipulation and hostility. The populist itself is, however, far from offering a clear political vision. Based on the reflections on populism by Ernesto Laclau, elaborating on the far-right populist strategies of a former FPÖ’s leader Jörg Haider and finally confronting the party discourse with real political actions, this article constitutes an attempt to show the complexity of a mutual relation between populism and the European Union.

Instytucjonalne reprezentacje głównych wyznań religijnych w Unii Europejskiej

2014 ◽  
pp. 94-113
Author(s):  
Anita Kołsut-Markowska
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Holy See ◽  
European Policies ◽  
Organisational Structures ◽  
The Eu ◽  
The Catholic Church

The institutional and organisational presence of the main religions in Europe is diverse. Representatives of Christianity, Islam or Judaism hold different status in their relations with the EU structures. The forms, range and dynamics of their actions vary as well. The position of Christianity in the discussions over the various issues of European policies is strengthened by the preponderance of Christianity in Europe, its proven and efficient organisational structures within the European Union, as well as the support granted to the Catholic Church by the Holy See.

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