The movement to quarantine populism
By Daniel Drache
In November 2023, Geert Wilders’ stridently anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim party swept the Dutch elections in what the media called a political earthquake.
The magnitude of his win came as ...
Demetriou: ‘environment which encourages women’ in politics should be created
House President Annita Demetriou called for the creation of an “environment which encourages women” to participate in public life on Friday.
She was peaking on the issue of equality and ...
Our View: The phenomenon of ‘apolitical politicians’
Former finance minister Constantinos Petrides made a name for himself as a politician, who did not mince his words, always expressing his views in a clear and forthright way, regardless ...
Two failed populist coups: compare and contrast
Pundits are making much of the similarities between the attempted coup in Washington by Trump supporters two years ago and the one by Bolsonaro supporters in Brasilia last Sunday, but ...
Populism: Three steps forward; two-and-a-half steps back
The reports about Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva’s impending comeback as Brazilian president verged on the ecstatic in the week before last Sunday’s vote. He was after ...
Our View: EU rule changing exposes states to populist demands
There is no economy anywhere in the world in which populism has proved an effective tool to tackle inflation, even though, listening to some Cyprus parties you would think it ...