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February 11, 2026

🔮 Making sense of decades of populism in Europe with The PopulisTree 

Mattia Zulianello Mattia Zulianello introduces the PopulisTree, a new taxonomy and open-access dataset that maps the full diversity of populist parties across Europe over recent decades. Building upon and expanding the existing PopuList database, The PopulisTree helps scholars, journalists, and policymakers analyse one of the most important political phenomena of our times  Read more
September 26, 2024

Russia-friendly parties are manipulating Europe's traumatic past

Polina Zavershinskaia Russia-friendly parties are exploiting Europe’s war-torn past to justify Russia’s aggression and undermine Europe’s support for Ukraine. Polina Zavershinskaia argues that there is evidence in Germany and Italy that the strategy is working. Read more
September 23, 2024

Elections in eastern Germany: the limits of exclusionism

Thomas Poguntke Thomas Poguntke argues that the shock results of recent elections in two German Länder show how Germany's party system has lost its capacity to integrate radical challengers. As a result, coalition formation now increasingly requires alliances which do not work – and this feeds popular disaffection. Read more

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