Batsaikhan, Uuriintuya, Darvas, Zsolt, (2017), “European spring – Trust in the EU and democracy is recovering”, Bruegel, 24 March
Increased support for populistic movements in the world’s richer countries is typically explained by two types of disappointment: economic insecurity and cultural backlash. Economic insecurity is fuelled by various factors, such as increased unemployment, slow wage growth or even wage drops, fears of ‘robotisation’, and cuts in social support through fiscal austerity programmes. At the same time, globalisation, immigration and terrorist threats might be feeding the backlash against “other” cultures, foreigners, and elites in citizens’ own countries.
Citizens’ perceptions of these issues can interact, and are simultaneously influenced by various other factors. So it is difficult to draw clear inferences about what is causing what.
Relevant Posts
- Beck, Thorsten, Underhill, Geoffrey , (2017),“Quo Vadis? Identity, policy and the future of the European Union”, Vox EU, 1 March
- CEPS Task Force, (2017), “Regroup and Reform: Ideas for a more responsive and effective European Union”, CEPS Series: Task Force Report, February