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The Far Right in Europe
The Far Right in Europe European Summer University for Social Movements 22.08.2014 Table of contents The far right in France today ...................................................................................... 3 Anti-modernists in search of modernity ................................................................... 10 The far right in North Europe.................................................................................... 17 The Extreme Right and the Crisis in Slovenia........................................................... 23 The rise of the far right in Hungary .......................................................................... 30 The case of Golden Down ........................................................................................ 37 Extending the combat zone ..................................................................................... 42 Recent developments in the French far right ........................................................... 50 The Euro-elections and the need for political caution and realism ........................... 55 Euro-vote epic over bar the shouting… ................................................................... 55 Problems for the debate: how the radical right reacts with the conservative social forces in Poland? ...................................................................................................... 59 Ukraine: moving common opinion right .................................................................. 64 Italian extreme and radical right -
Antti Ämmälä CANDIDATE IMAGES in the 2007 FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Antti Ämmälä CANDIDATE IMAGES IN THE 2007 FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS University of Tampere International School of Social Sciences Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Journalism and Mass Communication July 2008 University of Tampere International School of Social Sciences Department of Journalism and Mass Communication ANTTI ÄMMÄLÄ: Candidate images in the 2007 French presidential elections Master's Thesis, 130 pages Journalism and Mass Communication July 2008 This study examines the political images of candidates competing for the French presidential office in 2007. The focus is both on the media and public projections of these images. The research investigates how the media affects the public's descriptions of political candidates. Furthermore, the public's images of candidates are examined in relation to their impact on the vote. The influence of media on the public's focus of attention, referring to who and what people are thinking about, has been studied within the agenda-setting theory since the 1970's. More recently the theory has expanded to elaborate the influence of media on how people think about persons and topics in the news. This expanded version of the theory, defined as either the second-level agenda-setting or attribute agenda-setting, strengthens the media's impact on the audience. In this respect, the media not only tell us what to think about, but also tell us how to think about. Combining the analysis of French editorials and opinion surveys, my study provides strong evidence for the second-level agenda-setting hypothesis within the context of presidential elections. The media's descriptions of both major candidates, Ségolène Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy, affected the public's evaluations of them. -
The “Marine” Factor
The “Marine” Factor What the Lepenisation of French Politics Really Means Barthélémy Courmont Marine Le Pen, president of the French extreme-right party Front Na- tional, emerged on the political scene as not only the daughter and heir to Jean-Marie Le Pen, but a smarter and more seductive leader than her father. Her rise – just a few months before the 2012 French presidential elections – and impressive results in the first round signal that she is likely to play a significant role in French politics and change the tra- ditional political chessboard. In this light, the concept of the “Lepeni- sation of minds,” formulated several years ago to describe the impact of the far-right party on politicians and public debates, becomes more relevant, with Le Pen’s ability to win over and convince voters going far beyond the ranks of her traditional supporters. What might be the long-term consequences of this “Marine factor”? Is the extreme Right, once demonised, becoming a “normal” political presence? And how might this affect other political forces? This article examines what may be the future direction of French politics under the growing influence of the “new look” extreme-right party. Keywords: France, elections, Marine Le Pen, Jean-Marie Le Pen Lepenisation, Nicolas Sarkozy, populism, extreme right Introduction When he shocked the nation and discounted all surveys pointing in the opposite direction by reaching the second round of the 2002 French Scan this article presidential election – having eliminated Socialist pm Lionel Jospin – onto your Jean-Marie Le Pen certainly enjoyed the most exciting and successful mobile device 137 moment of his political career.1 But he also knew that he did not stand a chance of becoming France’s new head of state. -
Central European Journal of International and Security Studies Vol 8, Issue 2
2 • 2014 Changes Power, Perspective, Identity current events at cejiss.org © cejiss 2014 cejiss acts as a forum for advanced exploration of international and security studies. It is the mission of cejiss to provide its readers with valuable resources regarding the current state of inter- national and European relations and security. To that end, cejiss pledges to publish articles of only the highest calibre and make them freely available to scholars and interested members of the public in both printed and electronic forms. editor in chief Mitchell Belfer pr & editorial support Daniela Zordová executive editor David Erkomaishvili assistants Sabina Domaskina (Research and Development Assistant) Nikol Chumová (Assistant) associate editors Imad El-Anis, Jean Crombois, Bryan Groves, Jason Whiteley Yulia Zemlinskaya academic centre Nigorakhon Turakhanova (Head), Adisa Avdić (Review Editor) Anja Grabovac (Research Manager) media centre Krizstina Szipková (Head), Jay Nemec (Web Design and Support) Simona Bartovicova (Web Support), Olga Strykova (Assistant), Laziz Omilov (Assistant) language editing Deborah Shulkes editorial board Benjamin R. Barber (Honorary Chair), Javaid Rehman, Ilan Danjoux Ibrahim A. El-Hussari, Efraim Inbar, Francesc Morata, Boris Popesko, Evan N. Resnick Cristian Nitoiu, Charles Robinson, Michal Romancov, Marat Terterov Yuliya Zabyelina, Natalia Piskunova, Gary M. Kelly, Kyle Atwell, Ladislav Cabada Harald Haelterman, Nik Hynek, Petr Just, Joachim Krause, David R. Marples Karel B. Müller, Suresh Nanwani, Tomas Pezl, Nicole