The Success and Failure of Right-Wing Populist Parties in the Benelux Countries

Jonge, Léonie de

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“…From Figure 3, it is visible that Baudet was often mentioned in relation to Geert Wilders, who has been a longtime fixture in Dutch politics. It seems plausible that Wilders provided the FvD with some legitimacy; indeed, both the LPF and the PVV helped pave the way for the rise of the FvD (de Jonge, 2021).…”

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“…The media played an important role in the rise of the Dutch far right (de Jonge, 2021; Koopmans and Muis, 2009). In the 1980s and 1990s, Dutch journalists (alongside mainstream politicians and civil society organisations) adhered to strict demarcation by showing zero ‘tolerance for the intolerant’.…”

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“…In particular after the sudden electoral rise of Pim Fortuyn in the early 2000s, the Dutch media sought to (over)compensate for the alleged past lack of attention given to the concerns of ‘common people’ by giving disproportionate attention to the populist radical right. This trend was reinforced by the Brexit vote and, above all, the election of Donald Trump in 2016, after which media practitioners concluded that they were to remain ‘neutral’ commentators, and that their role consisted primarily of collecting facts and passing them on to society (de Jonge, 2021). In other words, the ‘objectivity paradigm’ became dominant.…”

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“…More specifically, it is a non-linear process (Brown et al, 2021) that involves ‘the introduction of new norms and the (gradual) eradication of old ones, through the legitimisation of a new normative order, down to acceptance of what was once deemed “unacceptable” or “deviant” as acceptable patterns and ways of doing and thinking’ (Krzyżanowski, 2020a: 510). While the slow evolution of ‘mainstream’ norms, values and beliefs over time can happen organically, the rapid normalisation of far-right ideas and discourses over the past years is not a ‘natural’ process (Miller-Idriss, 2020); elites (notably mainstream politicians) as well as the media play a central role in shifting the boundaries of normality (de Jonge, 2021). This process is crucial to the growth of far-right movements because it helps them recruit followers and mobilise support whilst minimising the likelihood that the public will sound the alarm bells (Miller-Idriss, 2020: 46).…”

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The normalisation of the far right in the Dutch media in the run-up to the 2021 general elections

Jonge

Gaufman

2022

Discourse & Society

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Although there is widespread agreement in the literature that the media play an instrumental role in furthering or limiting the spread of right-wing populism, there are few studies that examine the micro-mechanisms at play that facilitate the normalisation of the far right in and by the media. This contribution seeks to redress that gap. Focussing in particular on the Netherlands, we trace the ways in which the media have accommodated populist radical right politicians and their parties in the run-up to the 2021 Dutch general elections, thereby discursively shifting the boundaries of what is considered appropriate or ‘normal’. We do so by concentrating on the far-right political newcomer, Thierry Baudet, who is the leader of the Forum voor Democratie (Forum for Democracy or FvD, also referred to as Forum). Using discourse-conceptual analysis of Dutch newspaper articles, the article provides illustrative evidence that Dutch mainstream media outlets adopted an accommodative stance towards Baudet and his party in the run-up to the elections. The findings suggest that this media strategy contributed to the normalisation of the far right in the Dutch public sphere.

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“…In Germany, for example, with the parliamentary privileges already mentioned, parties can not only influence parliamentary debates (Atzpodien, 2020;Schwanholz et al, 2020) but also develop a professional organization to mobilize outside parliament (Heinze and Weisskircher, 2021). In addition, every parliamentary party enjoys a certain degree of media attention (De Jonge, 2021). Consequently, it is essential to conceptualize party responses for the parliamentary arena.…”

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Dealing with the populist radical right in parliament: mainstream party responses toward the Alternative for Germany

Heinze

2022

Eur. Pol. Sci. Rev.

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In recent years, populist radical right parties (PRRPs) have continued to establish themselves in parliaments across Europe. However, there is little research on party responses in parliaments. This article explores how mainstream parties have dealt with the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in state parliaments. Its contribution is twofold: theoretically, it links the existing literature on party responses to the parliamentary arena and proposes a comprehensive framework for analyzing party responses in parliament, distinguishing between the formal and the policy level. Moreover, it tries to understand the variation of responses by emphasizing three important factors: party ideology, the government–opposition divide, and the federal structure of parties. Empirically, the article explores the crucial variation of response patterns toward the AfD at the subnational level, which is often neglected in the study of PRRPs. The results show that party responses reflect an ongoing learning process with no ‘magic formula’ in sight. Overall, the article underlines the importance of party responses in the initial phase for the PRRPs’ impact and offers substantial theoretical and empirical impetus for future research.

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Germany Against the Alternative for Germany? The Model of an Adapted Militancy

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The Success and Failure of Right-Wing Populist Parties in the Benelux Countries

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The normalisation of the far right in the Dutch media in the run-up to the 2021 general elections

Dealing with the populist radical right in parliament: mainstream party responses toward the Alternative for Germany

Germany Against the Alternative for Germany? The Model of an Adapted Militancy

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