“They all are the red plague”: anti-communism and the Romanian radical right populists

Popescu, Liliana Georgeta; Vesalon, Lucian

doi:10.1080/21599165.2022.2086862

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“…The party had as a central theme of campaign the corrupt practices of politicians (including vote buying). While this theme is typical for anti-system parties (Gherghina and Mişcoiu, 2022;Popescu and Vesalon, 2022), it is relevant in the discussion about clientelism and volatile voters' tendency to reject it since AUR voters were all volatile.…”

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“…The Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) was formed in September 2019 and got fourth in the 2020 national elections with more than 9% of the votes. It is a radical-right populist party with strong religious and nationalist rhetoric, similar to neo-Marxism, which sometimes capitalises on environmental issues (Doiciar and Creţan, 2021;Gherghina and Mişcoiu, 2022;Popescu and Vesalon, 2022). Among the small parties, the only continuous presence in the parliamentary arena is the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), which gets 6%-7% of the votes based on ethnic identity from counties with a sizeable Hungarian minority.…”

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Buying loyalty: Volatile voters and electoral clientelism

Gherghina

Țap

2022

Politics

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Electoral volatility and clientelism were traditionally analysed through the lenses of clientelistic behaviour by political actors. However, we know very little about the importance of volatility for the formation of attitudes towards clientelism within the electorate. This article addresses that gap by analysing the extent to which volatile voters are more likely to accept electoral clientelism as a political practice. We bring evidence from Romania, which is a crucial case due to its extensive use of clientelism in elections over time and high electoral volatility. The analysis uses individual-level data from a survey conducted on a national representative sample of 4316 respondents in 2021. Contrary to the theoretical expectations, the findings illustrate that loyal voters accept clientelism easier, which holds when controlling for variables such as targeting awareness, political interest, income, or education. These results have important implications for the study of elections and voting behaviour.

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Buying loyalty: Volatile voters and electoral clientelism

Gherghina

Țap

2022

Politics

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“…This party emerged in 2019 and gained momentum in the 2020 legislative elections, when it entered Parliament with over 9% in both houses. AUR had not received traditional media coverage or notice before entering the Parliament (Popescu -Vesalon 2022). Its electoral success came as a shock.…”

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Filling the Ideological Void: ‘Restorative’ Nostalgia and the Radical Right Parties in Romania

Iancu¹

2023

sociologia

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Filling the Ideological Void: 'Restorative' Nostalgia and the Radical Right Parties in Romania. The article examines the role occupied by nostalgia as a group-based emotion in shaping the 'micro-politics' of the radical right parties. The paper argues that the high ideological eclecticism of RRP is primarily due to the strategies deployed in the weaponization of the past. As a discursive strategy, nostalgia substantially conditions party appeals well beyond the symbolic and mythological references, contaminating broader policy-oriented assertions. The study is focused on two paired examples of ultranationalist parliamentary parties: the Greater Romanian Party and the Alliance for the Union of Romanians. Content analysis of primary and secondary sources emphasizes that despite a 30-year time gap, the two Romanian RRP showcase remarkably high levels of programmatic and discourse overlap due to nostalgia-based strategies of boosting nationalist identities.crucial.

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“…As a result, in much of the research devoted to the subject, Romania came to be known for its almost non-existent political Euroscepticism (Taggart & Szczerbiak, 2002). For quite some time, Romania had been an exception in the region, as Eurosceptics were absent from its political landscape (Popescu & Vesalon, 2022).…”

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Measuring Receptivity to Eurosceptic Media Discourses in the Vicinity of War: Evidence from Romania

Stoica,

Voina

2023

MaC

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Ever since its accession to the EU, Romania was considered an exceptional case among member states, given the unwavering high levels of popular support for the EU. However, the most recent elections held in Romania brought about the unexpected emergence of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), a far-right populist party that strongly opposes the European project, which it accuses of resembling “a harmful hegemony.” The war in Ukraine represented another chance for AUR to bash the EU for its reaction in supporting Ukraine. The current article examines the degree to which anti-EU appeals of AUR influence Eurosceptic attitudes in Romania. In doing so, the present research pursues two distinct, but complementary goals. The first is to perform a content analysis of Eurosceptic narratives disseminated by AUR through its main social media channels since the start of the war. The second goal is then, employing four logistic regression models and using unique data collected through an online interactive survey, to test which of these narratives matter the most in shaping Eurosceptic attitudes. The article allows us to develop a nuanced understanding of what triggered a change of heart in a significant part of the Romanian electorate vis-à-vis the EU and the influence of Eurosceptic media discourse in this sense.

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“They all are the red plague”: anti-communism and the Romanian radical right populists

Cited by 6 publications

References 29 publications

Buying loyalty: Volatile voters and electoral clientelism

Buying loyalty: Volatile voters and electoral clientelism

Filling the Ideological Void: ‘Restorative’ Nostalgia and the Radical Right Parties in Romania

Measuring Receptivity to Eurosceptic Media Discourses in the Vicinity of War: Evidence from Romania

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