The Mirror (2013) examines the role of right-wing populist parties in Europe in terms of a recently published study by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. The authors call for moderate parties to take action against the increasing radicalization of politics. They determined five key conditions that favour the renewed rise of national populist parties: “1. A critical mass of unbound and disappointed voters is available. 2. Immigration and European criticism are the determining issues of public debate. 3. Major media are open to extremely shortened and radically intensified representations of immigration and European issues. 4. The institutional conditions of the electoral system are favourable for rapid success of new parties. 5. There is a charismatic leader and / or “political entrepreneurship”” (Grabow / Hartleb 2013). The Rroma are particularly affected by the policies of these national populist parties like the Front National or Fidesz. The parties build their programs on rigorous order policies that are designed to buikd and increase barriers between people. They thus endanger the peaceful coexistence between people and hamper a holistic implementation of democratic principles of equality.

• Grabow, Karsten/Hartleb, Florian (2013) Europa – Nein Danke. Studie zum Aufstieg von rechts- und nationalpopulistischen Parteien in Europa. Sankt Augustin/Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.  http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_36200-544-1-30.pdf?131202091119
• Spiegel (2013) KAS-Studie: Rechtspopulisten werden zur Gefahr für Europa. In: Spiegel online vom 2.12.2013.  http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/studie-rechtspopulisten-werden-zur-gefahr-fuer-europa-a-936724.html

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