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The State of Populism in Europe 2018

a yearly report by FEPS and Policy Solutions on the populist trends in Europe
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State of populism in Europe

12/03/2019
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FEPS and Policy Solutions joint website called “Populism Tracker” monitors and analyses the changes in the popularity of approximately 80 parties that are labelled as populist in the academic literature. Each year, FEPS and Policy Solutions publish a book based on the data retrieved and provide an EU-wide assessment of the most significant political trends in a given member state of the European Union.

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