Eager to leave? Populist radical right parties’ responses to Brexit

Populist radical right parties are naturally Eurosceptic. Many responded positively to the British referendum vote to leave the European Union; various observers even spoke of a potential populist radical right-instigated ‘domino effect’. We ask whether this Brexit-enthusiasm prevailed in the proxim...

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Authors: van Kessel, Stijn, Chelotti, Nicola, Drake, Helen, Rodi, Patricia, Roch González, Juan
Format: article
Publication Date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repository:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Language:English
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/25313
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Keyword:59 Ciencia Política
Brexit
Euroscepticism
party competition
politicisation
populism
radical right
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spelling Eager to leave? Populist radical right parties’ responses to Brexitvan Kessel, StijnChelotti, NicolaDrake, HelenRodi, PatriciaRoch González, Juan59 Ciencia PolíticaBrexitEuroscepticismparty competitionpoliticisationpopulismradical rightPopulist radical right parties are naturally Eurosceptic. Many responded positively to the British referendum vote to leave the European Union; various observers even spoke of a potential populist radical right-instigated ‘domino effect’. We ask whether this Brexit-enthusiasm prevailed in the proximate aftermath of the UK referendum, by means of a comparative analysis of populist radical right parties’ national election campaigns in the Netherlands, France, Germany, and Italy. The analysis considers whether the UK referendum result served as an external stimulus for populist radical right parties to harden their Euroscepticism and politicise the issue of European integration. The results show that this has, generally speaking, not been the case, and that Brexit has also not stimulated or amplified calls for leaving the European Union. Relating our findings to literature on the politicisation of European integration and strategic party behaviour, we argue that populist radical right parties had few incentives to act differently given the uninviting political opportunity structure.SAGE Publicationshttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7853-5871e-Spacio UNED20252025-01-1520202020-01-0320202020-01-03journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/25313reponame:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNEDinstname:Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.esoai:e-spacio.uned.es:20.500.14468/253132026-06-06T12:38:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Eager to leave? Populist radical right parties’ responses to Brexit
title Eager to leave? Populist radical right parties’ responses to Brexit
spellingShingle Eager to leave? Populist radical right parties’ responses to Brexit
van Kessel, Stijn
59 Ciencia Política
Brexit
Euroscepticism
party competition
politicisation
populism
radical right
title_short Eager to leave? Populist radical right parties’ responses to Brexit
title_full Eager to leave? Populist radical right parties’ responses to Brexit
title_fullStr Eager to leave? Populist radical right parties’ responses to Brexit
title_full_unstemmed Eager to leave? Populist radical right parties’ responses to Brexit
title_sort Eager to leave? Populist radical right parties’ responses to Brexit
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv van Kessel, Stijn
Chelotti, Nicola
Drake, Helen
Rodi, Patricia
Roch González, Juan
author van Kessel, Stijn
author_facet van Kessel, Stijn
Chelotti, Nicola
Drake, Helen
Rodi, Patricia
Roch González, Juan
author_role author
author2 Chelotti, Nicola
Drake, Helen
Rodi, Patricia
Roch González, Juan
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e-Spacio UNED
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 59 Ciencia Política
Brexit
Euroscepticism
party competition
politicisation
populism
radical right
topic 59 Ciencia Política
Brexit
Euroscepticism
party competition
politicisation
populism
radical right
description Populist radical right parties are naturally Eurosceptic. Many responded positively to the British referendum vote to leave the European Union; various observers even spoke of a potential populist radical right-instigated ‘domino effect’. We ask whether this Brexit-enthusiasm prevailed in the proximate aftermath of the UK referendum, by means of a comparative analysis of populist radical right parties’ national election campaigns in the Netherlands, France, Germany, and Italy. The analysis considers whether the UK referendum result served as an external stimulus for populist radical right parties to harden their Euroscepticism and politicise the issue of European integration. The results show that this has, generally speaking, not been the case, and that Brexit has also not stimulated or amplified calls for leaving the European Union. Relating our findings to literature on the politicisation of European integration and strategic party behaviour, we argue that populist radical right parties had few incentives to act differently given the uninviting political opportunity structure.
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