Populist leaders often implement a possessive view of institutions
Pascal Perrineau
All it took was one poll to alert the French political class: by granting 48% of the vote to Marine Le Pen in a second round against Emmanuel Macron, the French interviewed by the polling institute sowed confusion.
What if the president of the National Rally wins the 2022 presidential election?
If the populist current were to conquer the Elysee?
A real revolution.
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Because, as Pascal Perrineau reminds us in his latest work (
Le Populisme,
Que sais-je?),
“When we take stock of their practice of power, it is striking to note that these leaders often implement a possessive vision of institutions and procedures of government ”.
The political scientist takes for example the government of Viktor Orbán, which modifies the electoral laws in favor of his party or seeks to weaken the Constitutional Court of Hungary.
Until Donald Trump in the United States who does not recognize his electoral defeat and sows chaos.
"By taking up the three
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