The national Governments and the European institutions’ problematic management of the 2008 economic crisis have increased voters’ distrust towards both national elites and the European Union. In this framework, populist and Eurosceptic parties have emerged as the winners of the 2014 EU electoral campaign thanks to their ability to ride the popular dissatisfaction. This paper focuses and compares two of these parties: Movimento Cinque Stelle (M5S) and The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). Its aim is to verify if and how their leaders’ electoral communication presented populist and/or Eurosceptic elements, and so to shed light on the unclear position of the M5S towards the EU, a compelling theme at the eve of 2019 European Elections. In order to accomplish this goal, a quali-quantitative analysis of the political speeches of Grillo and Farage has been conducted by means of a codebook that detects the leaders’ political orientations about the main political categories of polity, politics and policy both at national and European level.
Populism and the 2014 european elections: A comparative study of party speeches by the leaders of movimento cinque stelle and United Kingdom independence party
Cremonesi C.;Salvati E.
2019-01-01
Abstract
The national Governments and the European institutions’ problematic management of the 2008 economic crisis have increased voters’ distrust towards both national elites and the European Union. In this framework, populist and Eurosceptic parties have emerged as the winners of the 2014 EU electoral campaign thanks to their ability to ride the popular dissatisfaction. This paper focuses and compares two of these parties: Movimento Cinque Stelle (M5S) and The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). Its aim is to verify if and how their leaders’ electoral communication presented populist and/or Eurosceptic elements, and so to shed light on the unclear position of the M5S towards the EU, a compelling theme at the eve of 2019 European Elections. In order to accomplish this goal, a quali-quantitative analysis of the political speeches of Grillo and Farage has been conducted by means of a codebook that detects the leaders’ political orientations about the main political categories of polity, politics and policy both at national and European level.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
