Open Access“Morrer por dentro”? Os desafios do populismo e as eleições europeias de 2019
Author(s) -
Paulo Vila Maior
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
população e sociedade
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2184-5263
pISSN - 0873-1861
DOI - 10.52224/21845263/rev35a1
Subject(s) - parliament , populism , setback , political science , politics , european union , legislature , radical right , popularity , political economy , public administration , law , sociology , economic policy , economics
The results of the 2019 European Parliament (EP) elections cast an unprecedented challenge for the European Union (EU). Growing popularity of right-wing and left-wing, populist and radical political parties and the rising number of members of the parliament materialise the challenge. The article explores the seismic effects of the reconfiguration of the political landscape for European integration. The rising number of populist and radical political parties’ members of the parliament might weaken the political centre of gravity in the EP. Since the EP plays an important role on the legislative process of the EU, populist and radical parties’ Euroscepticism (if not their standpoint against the EU) might pervade the EP and threaten the EU with the prospect of setback, or at least stagnation.