Tag: Carlo Invernizzi Accetti

Populist parties have made common cause with the technocrats in hollowing out national democracy in Europe

Eurosceptic parties performed strongly in last month’s European Parliament elections across a number of countries, including UKIP, the Front National in France and Bepe Grillo’s Five Star movement. Chris Bickerton and Carlo Invernizzi Accetti highlight the irony that these parties tended to encourage higher participation in European elections. They argue in this post that populist parties have failed voters by […]