/region/europe/magas-ideological-export-to-romania-failed-what-now/ Fact-based, well-reasoned perspectives from around the world Sun, 01 Jun 2025 12:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /region/europe/magas-ideological-export-to-romania-failed-what-now/#comment-40250 Sun, 01 Jun 2025 06:08:34 +0000 /?p=155712#comment-40250 The rise of far right parties across Europe is a major trend. It reflects widespread mistrust of the ruling elite in most of the countries and exasperation with the deeply undemocratic technocracy we call the European Union. This account of the May election is accurate, but the Romanian case is much more complex than seeing it as a reaction to MAGA, as the arbitrarily cancelled presidential election just a few months ago demonstrates. Democracy in Europe has become something of a farce.

]]> /region/europe/magas-ideological-export-to-romania-failed-what-now/#comment-40244 Sat, 31 May 2025 15:24:05 +0000 /?p=155712#comment-40244 “Romania has the highest percentage of people at risk of social exclusion and poverty in the European Union.” Given this fact, would increased spending on defense sow the seeds for a different kind of populism in the future?

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