EPICENTER in the Media
April 19, 2024
The Authoritarian Populism Index for 2024, published by TIMBRO and EPICENTER, was reported on by Bulgarian news outlet Dnevnik. Despite varying levels of support across EU countries, Bulgaria stands out with significant growth in populist party votes over the past decade, particularly highlighted by the emergence of Vazrazhdane, indicating a trend contrary to the overall European pattern.
April 19, 2024
Novinite.com report on the Authoritarian Populism Index 2024, published by Timbro and EPICENTER. While countries like Hungary, Italy, and France exhibit significant backing for populist factions, Bulgaria's political sphere shows a shift with the rise of the Revival party, signaling evolving dynamics despite relatively low overall support for populist parties.
April 18, 2024
24Chasa featured Swedish member think tank Timbro's recent Authoritarian Populism Index, highlighting Hungary, Italy, France, Greece, and Poland as the leading populist-supporting countries, with Bulgaria showing lower support at under 20%, attributed to rising concerns about migration. Populism is increasingly prevalent across Europe, notably in Hungary and Poland, where it has become a norm, with at least one of the top three parties in each country being populist.
April 17, 2024
LIFO reported on EPICENTER's and Timbro's recent Authoritarian Populism Index, detailing how Greece maintains its high ranking in support for populist and authoritarian parties, despite a notable 11-percentage-point decrease in such support from 2015 to 2023.
April 17, 2024
Featured in Greek news outlet Athens Voice, trends show that despite a notable 11-percentage-point decrease in support for populist and authoritarian parties in Greece from 2015 to 2023, the country still ranks fourth among 31 European nations according to Timbro's and EPICENTER's Authoritarian Populism Index.
April 17, 2024
EPICENTER's and Timbro's recent publication, the Authoritarian Populism Index, features on Capital.gr, detailing Greece's continued high-level support for populist parties, despite recent decreases in overall support.
April 17, 2024
Iefimerida's recent article details that despite a notable 11-percentage-point decrease in support for populist and authoritarian parties in Greece from 2015 to 2023, the country still ranks fourth among 31 European nations according to Timbro's and EPICENTER's Authoritarian Populism Index, reflecting a broader trend across Europe where one in three citizens supports such parties, with slight increases in northern European countries and slight declines in left-wing parties across the EU.
April 17, 2024
Liberal.GR covered Timbro's and EPICENTER's recent Authoritarian Populism Index, which places Greece in 4th place for authoritarian populism support despite a recent drop in numbers supporting such parties.
April 17, 2024
Novini.BG features EPICENTER's and Timbro's Authoritarian Populism Index, which reveals that Bulgaria has seen a significant growth over the past decade in its support for authoritarian parties, reaching almost 1/5 of all votes in parliamentary elections in the middle of the last decade.