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Absolutely, for example Italy's "Five Stars" party, which is currently the majority party in the most populist government Italy has ever had, won the elections
by Udik 8y ago
Absolutely, for example Italy's "Five Stars" party, which is currently the majority party in the most populist government Italy has ever had, won the elections with a strong "anti-elites" platform and a (completely unrealistic) plan for redistributing money to a large part of the population.
- orwin 8y agoBut the Five Star was called a populist party by most of the european media (and italian ones: see Il Tempo, L’Unione Sarda and Il Fatto Quotidiano after the election night), so you are undermining the point with your example.
- Udik 8y agoHa, "Il Fatto Quotidiano" is pretty much the Five Stars party's official newspaper. So I don't know why they would call them populist (unless they decided that it's easier to redefine the value of the term rather than fight against it). Anyway, Five Stars's proposals are rather extreme, and they're outsiders who don't fit the left/ right division; as such it's easier to recognize and label them as populist than it is with the usual left-wing parties (when their proposals actually are populist, which is not a given).