THE ADVANCE OF
EXTREME RIGHTWING
PARTIES IN
POLAND,
AUSTRIAAND
HUNGARY
Andrea Hidalgo Camargo
Radan Šibl
What is an
extreme
right-wing
party?
• European far-right parties share an antiimmigration
political program reflecting
their ultra-nationalist ideology; they
consider that only natives should be
inhabitants of the state and that non-native
elements threaten the homogeneity of the
nation-state (Mudde, 2007)
Actual Government
• Poland
Mateusz Morawiecki - Prime Minister (Law and
Justice Party)
• Austria
Karl Nehammer - Chancellor of Austria (OVP,
Austrian People's Party)
• Hungary
Viktor Orban - Prime Minister (Fidesz Hungarian
Civic Alliance)
Post-Communist
In the lata 20t h
century
I r3n^lW^Jo)tcal landscape
- Challenges of transitioning:
o Market economy,
o Stability and national identity,
o Traditional values
o Rise of populist movements
Religious
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• Social Conservatism.
• Cultural preservation.
National Identity and Historical
• Strugglefagainst communism.
• Historical grievances, Treaty of Trianon.
• The framing of national pride.
Post-Imperial Legacies
• Austria-Hungarian Empire
• World War I: territorial loses and border changes
Historical Right-Wing Movements
Austria
-After World War II:
conservative Austrian
People's Party (ÓVP) played
a crucial role in rebuilding the
country.
-Freedom Party of Austria
was founded in 1945 but
became popular with leader
Jórg Haider in 1990s who
combined liberal economics
with nationalism,
euroscepticism and
antisemitism. It is unofficial
successor of Christian
Social Party that focused on
keeping catholic Austria out of
protestant state of Germany
- NEOS - liberal right-wing
Hungary
- Fidesz: Right-wing to far right
Viktor Orban continuously
winning from 2010 with 40% or
more.
- Jobbik: Before extreme right
now more center, nationalism,
agrarism, antiglobalization.
- Our homeland movement:
Hungarian nationalism,
euroscepticism, antisionism,
antiglobalization.
Poland
- PiS: Jarostaw Kaczyhski.
- Civic Platform: Donald Tusk,
liberal conservatism, christian
democracy, pro european
- Sovereign Poland: Zbigniew
Ziobro, national conservatism,
social conservatism.
Economic
Disparities
• Economic uncertainty (Covid, Inflation, War)
• Globalization - concerns about the job loss
• Regional differences - some regions are left
behind economically compared to others
• Isolated elites from ordinary citizen
Immigration and
Nationalism
• Strict border control and limitation on immigration
• Border fences - Fidesz
• Opposition to EU policis on migration
• Protection of cultural and religious identity
• Against any external interference