‘We won’t let Brussels dictate us’: Eurosceptic populism in Hungary and Poland

Csehi, Robert; Zgut, Edit

doi:10.1080/23745118.2020.1717064

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“…A year after, in 2019, the PiS won 43.6 per cent of the popular vote giving it 235 seats, a majority in the Sejm, the more powerful lower chamber in Poland. Having consolidated their power, Hungarian and Polish authorities made further attempts of breaching the democratic values of the EU and sharpened their Eurosceptic populist discourse even further (Csehi & Zgut, 2020). They strongly emphasize that it is Europe that needs to change from within.…”

Section: Selective Globalisers and Adverse Effect Of Eu's Actionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The EU’s ‘actions-without-sanctions’? The politics of the rule of law crisis in many Europes

Soyaltin-Colella

2020

European Politics and Society

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Section: Selective Globalisers and Adverse Effect Of Eu's Actionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The EU’s ‘actions-without-sanctions’? The politics of the rule of law crisis in many Europes

Soyaltin-Colella

2020

European Politics and Society

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“…These governments, in turn, use Brussels as a rhetorical punching bag while benefitting from its financial largess" (Krastev 2018: 52; cited in Csehi & Zigut 2020: 2; emphasis ours). Keeping in mind that Central and Eastern Europe is still considered as an under-researched area in populism studies (Csehi & Zigut 2020), the paper aims to fill in some gaps with regard to the link between metaphorical framing and populist discourse.…”

Section: (2020): 345-369mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, metaphorical framing enables the Hungarian government to present the EU-Hungary relationship in a light that is favourable for the Réka Benczes -Lilla Petronella Szabó: Brussels -boss, bully or the big brother? Framing CONFLICT in contemporary Hungarian political rhetoric government and is in line with its populist policies (and narratives) (Csehi & Zigut 2020). Thus, it can be reasonably hypothesised that the Hungarian government also relies primarily on the CONFLICT frame to conceptualize its relationship with the European Union.…”

Section: (2020): 345-369mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, in our data, evident family relations did not emerge at all as a possible conceptualization of Hungary and EU relations, indicating the intention of FIDESZ (and the Hungarian government) to signal Hungary's estrangement with the EU. Such a discourse promotes the "anti-imperialist rhetoric" (Csehi & Zigut 2020: 2) of Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orbán, to portray the EU as an "imperial power" (Csehi & Zigut 2020: 2) that is controlled by the corrupt elite -and thus is naturally in conflict with the general will of the people.…”

Section: The Opponent Scenariomentioning

confidence: 99%

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Brussels – boss, bully or the big brother?

Benczes

Szabó

2020

Jezikoslovlje (Online)

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According to political realism, conflict is an immanent feature of world politics (Morgenthau 1948/1973). Drawing on this basic premise, it can be expected that the conflict frame is routinely exploited by politicians to explain and justify their foreign policy (Musolff 2016). Conflict is especially prevalent in populist narratives, where the “pure people” are juxtaposed with the “corrupt elite” (Mudde 2004). Accordingly, we hypothesized that the current Hungarian populist government would also frame its turbulent relationship with the EU by metaphorically conceptualizing it as a violent conflict. Drawing on a discourse dynamics approach to metaphor identification (Cameron et al. 2009; 2010), we analysed the metaphorical framing of the term Brüsszel (‘Brussels’) found in articles published on official government websites between 2015 and 2017. Our results indicate that explicit manifestation of the conflict frame in the form of violent conflict (such as a military operation) is less prevalent in contemporary government rhetoric, as opposed to the eu as person frame. This latter conceptualization, however, is manifested by metaphorical scenarios that evoke conflictual relations with varying degrees (and thus feed into populist narratives) by making sense of the EU as an authority figure, a partner in a joint venture, a bully, and an opponent in a battle.

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“…While a growing literature analyses side by side democratic backsliding in Hungary and Poland in its various manifestations, ranging from similar governance (Grzymala-Busse 2019) to the elaboration of Eurosceptic populist narratives (Csehi and Zgut 2020), few have focused on how the two projects have interacted. To fill this gap, we draw on studies of authoritarian collaboration (e.g.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%