“populists … create a discourse that empowers. The liberal discourse says: “You can’t do that, that’s stupid”. Clearly, that's not motivating.” By @casmudde
I was interviewed for the “Ideas” section of @politicalquarterly.bsky.social
I was very happy to be asked to reflect a bit on my career in addition to contemporary politics. Hope you like it!
I was very happy to be asked to reflect a bit on my career in addition to contemporary politics. Hope you like it!
"Politics is Largely About Defining Problems, Not Just Solving Them": Interview with Cas Mudde
Anya Pearson interviews Professor Cas Mudde, one of the world's leading experts on the far right.
politicalquarterly.org.uk
April 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“populists … create a discourse that empowers. The liberal discourse says: “You can’t do that, that’s stupid”. Clearly, that's not motivating.” By @casmudde
Last year I wrote a thread on the other place about the "weaponization of antisemitism" and the use of "Judeonationalism" by the European (far) right. It applies largely to the Trump 2.0. 👇
Thread by @CasMudde on Thread Reader App
@CasMudde: A quick #thread to contextualize the current spike in "anti-antisemitism" in much of Western Europe. 🧵 1. In postwar Western Europe, defined by the Holocaust and still deeply colonial, #ant...
threadreaderapp.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Last year I wrote a thread on the other place about the "weaponization of antisemitism" and the use of "Judeonationalism" by the European (far) right. It applies largely to the Trump 2.0. 👇
#CasMudde zegt het
The US is not just Europe’s unwilling ally, but an adversary steeped in far-right ideology | Cas Mudde
The US is not just Europe’s unwilling ally, but an adversary steeped in far-right ideology | Cas Mudde
Don’t say you weren’t warned: Trump’s new national security strategy seeks to destroy liberal democracy as we know it, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
#CasMudde zegt het
'Als #Trump straks de #midterms wint, zijn er in 2028 waarschijnlijk geen vrije en eerlijke presidentsverkiezingen meer.'
en:
'Ik ben nooit heel optimistisch geweest. Maar misschien is dat de enige manier om hier te kunnen blijven wonen.'
#CasMudde, toonaangevend politicoloog en woonachtig in VS.
en:
'Ik ben nooit heel optimistisch geweest. Maar misschien is dat de enige manier om hier te kunnen blijven wonen.'
#CasMudde, toonaangevend politicoloog en woonachtig in VS.
December 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
👇🇺🇸🇪🇺🇬🇧"The US is not just Europe’s unwilling ally, but an adversary steeped in far-right ideology"
- Cas Mudde #CasMudde
- Cas Mudde #CasMudde
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
👇🇺🇸🇪🇺🇬🇧"The US is not just Europe’s unwilling ally, but an adversary steeped in far-right ideology"
- Cas Mudde #CasMudde
- Cas Mudde #CasMudde
Ik ben er inmiddels bang voor dat dit soms berekening is. Zaadje geplant. “Bad faith actors” zoals @casmudde@bsky.social het noemt. Ik vind het echt heel vervelend om zo te denken, ik vrees dat we er aan moeten wennen.
October 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Ik ben er inmiddels bang voor dat dit soms berekening is. Zaadje geplant. “Bad faith actors” zoals @casmudde@bsky.social het noemt. Ik vind het echt heel vervelend om zo te denken, ik vrees dat we er aan moeten wennen.
CasMudde, I wish you had time to post this two times every day.
December 7, 2024 at 4:27 PM
CasMudde, I wish you had time to post this two times every day.
March 12, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Ps. Foto gefunden bei Casmudde
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Ps. Foto gefunden bei Casmudde
Bemærker at Casmudde kun nævner mord på højreorienterede politikere. I denne tråd. Hvad med Melissa Hortman? bsky.app/profile/casm...
September 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Bemærker at Casmudde kun nævner mord på højreorienterede politikere. I denne tråd. Hvad med Melissa Hortman? bsky.app/profile/casm...
Are you interested in populism? → C. Mudde. “The Populist Radical Right. A Pathological Normalcy”. In: West European Politics 33.6 (2010), pp. 1167-1186. @CasMudde
February 27, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Are you interested in populism? → C. Mudde. “The Populist Radical Right. A Pathological Normalcy”. In: West European Politics 33.6 (2010), pp. 1167-1186. @CasMudde
CasMudde: "In other words, mainstream politicians need to go beyond crime and immigration and focus also on such things as increasing housing provision and public spending, limiting economic and income inequality, fighting the climate crisis and strengthening European integration."
The AfD’s win in Germany is a dark day for Europe. Time is running out to stop the far right | Cas Mudde
The AfD’s win in Germany is a dark day for Europe. Time is running out to stop the far right | Cas Mudde
This party is among the most extreme in Europe. To protect our democracies, liberal parties must urgently change their tactics, says Cas Mudde, author of The Far Right Today
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2026 at 4:06 AM
CasMudde: "In other words, mainstream politicians need to go beyond crime and immigration and focus also on such things as increasing housing provision and public spending, limiting economic and income inequality, fighting the climate crisis and strengthening European integration."
Our invited commentary contributors — @BluBuchanan, @CasMudde, @MeredithPruden, and @emm_trn —identify, assess, and advance solutions to the difficulties faced by those who study and teach “the right.”
More here: https://escholarship.org/uc/jrws/2/1
More here: https://escholarship.org/uc/jrws/2/1
Journal of Right-Wing Studies
escholarship.org
November 16, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Our invited commentary contributors — @BluBuchanan, @CasMudde, @MeredithPruden, and @emm_trn —identify, assess, and advance solutions to the difficulties faced by those who study and teach “the right.”
More here: https://escholarship.org/uc/jrws/2/1
More here: https://escholarship.org/uc/jrws/2/1
Good advice from Cas Mudde, a far right specialist. He's not on here yet but occasionally posts on Linkedin.
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Cas Mudde 👀 on X: "After some soul-searching, and trying some alternatives, I have decided to, reluctantly and temporarily, return to Twitter for the Mega Election Year 2024. However, I intend to use this wretched platform fundamentally different than before. A short thread to explain 🧵" / X
After some soul-searching, and trying some alternatives, I have decided to, reluctantly and temporarily, return to Twitter for the Mega Election Year 2024. However, I intend to use this wretched platform fundamentally different than before. A short thread to explain 🧵
x.com
March 16, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Good advice from Cas Mudde, a far right specialist. He's not on here yet but occasionally posts on Linkedin.
x.com/casmudde/sta...
x.com/casmudde/sta...
.@CasMudde He would have done even better if he had actually won.
February 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
.@CasMudde He would have done even better if he had actually won.
.@CasMudde @KuperSimon @OpenSociety @FinancialTimes Good idea, and another reason the right hates George Soros.
February 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
.@CasMudde @KuperSimon @OpenSociety @FinancialTimes Good idea, and another reason the right hates George Soros.
.@CasMudde A lot of people want to take real action but unsure what to do. Can you provide some constructive suggestions?
February 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
.@CasMudde A lot of people want to take real action but unsure what to do. Can you provide some constructive suggestions?
#CfP: 5th Prague #Populism Conference "Current Populism in Europe: What´s Next?" @GI_Tschechien 🇨🇿, keynote speakers: @CasMudde @UGA_SPIA @universityofga, @StijnTvanKessel @QMUL & @reinhardheinis1 @UniSalzburg. Deadline: January 31 <a href="http://populism.fsv.cuni.cz" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://populism.fsv.cuni.cz cc @m_mejstrik
November 18, 2024 at 4:21 AM
#CfP: 5th Prague #Populism Conference "Current Populism in Europe: What´s Next?" @GI_Tschechien 🇨🇿, keynote speakers: @CasMudde @UGA_SPIA @universityofga, @StijnTvanKessel @QMUL & @reinhardheinis1 @UniSalzburg. Deadline: January 31 <a href="http://populism.fsv.cuni.cz" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://populism.fsv.cuni.cz cc @m_mejstrik
Auksė Balčytienė @CasMudde @LJRamiro @PaulAdamTaggart @adeligiaouri Josef Trappel, Lilia Raycheva @VStetka @martinmolder Tapio Raunio, Philippe Maarek, Christina Holtz-Bacha, Stylianos Papathanassopoulos, Beata Klimkiewicz, Agnieszka Szymanska, Carlos Jalali, Tomaž Deželan
November 17, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Auksė Balčytienė @CasMudde @LJRamiro @PaulAdamTaggart @adeligiaouri Josef Trappel, Lilia Raycheva @VStetka @martinmolder Tapio Raunio, Philippe Maarek, Christina Holtz-Bacha, Stylianos Papathanassopoulos, Beata Klimkiewicz, Agnieszka Szymanska, Carlos Jalali, Tomaž Deželan
Biden’s massively insecure, thus genuinely anti-immigrant.
‘When you adopt frames of far right and propose far right lite policies, you lose some of your own supporters but win no far-right supporters, who always prefer the original’ https://x.com/casmudde/status/1762567524648882306
‘When you adopt frames of far right and propose far right lite policies, you lose some of your own supporters but win no far-right supporters, who always prefer the original’ https://x.com/casmudde/status/1762567524648882306
February 27, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Biden’s massively insecure, thus genuinely anti-immigrant.
‘When you adopt frames of far right and propose far right lite policies, you lose some of your own supporters but win no far-right supporters, who always prefer the original’ https://x.com/casmudde/status/1762567524648882306
‘When you adopt frames of far right and propose far right lite policies, you lose some of your own supporters but win no far-right supporters, who always prefer the original’ https://x.com/casmudde/status/1762567524648882306
Excellent, disturbing .@casmudde post: Is Hungary run by the radical right?
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/08/10/is-hungary-run-by-the-radical-right/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/08/10/is-hungary-run-by-the-radical-right/
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/08/10/is-hungary-run-by-the-radical-right/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/08/10/is-hungary-run-by-the-radical-right/
November 13, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Excellent, disturbing .@casmudde post: Is Hungary run by the radical right?
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/08/10/is-hungary-run-by-the-radical-right/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/08/10/is-hungary-run-by-the-radical-right/
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/08/10/is-hungary-run-by-the-radical-right/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/08/10/is-hungary-run-by-the-radical-right/
@CasMudde can you please not refer to ARD/ZDF as “state tv” they are public broadcasters. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/24/germany-elections-afd-europe-immigration-merkel-radical-right?CMP=share_btn_tw
What the stunning success of AfD means for Germany and Eu...
The radical right party profited from the fact immigratio...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:38 AM
@CasMudde can you please not refer to ARD/ZDF as “state tv” they are public broadcasters. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/24/germany-elections-afd-europe-immigration-merkel-radical-right?CMP=share_btn_tw
Guter Thread zur Wahrnehmung rechtsextremer Parteien unter Journalisten.
tl;dr ist wohl: Die "Mitte" ist nach rechts gerückt und daher wirken Rechtsextreme gar nicht so extrem und Leute halten die dann für relativ harmlos, dabei sind sie so extrem wie eh und je.
twitter.com/CasMudde/sta...
tl;dr ist wohl: Die "Mitte" ist nach rechts gerückt und daher wirken Rechtsextreme gar nicht so extrem und Leute halten die dann für relativ harmlos, dabei sind sie so extrem wie eh und je.
twitter.com/CasMudde/sta...
twitter.com
May 14, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Guter Thread zur Wahrnehmung rechtsextremer Parteien unter Journalisten.
tl;dr ist wohl: Die "Mitte" ist nach rechts gerückt und daher wirken Rechtsextreme gar nicht so extrem und Leute halten die dann für relativ harmlos, dabei sind sie so extrem wie eh und je.
twitter.com/CasMudde/sta...
tl;dr ist wohl: Die "Mitte" ist nach rechts gerückt und daher wirken Rechtsextreme gar nicht so extrem und Leute halten die dann für relativ harmlos, dabei sind sie so extrem wie eh und je.
twitter.com/CasMudde/sta...
Tag X!Was sind die wichtigsten Herausforderungen der#Europawahlen2024? Darüber sprechen wir mit demPolitikwissenschaftler @CasMudde, der sich auf die#ExtremeRechtespezialisiert hat.https://voxeurop.eu/de/event/live-europawahlen-schatten-extremen-rechten/…
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Tag X!Was sind die wichtigsten Herausforderungen der#Europawahlen2024? Darüber sprechen wir mit demPolitikwissenschaftler @CasMudde, der sich auf die#ExtremeRechtespezialisiert hat.https://voxeurop.eu/de/event/live-europawahlen-schatten-extremen-rechten/…
@Ruth_Mottram @casmudde also Copenhagen is a highly atypical electorate: it is the only one in the country with Enhedslisten are the largest party, for example, whereas even in the 2nd biggest city Aarhus they polled less than 10%. Completely agree that the 'Danish model' of Social Democratic […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:56 AM
@Ruth_Mottram @casmudde also Copenhagen is a highly atypical electorate: it is the only one in the country with Enhedslisten are the largest party, for example, whereas even in the 2nd biggest city Aarhus they polled less than 10%. Completely agree that the 'Danish model' of Social Democratic […]