Is the Radical Right a Threat to Europe?

With key elections approaching across Europe, radical-right parties are poised to maintain and even expand their political influence.

Rosa Balfour, Catherine Fieschi, and Cas Mudde explore whether a more right-leaning EU constitutes an existential threat, or if such concerns are overstated.

Catherine Fieschi, Cas Mudde, March 19, 2026, "Is the Radical-Right Threat Existential or Overstated? (carnegieendowment.org/europe/posts/2026/03/is-…)," Carnegie Europe.

Rosa Balfour, January 24, 2026, "The EU Finally Used an Economic Threat Against Trump. But the Markets Forced His Climbdown (theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/24/eu-e…)," The Guardian.

Rosa Balfour, Stefan Lehne, Elena Ventura, September 22, 2025 "The European Radical Right in the Age of Trump 2.0 (carnegieendowment.org/europe/research/2025/09/…)," Carnegie Europe.

Rosa Balfour, April 30, 2025, "Europe Tried to Trump-Proof Itself. Now It’s Crafting a Plan B (carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2025/04/europe-…)," Emissary, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Rosa Balfour and Stefan Lehne, April 18, 2024, "Charting the Radical Right’s Influence on EU Foreign Policy (carnegieendowment.org/europe/research/2024/04/…)," Carnegie Europe.

Catherine Fieschi, April 10, 2025, "What Le Pen’s Sentence Means for the Rule of Law in Europe (carnegieendowment.org/europe/strategic-europe/…)," Strategic Europe, Carnegie Europe.

Catherine Fieschi, August 16, 2023, "Populocracy," (cambridge.org/core/books/populocracy/F061322AE…) Agenda Publishing.

Cas Mudde, December 4, 2024, "Democracy is in a doom spiral—but it isn’t dead yet (prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/democracy/6869…)," Prospect Magazine.

Cas Mudde, September 2019, "The Far Right Today (wiley.com/en-gb/The+Far+Right+Today-p-97815095…)," Polity.