This is not only incredibly weak, its false equivalence between Farage and Polanski is dangerous. One of them is a threat to liberal democracy, the other one is not. The text is a prime example of how radical centrism and the profound arrogance of self-declared liberals legitimize the far right
06.03.2026 12:51
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Omstreden vastgoedmiljonair gebruikte truc om tonnen aan FVD te doneren
Forum voor Democratie kreeg vorig jaar twee ton van de omstreden vastgoedman Peter Poot. Met een truc omzeilden de partij en de donateur het wettelijk maximum van 100.000 euro. Het is niet voor het ee...
Forum voor Democratie ontving vorig jaar 2 ton van een vastgoedondernemer en complotdenker. Een mooie meevaller voor de partij, maar wettelijk grijs gebied. Het bedrag is namelijk dubbel zo hoog als het toegestane maximum. Hoe kon de partij deze gift dan toch in ontvangst nemen?
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PhD Position: Factual Belief Polarisation and its Attitudinal Consequences | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a PhD at the Nijmegen School of Management? Check our vacancy!
🚨 Job alert! 🚨
We are looking for a PhD candidate for my Vidi project on factual belief polarization and its attitudinal consequences.
The position will be at the Department of Political Science of Radboud University (Netherlands). Check out the full job profile below!
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
03.03.2026 11:16
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Op 23 maart 2026 presenteert @catherinedevries.bsky.social haar nieuwe boek bij SPUI25. In "De symfonie van onvrede" onderzoekt zij de opkomst van radicaal-rechts in Europa, waarin persoonlijke geschiedenis en politieke analyse samenkomen.
🟠 Registreer hier: lnkd.in/eQNZiWaj
03.03.2026 14:43
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European far-right parties including AfD and National Rally are part of RSS-BJP's transnational networks. In Feb 2025, before Ursula von der leyen's India visit,Thierry Mariani-led Patriots for Europe delegation was invited by RSS affiliate India Foundation, where RSS &PFE ideologues criticised EU.
27.02.2026 16:55
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This article by Joep van Lit and Carolien van Ham is very useful for those interested in empirically studying democratic erosion in all its complexities.
26.02.2026 13:26
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Voor @dekanttekening.bsky.social sprak ik uitgebreid met @ewoutklei.bsky.social over FvD en de normalisering van extreemrechts
23.02.2026 16:51
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Call for applications for a 3 years doctoral contract
For the ERC GREENLOSS Project - Application deadline: May 17, 2026
📢 JOB ALERT! Fully funded 3-year PhD in Climate & Comparative Politics at @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social. Starting in September.
The project is on the political consequences of climate policies in carbon-intensive communities across Europe.
🗓 Deadline: May 17
www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
24.02.2026 10:37
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Wow, great news! And so well-deserved!
21.02.2026 19:23
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Links: Rutte. Rechts: Rutte
(Uit de Volkskrant)
20.02.2026 07:11
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Vacancies | ICS
ICS Sociology PhD positions vacancies Graduate school program Social Sciences Methodology
I’m looking for three PhD students for my new ERC project, starting 1 September. The goal is to understand how firms shape inequality in workers’ careers—using population registers.
Please spread the word! Deadline is March 8, more info here (see projects 4-6):
ics-graduateschool.nl/vacancies/
16.02.2026 11:06
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NEW PUBLICATION
“How the Media Cordon Sanitaire Crumbles: Lessons from Germany” now out in @prxjournal.bsky.social
🔓 doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2026.2621808
I’m very happy that this paper is out – this project is particularly important to me.
16.02.2026 14:14
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Dit is overigens alweer bijna 10 jaar geleden. Die boodschap is niet minder relevant geworden helaas… 😔
14.02.2026 17:56
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Gefeliciteerd, Tom!!
11.02.2026 16:19
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Super happy to see this paper with @isabellareb.bsky.social and @mrooduijn.bsky.social out.
10.02.2026 13:17
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Great to see this new paper out, brilliantly led by @isabellareb.bsky.social! Very happy to have been part of this team, also with @gijsschumacher.bsky.social.
06.02.2026 17:30
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Call for papers for our workshop on electoral politics at the Poletmaal2026 in Ghent on June 11-12. Please join Amber Voets, Chloe de Grauwe, and myself for great discussions of our changing electoral landscape and explanations for voter behavior politicologenetmaal.eu/workshops-20...
05.02.2026 09:40
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For an international audience: Forum for Democracy (FvD) is showing its true colors in many ways recently, amongst others by having candidates from extremist extraparliamentary organisations on its local lists
05.02.2026 13:57
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Bannon: "We're gonna have #ICE surround the polls coming november. We are not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." Heeft de regering Trump de uitspraken van extremist Steve Bannon bevestigd of ontkend?
04.02.2026 11:26
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What Sofia is too modest to explicitly say in her post below, is that - in addition to our PRR youth wings book - she has a solo one coming out with OUP in June on grassroots women in the PRR:
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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