Europe is consistently witnessing the birth of populist parties claiming to speak for “the people” treating their rights as an impediment to their conception of the majority will, a needless obstacle to defending the nation from perceived threats and evils, (said Kenneth Roth).
Although all these movements were born as a consequence of a period of political instability a question arises: Is Populism an hazard that risks to put the people and their human rights in jeopardy? or is It the most rational choice to undertake when the current political system is struggling ?
The Italian ‘Five Star Movement’ is one of the youngest movement today since various movements had already emerged in the European scene: ‘The National Front’ in France; ‘The Party of Freedom’ in Netherlands; the ‘UK Independence Party’ in Great Britain. …show more content…
He gathered 40 individuals by first meeting. This reunion quickly assumed a more serious aim than sheer leisure and Grillo proposed to everyone to stop a moment and try to imagine a better world by starting from drawing a plan to improve everyone’s own city. The members began sharing ideas and proposals; the discussion started to get passionate; the solutions were sprouting. Topics such as Technology, Press-Communication,
Ethical Consumerism and Currency Study had been discussed that day; This was the genesis of another populist movement in Europe.
Four years later, Grillo founded the Five Star Movement which has been initially seen as a postideological
protest party giving voice to a big number of unsatisfied Italians. The result of the first
election poll in which the Movement took part shows very similar percentages between the main
three parties running for the presidency. The Five Star Movement maintained a solid support from
his voters and It’s, nowadays, the favourite for the next ballot.
History has seen the birth of Populist parties usually after that a well-established system failed
Although all these movements were born as a consequence of a period of political instability a question arises: Is Populism an hazard that risks to put the people and their human rights in jeopardy? or is It the most rational choice to undertake when the current political system is struggling ?
The Italian ‘Five Star Movement’ is one of the youngest movement today since various movements had already emerged in the European scene: ‘The National Front’ in France; ‘The Party of Freedom’ in Netherlands; the ‘UK Independence Party’ in Great Britain. …show more content…
He gathered 40 individuals by first meeting. This reunion quickly assumed a more serious aim than sheer leisure and Grillo proposed to everyone to stop a moment and try to imagine a better world by starting from drawing a plan to improve everyone’s own city. The members began sharing ideas and proposals; the discussion started to get passionate; the solutions were sprouting. Topics such as Technology, Press-Communication,
Ethical Consumerism and Currency Study had been discussed that day; This was the genesis of another populist movement in Europe.
Four years later, Grillo founded the Five Star Movement which has been initially seen as a postideological
protest party giving voice to a big number of unsatisfied Italians. The result of the first
election poll in which the Movement took part shows very similar percentages between the main
three parties running for the presidency. The Five Star Movement maintained a solid support from
his voters and It’s, nowadays, the favourite for the next ballot.
History has seen the birth of Populist parties usually after that a well-established system failed