Political terminology

Escaping the grip of populism requires a combination of honesty and flexibility, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said.

In an "post-populist," 1,000-word contribution to the "By Invitation" series in the Economist, Mitsotakis discussed the means he mobilized to deal with the "rise of populism."

Interior Minister Niki Kerameus introduced an amendment to the postal voting bill in parliament on Monday proposing the adoption of postal voting for Greeks living abroad in both European and national elections.  

The announcement was made during the parliamentary debate on the legislation related to postal voting in European elections and referenda. 

The National Intelligence Academy, a newly established institution within Türkiye's intelligence service MİT, has unveiled its first study report shedding light on the surge of right-wing extremist movements in Europe.

With the state the world is in, and with the particular challenges that Europe faces, it is very tempting to argue that Union will not last, that the continent's people are condemned to return to endless warfare.

Interior Minister Niki Kerameos and Deputy Minister Theodoris Livanios gave further details at a press conference on Thursday on the introduction of postal voting to the European elections.

The minister clarified that the postal voting bill does not currently concern the general elections, but only European elections and referenda.

Greece's main opposition party suffered a split Sunday when a left-wing faction announced it was breaking away, accusing the party's recently elected leader of abandoning its core ideology for a sort of "right-wing populism."

Democracy is under threat across the world. Fewer people today live in democracies than did two decades ago. Opposition to democracy, and to capitalism, has grown as populists launch "culture wars" - cruelly exploiting migrants and minorities - and appeal to the socially and economically excluded. This is a cocktail variously stirred by Trump, Brexit, Modi, Le Pen, Orban and Meloni.

Elections are not determined only by the programs presented by the candidates. Sometimes the result is decided by volatile, emotional factors.

The threat of natural disasters looms large in the current era, as exemplified by the events unfolding in Greece and across the globe. 

This should provide an additional incentive for us voters, to thoughtfully deliberate on our choices for local leaders or lawmakers.

I have begun to wonder whether the term "extreme right" is the most suitable one for us to understand the wide range of politics adopted by significant sections of the population and which include radical, conservative (reactionary) concepts, extreme nationalism and nativism, the rejection of experts and institutions, suspicion towards local and foreign elites, and antagonism towards migrants a