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Catherine Fieschi

Catherine Fieschi is a political analyst. She is is a fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute in Florence and author of Populocracy

November 2023

  • French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, Germany, 20 November 2023

    The war in the Middle East has exposed an identity crisis that is paralysing Europe

    Catherine Fieschi
    Germany and France could offer global leadership. Instead, they’re struggling with the weight of their own histories, says political analyst Catherine Fieschi

November 2020

  • Mounted police patrol guard the Grand Mosque in Paris during prayers last Friday.

    This is Europe
    Macron's task is to show French Muslims they have a place in the republic

    Catherine Fieschi
    The president must demonstrate that the secular state – with a subtle dose of multiculturalism – works for them, says the academic and author Catherine Fieschi

March 2020

  • Maria Teresa Baldini of the far-right Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) party wears a protective mask and gloves inside parliament after Italy’s lockdown.

    This is Europe
    Europe's populists will try to exploit coronavirus. We can stop them

    Catherine Fieschi
    Italy’s Salvini and others on the far right could weaponise people’s despair. Democratic governments must fight them with transparency

September 2019

  • From left, Geert Wilders, Matteo Salvini, Jörg Meuthen (leader of Alternative for Germany) and Marine Le Pen in May.

    Europe now
    Why Europe’s new populists tell so many lies – and do it so shamelessly

    Catherine Fieschi
    Populists routinely lie. Don’t think they do it to be believed, says author Catherine Fieschi

February 2017

  • Launch of the Le Pen campaign on 5 January in Lyon

    There will be no President Le Pen

    Catherine Fieschi
    My work with focus groups across France suggests something is shifting. The Front National is a threat, but the populist domino effect will stop at France

April 2015

  • Jean-Marie and Marine Le Pen

    A feud? Not in the Le Pen family I knew

    Catherine Fieschi
    The leader of France’s Front National is every bit her father’s equal when it comes to ruthlessly exploiting the weaknesses of the political system

May 2013

  • Italy’s female politicians: breakthrough or tokenism

    Italy's female politicians: breakthrough or tokenism?

    Catherine Fieschi

    Catherine Fieschi: In Italy, one third of cabinet members are women. And they are women of substance. But do they have power?

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