Marta Lorimer
@mlorimer.bsky.social
Lecturer in Politics, Cardiff University and Editor, PRX Journal. Visiting Fellow at LSE European Institute. Researches far right and differentiated integration. Personal website: www.martalorimer.com
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Marta Lorimer
@mlorimer.bsky.social
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Marta Lorimer
Lecturer in Politics
www.martalorimer.com
With new followers following, and new joiners joining, it's a good time for a new intro!
I'm a Lecturer in Politics at Cardiff University, working mostly on the far right & EU integration - I have even written a book about it.
Find out more about my work here: www.martalorimer.com
I'm a Lecturer in Politics at Cardiff University, working mostly on the far right & EU integration - I have even written a book about it.
Find out more about my work here: www.martalorimer.com
Delighted to be speaking about my book and some new research on the far right at a FEPS event in Lisbon. But mostly, delighted to have a friendly @evianeleidig.com in the audience to take photos.
January 23, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Delighted to be speaking about my book and some new research on the far right at a FEPS event in Lisbon. But mostly, delighted to have a friendly @evianeleidig.com in the audience to take photos.
As the RN has said in party documents for a few decades now, they love European civilisation because it gave us the nation state as its highest expression.
‘The current fashion for going on about “European civilisation” or “western civilisation” implicitly downgrades the nation state.’
And this line in particular is complete tosh. Those who use this line understand the nation state precisely as the bulwark against threats to that civilisation.
And this line in particular is complete tosh. Those who use this line understand the nation state precisely as the bulwark against threats to that civilisation.
January 17, 2026 at 10:16 AM
As the RN has said in party documents for a few decades now, they love European civilisation because it gave us the nation state as its highest expression.
Why I find funny about this column is that it speak of a conservative (or far right Europe) as something new. Jean-Marie Le Pen used this reasoning of unity against a common threat in the 1980s. The Italian Social Movement spoke of a Nation Europe in the 1950s. There never was only a liberal case.
“There is no longer only a liberal case for a unified continent, but one that is more about strength in numbers against external predators.”
I don’t think these are mutually exclusive at all.
I don’t think these are mutually exclusive at all.
The right will want a United States of Europe
Conservatives will come to see a unified continent as the only defence against America and China
giftarticle.ft.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Why I find funny about this column is that it speak of a conservative (or far right Europe) as something new. Jean-Marie Le Pen used this reasoning of unity against a common threat in the 1980s. The Italian Social Movement spoke of a Nation Europe in the 1950s. There never was only a liberal case.
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👋 Hello 2026!
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😍 Take a look at all the amazing articles from last year: buff.ly/QopHmSx
🔓 We are @ecpr.bsky.social's O.G #OpenAccess journal
🏠 Home for innovation in #PolSci
🌱 Looked after by Editors @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social @mlorimer.bsky.social @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social
😍 Take a look at all the amazing articles from last year: buff.ly/QopHmSx
January 9, 2026 at 5:47 PM
👋 Hello 2026!
🔓 We are @ecpr.bsky.social's O.G #OpenAccess journal
🏠 Home for innovation in #PolSci
🌱 Looked after by Editors @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social @mlorimer.bsky.social @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social
😍 Take a look at all the amazing articles from last year: buff.ly/QopHmSx
🔓 We are @ecpr.bsky.social's O.G #OpenAccess journal
🏠 Home for innovation in #PolSci
🌱 Looked after by Editors @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social @mlorimer.bsky.social @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social
😍 Take a look at all the amazing articles from last year: buff.ly/QopHmSx
Thinking of adding this to my out of office.
December 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thinking of adding this to my out of office.
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Radical right parties in Europe have not moderated. Their positions and rhetoric have entered the mainstream. They have become normalized and legitimized. Unless we understand this, we have little chance of countering their success.
In many parts of Europe populist-right parties have moderated as they have grown, shedding unpopular policies and personnel. If anything, the AfD in Germany is growing more radical econ.st/3KSptMm
Illustration: Javier Palma
Illustration: Javier Palma
December 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Radical right parties in Europe have not moderated. Their positions and rhetoric have entered the mainstream. They have become normalized and legitimized. Unless we understand this, we have little chance of countering their success.
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Time for a (long - apologies)🧵 summarizing the findings! The paper was born out of a shared annoyance with some of the wild claims flying around about AI. Things like 'AI could destroy or save humanity'. For a recent example, see e.g., this piece in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Time for a (long - apologies)🧵 summarizing the findings! The paper was born out of a shared annoyance with some of the wild claims flying around about AI. Things like 'AI could destroy or save humanity'. For a recent example, see e.g., this piece in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
Time for a (long - apologies)🧵 summarizing the findings! The paper was born out of a shared annoyance with some of the wild claims flying around about AI. Things like 'AI could destroy or save humanity'. For a recent example, see e.g., this piece in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Time for a (long - apologies)🧵 summarizing the findings! The paper was born out of a shared annoyance with some of the wild claims flying around about AI. Things like 'AI could destroy or save humanity'. For a recent example, see e.g., this piece in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
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A philosopher and a neuroscientist walk into a bar and say 'we should write a paper on AI'. Ten years later, a political scientist (?) joins them and says 'I want in - let's write it'. Delighted to see finally this piece out in Big Data & Society: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A philosopher and a neuroscientist walk into a bar and say 'we should write a paper on AI'. Ten years later, a political scientist (?) joins them and says 'I want in - let's write it'. Delighted to see finally this piece out in Big Data & Society: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
A philosopher and a neuroscientist walk into a bar and say 'we should write a paper on AI'. Ten years later, a political scientist (?) joins them and says 'I want in - let's write it'. Delighted to see finally this piece out in Big Data & Society: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A philosopher and a neuroscientist walk into a bar and say 'we should write a paper on AI'. Ten years later, a political scientist (?) joins them and says 'I want in - let's write it'. Delighted to see finally this piece out in Big Data & Society: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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⚙️ #ecprjs26 Workshop directors 🎬 @andreadis.bsky.social & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social
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Linking Euroscepticism and Populism
Joint Sessions of Workshops 2026, 7 – 10 April, University of Innsbruck
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November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
⚙️ #ecprjs26 Workshop directors 🎬 @andreadis.bsky.social & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social
💡 Seeks Papers that analyse the critical interplay between #populism and Euroscepticism
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⌛ Submit by 10 Dec buff.ly/zHXfdwM
#Polisky #CallforPapers #EuropeanUnion
💡 Seeks Papers that analyse the critical interplay between #populism and Euroscepticism
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#Polisky #CallforPapers #EuropeanUnion
The season where GWR discovers that it rains in the UK is back upon us. My train is so cancelled, it’s not even on the board anymore.
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The season where GWR discovers that it rains in the UK is back upon us. My train is so cancelled, it’s not even on the board anymore.
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🇫🇷📊 Le "front républicain" existe-t-il encore ?
Dans @lemonde.fr d'hier, j’analysais des données récentes @ipsosfrance.bsky.social sur la capacité de la gauche et du centre à faire barrage au RN 👇
Dans @lemonde.fr d'hier, j’analysais des données récentes @ipsosfrance.bsky.social sur la capacité de la gauche et du centre à faire barrage au RN 👇
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🇫🇷📊 Le "front républicain" existe-t-il encore ?
Dans @lemonde.fr d'hier, j’analysais des données récentes @ipsosfrance.bsky.social sur la capacité de la gauche et du centre à faire barrage au RN 👇
Dans @lemonde.fr d'hier, j’analysais des données récentes @ipsosfrance.bsky.social sur la capacité de la gauche et du centre à faire barrage au RN 👇
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With just a few weeks until publication, it's possible to pre-order my book in time for Xmas! For anyone who wants to read a decolonial approach to populism and understand why we are still so attached to the idea of 'populism'
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/europes-popu... @brisunipress.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/europes-popu... @brisunipress.bsky.social
Europe’s Populist Condition
Europe’s Populist Condition; Challenging the notion that populism is an anomaly in European politics, this book argues that the main threat to democracy is the exclusionary nature of European democrat...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
With just a few weeks until publication, it's possible to pre-order my book in time for Xmas! For anyone who wants to read a decolonial approach to populism and understand why we are still so attached to the idea of 'populism'
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/europes-popu... @brisunipress.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/europes-popu... @brisunipress.bsky.social
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Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @mlorimer.bsky.social and Andrew Thompson on the imminent - or not - US invasion of Venezuela, and our report from the World Travel Market in London. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Where will Trump's fight with Venezuela go next? - Monocle
Our panel assess reports that US action against the Bolivarian republic might be imminent after all, possibly against targets believed...
monocle.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @mlorimer.bsky.social and Andrew Thompson on the imminent - or not - US invasion of Venezuela, and our report from the World Travel Market in London. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
The JCMS Annual Review 2024 is now out! Several great contributions, including a piece by @leoniedejonge.bsky.social, Marianna Griffini & myself on far right mainstreaming in the French & Dutch elections of 23/24. Thank you to the editors for all their work!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14685965...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14685965...
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies: Vol 63, No S1
Click on the title to browse this issue
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The JCMS Annual Review 2024 is now out! Several great contributions, including a piece by @leoniedejonge.bsky.social, Marianna Griffini & myself on far right mainstreaming in the French & Dutch elections of 23/24. Thank you to the editors for all their work!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14685965...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14685965...
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Can mainstreaming of the far right help normalise undemocratic practices? @mlorimer.bsky.social & Matteo Cavallaro explore the case of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, showing how the party still displays elements of continuity with its neofascist predecessor. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/ElYnx4u
October 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Can mainstreaming of the far right help normalise undemocratic practices? @mlorimer.bsky.social & Matteo Cavallaro explore the case of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, showing how the party still displays elements of continuity with its neofascist predecessor. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/ElYnx4u
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Join me and Stijn van Kessel at Queen Mary University of London, as we present our book on populist radical party organisation and activism. Corina Lacatus will act as discussant - link to registration below!
We will present our book 'Populist Radical Right Parties in Action: The Survival of the Mass Party' (Oxford UP) at Queen Mary University of London on Thursday, November 20th, 5-6:30pm GMT. Corina Lacatus will discuss, and there will be a reception. Register via 👉 tinyurl.com/382xbuy5
October 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Join me and Stijn van Kessel at Queen Mary University of London, as we present our book on populist radical party organisation and activism. Corina Lacatus will act as discussant - link to registration below!
It's been three years since Giorgia Meloni became Prime Minister, which reminds me it's a good time to repost this article. If you're still wondering about how similar her party is to its neo-fascist and post-fascist predecessors, look no further: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Post-‘Post-Fascism’ and Far Right Mainstreaming in Italy: Assessing Continuity Between the Italian Social Movement, National Alliance and Brothers of Italy - Marta Lorimer, Matteo Cavallaro, 2025
The mainstreaming of the far right is a defining feature of European politics, raising concerns that incorporating far right parties into democratic politics co...
journals.sagepub.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It's been three years since Giorgia Meloni became Prime Minister, which reminds me it's a good time to repost this article. If you're still wondering about how similar her party is to its neo-fascist and post-fascist predecessors, look no further: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
Mainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda, researchers in Germany have found, describing it as a shortcoming that had unwittingly helped the far right by legitimising their ideas and disseminating them more widely.
The findings, published in the European Journal of Political Research, were based on an automated text analysis of 520,408 articles from six German newspapers over the span of more than two decades. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:45 AM
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
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The deadline for #PSA26 is tomorrow! Our group @psa-italian.bsky.social is accepting proposals on:
🇮🇹 Italian politics
🖼️ Visual populism - collab with @populismpsa.bsky.social
🚜 Rural politics - with @psagreekpol.bsky.social
🌐 Populism & IR - with @psainter-relations.bsky.social
Direct links below:
🇮🇹 Italian politics
🖼️ Visual populism - collab with @populismpsa.bsky.social
🚜 Rural politics - with @psagreekpol.bsky.social
🌐 Populism & IR - with @psainter-relations.bsky.social
Direct links below:
October 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The deadline for #PSA26 is tomorrow! Our group @psa-italian.bsky.social is accepting proposals on:
🇮🇹 Italian politics
🖼️ Visual populism - collab with @populismpsa.bsky.social
🚜 Rural politics - with @psagreekpol.bsky.social
🌐 Populism & IR - with @psainter-relations.bsky.social
Direct links below:
🇮🇹 Italian politics
🖼️ Visual populism - collab with @populismpsa.bsky.social
🚜 Rural politics - with @psagreekpol.bsky.social
🌐 Populism & IR - with @psainter-relations.bsky.social
Direct links below:
Strong start to the week.
October 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Strong start to the week.
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Work and Health alert!
I'm putting together a panel for the Council for European Studies mtg in Dublin in June on Work and Health. I've got room for a couple more papers. Please email me ASAP at Penn if you've got something you'd like to present. Papers on any aspect of the relationship welcome.
I'm putting together a panel for the Council for European Studies mtg in Dublin in June on Work and Health. I've got room for a couple more papers. Please email me ASAP at Penn if you've got something you'd like to present. Papers on any aspect of the relationship welcome.
October 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Work and Health alert!
I'm putting together a panel for the Council for European Studies mtg in Dublin in June on Work and Health. I've got room for a couple more papers. Please email me ASAP at Penn if you've got something you'd like to present. Papers on any aspect of the relationship welcome.
I'm putting together a panel for the Council for European Studies mtg in Dublin in June on Work and Health. I've got room for a couple more papers. Please email me ASAP at Penn if you've got something you'd like to present. Papers on any aspect of the relationship welcome.
Call me old fashioned, I love receiving an author copy in the traditional paper format.
October 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Call me old fashioned, I love receiving an author copy in the traditional paper format.
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@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social!
Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:
🧵⬇️
Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:
🧵⬇️
October 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social!
Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:
🧵⬇️
Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:
🧵⬇️