Tarik Abou-Chadi
@tabouchadi.bsky.social
Professor of European Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Elections, parties, social democracy & the radical right. he/him. 🏳️🌈
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New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Very happy to be part of this fabulous special issue. Thank you again to the guest editors for putting this together! All articles do more than “only” explaining the 2024 EP elections and make important contributions to our general understanding of European politics.
📰 Issue 33:2 out! 👉 Special Issue: European Democracy in Action? The 2024 European Parliament Elections, guest edited by @sarahobolt.bsky.social, Sebastian-Adrian Popa, and Wouter van der Brug
Read the whole issue: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...
📸 © European Union 2024 - Source : EP
Read the whole issue: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...
📸 © European Union 2024 - Source : EP
January 16, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Very happy to be part of this fabulous special issue. Thank you again to the guest editors for putting this together! All articles do more than “only” explaining the 2024 EP elections and make important contributions to our general understanding of European politics.
Spain shouldn't get nukes because "Spain is just like Italy but worse at everything"?
January 16, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Spain shouldn't get nukes because "Spain is just like Italy but worse at everything"?
Reposted by Tarik Abou-Chadi
„Heute regieren in den USA Prediger der freien Rede und lassen Unschuldige für Meinungsäußerungen in Haftanstalten verschleppen. Da ist niemand falsch abgebogen. Da kommt jemand ans Ziel.“
Essay über Free Speech und Cancel-Culture-Panik im aktuellen @spiegel.de (+):
Essay über Free Speech und Cancel-Culture-Panik im aktuellen @spiegel.de (+):
(S+) Meinung: Meinungsfreiheit und Cancel-Culture: Das Brecheisen der autoritären Rechten
Eine linke Cancel-Culture gefährdet die freie Rede: Das ist ein Mythos, den die extreme Rechte nutzt, um Macht zu gewinnen. Und wer die »Meinungsfreiheit« am lautesten verteidigt, ist oft ihr ärgster ...
www.spiegel.de
January 15, 2026 at 1:19 PM
„Heute regieren in den USA Prediger der freien Rede und lassen Unschuldige für Meinungsäußerungen in Haftanstalten verschleppen. Da ist niemand falsch abgebogen. Da kommt jemand ans Ziel.“
Essay über Free Speech und Cancel-Culture-Panik im aktuellen @spiegel.de (+):
Essay über Free Speech und Cancel-Culture-Panik im aktuellen @spiegel.de (+):
Cas Mudde predicted some of this in The Far Right Today in 2019. And I guess earlier in the discussion around parthological normalcy versus normal pathology. To me, the speed and dramatic intensity of this change still feels overwhelming. But it's necessary to deal with this reality.
January 15, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Cas Mudde predicted some of this in The Far Right Today in 2019. And I guess earlier in the discussion around parthological normalcy versus normal pathology. To me, the speed and dramatic intensity of this change still feels overwhelming. But it's necessary to deal with this reality.
This won't happen. The radical right is going to be a major force in our democracies. Our questions need to focus on how to deal with this phenomenon. How can our democracies still work under these conditions? How do we protect democracy itself? What are long term strategies to reduce their support?
January 15, 2026 at 12:35 PM
This won't happen. The radical right is going to be a major force in our democracies. Our questions need to focus on how to deal with this phenomenon. How can our democracies still work under these conditions? How do we protect democracy itself? What are long term strategies to reduce their support?
Our analysis of this development (academically and beyond) does still not fully acknowledge this reality. When asking "what weakens the radical right" they are often still treated as a minor force outside the mainstream. People think that if we changed course now, they would somehow disappear again.
January 15, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Our analysis of this development (academically and beyond) does still not fully acknowledge this reality. When asking "what weakens the radical right" they are often still treated as a minor force outside the mainstream. People think that if we changed course now, they would somehow disappear again.
Within the next decade the radical right is going to be the main force on the right in Europe (national and EU level). This includes far-right parties and formerly centre-right parties shifting their position. Moderate conservatism and Christian democracy will largely disappear on the right. 1/
The EU’s centrist powers need to move to the right to reflect the new political reality, the leader of the European People’s Party Manfred Weber has told in an exclusive interview with POLITICO.
Europe shifted right — it’s time centrists do too, says Manfred Weber
EPP chief says he still wants to work with traditional allies, but they need to adapt.
www.politico.eu
January 15, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Within the next decade the radical right is going to be the main force on the right in Europe (national and EU level). This includes far-right parties and formerly centre-right parties shifting their position. Moderate conservatism and Christian democracy will largely disappear on the right. 1/
Reposted by Tarik Abou-Chadi
White supremacy explains many apparent contradictions.
Conservative calls for free speech were always about freedom to use slurs without sanction.
Calls for small government were always about denying Black folks rights and state protections.
This is conservatives achieving their goals.
Conservative calls for free speech were always about freedom to use slurs without sanction.
Calls for small government were always about denying Black folks rights and state protections.
This is conservatives achieving their goals.
The so-called party of free speech and small government is happily supporting armed, masked government agents conducting “show me your papers” stops and brutalizing U.S. citizens.
Their real “party values” are terrorizing communities of color and anyone else who speaks out.
Remember this.
Their real “party values” are terrorizing communities of color and anyone else who speaks out.
Remember this.
January 15, 2026 at 12:38 AM
White supremacy explains many apparent contradictions.
Conservative calls for free speech were always about freedom to use slurs without sanction.
Calls for small government were always about denying Black folks rights and state protections.
This is conservatives achieving their goals.
Conservative calls for free speech were always about freedom to use slurs without sanction.
Calls for small government were always about denying Black folks rights and state protections.
This is conservatives achieving their goals.
Reposted by Tarik Abou-Chadi
Uganda has shut down the internet again - ahead of tomorrow's elections. This is bad news for those monitoring the elections, it is bad news for the spread of rumours, and it is bad news for holding perpetrators of election-related violence accountable.
ICYMI: #Uganda is currently in the midst of a widespread internet shutdown as telecoms regulator UCC imposes a blackout in advance of tomorrow's general election.
Far from halting misinformation, the measure is likely to limit transparency and increase the risk of vote fraud 🗳️
Far from halting misinformation, the measure is likely to limit transparency and increase the risk of vote fraud 🗳️
January 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Uganda has shut down the internet again - ahead of tomorrow's elections. This is bad news for those monitoring the elections, it is bad news for the spread of rumours, and it is bad news for holding perpetrators of election-related violence accountable.
And feel free to share of course
January 13, 2026 at 10:34 PM
And feel free to share of course
A friend of mine is running the LA marathon with a team of trans and non-binary athletes. They are fundraising for support for gender-affirming care. Attacks on queer life in the US keep getting worse. If you have the means, it‘s a great cause to donate to.
www.pointofpride.org/blog/meet-ou...
www.pointofpride.org/blog/meet-ou...
Meet Our Marathoners: Point of Pride's 2026 LA Charity Team Athletes!
A team of trans and non-binary athletes will run in the 2026 ASICS Los Angeles Marathon this November, supporting Point of Pride's mission with every mile!
www.pointofpride.org
January 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
A friend of mine is running the LA marathon with a team of trans and non-binary athletes. They are fundraising for support for gender-affirming care. Attacks on queer life in the US keep getting worse. If you have the means, it‘s a great cause to donate to.
www.pointofpride.org/blog/meet-ou...
www.pointofpride.org/blog/meet-ou...
This is such an important point!
January 13, 2026 at 11:55 AM
This is such an important point!
Industry und Pachinko
January 13, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Industry und Pachinko
Here without paywall: archive.ph/QIipg
(civil law suit for defamation against the person who drew that picture of me is still ongoing...)
(civil law suit for defamation against the person who drew that picture of me is still ongoing...)
January 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Here without paywall: archive.ph/QIipg
(civil law suit for defamation against the person who drew that picture of me is still ongoing...)
(civil law suit for defamation against the person who drew that picture of me is still ongoing...)
As the appeal trial of Marine Le Pen begins, arguments are resurfacing about how the original ruling only strengthened the far right. The opposite is true. The ruling was an important moment for liberal democracy in Europe - as I argued in the Economist last year.
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
The Le Pen ruling is good for liberal democracy, writes Tarik Abou-Chadi
The Oxford professor says it shouldn’t matter whether the verdict emboldens the hard right or not
www.economist.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:13 AM
As the appeal trial of Marine Le Pen begins, arguments are resurfacing about how the original ruling only strengthened the far right. The opposite is true. The ruling was an important moment for liberal democracy in Europe - as I argued in the Economist last year.
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
When you join Reform you sign up to a platform of far-right ethnonationalism. You empower and normalize it. That you may have said something different in the past, does not change that fact. Being "anti-ethnonationalist" in Reform is an oxymoron.
January 12, 2026 at 5:18 PM
When you join Reform you sign up to a platform of far-right ethnonationalism. You empower and normalize it. That you may have said something different in the past, does not change that fact. Being "anti-ethnonationalist" in Reform is an oxymoron.
The same goes for constantly citing X as a source in news articles and especially for sharing screenshots from X on other platforms. Somtimes showing the source material is necessary. Very often it is not and just serves for virtue signaling. This, too, keeps X in our discourse.
January 12, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The same goes for constantly citing X as a source in news articles and especially for sharing screenshots from X on other platforms. Somtimes showing the source material is necessary. Very often it is not and just serves for virtue signaling. This, too, keeps X in our discourse.
X is the megaphone of 21st century fascism and authoritariansim. It has poisoned public debate. It is a tool for bullying, abuse, and assault. X needs to disappear from our discourse. When people and institutions post there, it gives X credibility. It keeps it relevant. It's time to stop.
To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte
To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte
It was hard for me to quit Elon Musk’s poisoned platform, but I urge others to do the same, especially in light of Grok’s imagery of women and children, says journalist Marie Le Conte
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
X is the megaphone of 21st century fascism and authoritariansim. It has poisoned public debate. It is a tool for bullying, abuse, and assault. X needs to disappear from our discourse. When people and institutions post there, it gives X credibility. It keeps it relevant. It's time to stop.
Also die einzige Nötigung gibt es hier in deiner Demokratievorstellung in der Abgeordnete nicht entscheiden dürfen mit wem sie kollaborieren und das machen sollen was die Wähler rechtsextremer Parteie wollen oder sonst „undemokratisch“ sind.
January 10, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Also die einzige Nötigung gibt es hier in deiner Demokratievorstellung in der Abgeordnete nicht entscheiden dürfen mit wem sie kollaborieren und das machen sollen was die Wähler rechtsextremer Parteie wollen oder sonst „undemokratisch“ sind.
Die Stimmen von Wähler:innen geben nie den Ausschlag für parlamentarische Entscheidungen. Sie stimmen ja nicht direkt über Politik ab sondern wählen Abgeordnete. Wenn es Wähler:innen wichtig ist, dass Abgeordnete mehr Einfluss haben, können sie dann Abgeordnete mit anderen Positionen wählen.
January 10, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Die Stimmen von Wähler:innen geben nie den Ausschlag für parlamentarische Entscheidungen. Sie stimmen ja nicht direkt über Politik ab sondern wählen Abgeordnete. Wenn es Wähler:innen wichtig ist, dass Abgeordnete mehr Einfluss haben, können sie dann Abgeordnete mit anderen Positionen wählen.
Ganz genau. Und die Wähler:innen werden von nichts ausgeschlossen.
Ihre Stimmen führen genau so zu Repräsentation im Parlament wie die Stimmen aller anderer auch. Wer dann wie an Entscheidungen im Parlament beteiligt wird ist ja eine separate Aushandlung.
Ihre Stimmen führen genau so zu Repräsentation im Parlament wie die Stimmen aller anderer auch. Wer dann wie an Entscheidungen im Parlament beteiligt wird ist ja eine separate Aushandlung.
January 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Ganz genau. Und die Wähler:innen werden von nichts ausgeschlossen.
Ihre Stimmen führen genau so zu Repräsentation im Parlament wie die Stimmen aller anderer auch. Wer dann wie an Entscheidungen im Parlament beteiligt wird ist ja eine separate Aushandlung.
Ihre Stimmen führen genau so zu Repräsentation im Parlament wie die Stimmen aller anderer auch. Wer dann wie an Entscheidungen im Parlament beteiligt wird ist ja eine separate Aushandlung.
Das erklärt jetzt aber wirklich nicht was „undemokratisch“ ist daran nicht mit einer rechtsextremen Partei zusammenzuarbeiten
January 10, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Das erklärt jetzt aber wirklich nicht was „undemokratisch“ ist daran nicht mit einer rechtsextremen Partei zusammenzuarbeiten
Dass man aus irgendeiner Theorie der repräsentativen Demokratie eine Kollaborationspflicht mit anderen Parteien ableiten könnte und das sonst "undemokratisch" wäre, ist mir allerdings neu lieber @pluggedchris.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Dass man aus irgendeiner Theorie der repräsentativen Demokratie eine Kollaborationspflicht mit anderen Parteien ableiten könnte und das sonst "undemokratisch" wäre, ist mir allerdings neu lieber @pluggedchris.bsky.social
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The immigration doom loop in full swing.
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg
January 10, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The immigration doom loop in full swing.
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg
Very refreshing to hear some things spelled out so clearly in this conversation between @lewisgoodall.com and @mehdirhasan.bsky.social. Trump‘s personalistic authoritarian regime, his fascist ideology, and the challenge of how to deal with him in the media.
open.spotify.com/episode/5AdG...
open.spotify.com/episode/5AdG...
Mehdi Hasan on America's 'Neo-Fascism'
open.spotify.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Very refreshing to hear some things spelled out so clearly in this conversation between @lewisgoodall.com and @mehdirhasan.bsky.social. Trump‘s personalistic authoritarian regime, his fascist ideology, and the challenge of how to deal with him in the media.
open.spotify.com/episode/5AdG...
open.spotify.com/episode/5AdG...