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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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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
Marta Lorimer
Lecturer in Politics
www.martalorimer.com
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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
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!
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JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies: Vol 63, No S1
Click on the title to browse this issue
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November 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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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
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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
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
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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:
October 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Strong start to the week.
October 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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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.
October 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Call me old fashioned, I love receiving an author copy in the traditional paper format.
October 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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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:

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October 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A valuable addition to the ‘mainstreaming’ literature!
New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵
October 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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This Thursday, we celebrate the retirement and work of Michael Minkenberg, one of the most underrated scholars of far-right politics. I will give an online keynote but there is also a great in-person panel with, among others, @andreapirro.it & @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social

Sign up here! 👇
Keynote und Diskussion: Rechtsextremismus-Studien in Zeiten von Trump • Europa-Universität Viadrina
Pressestelle: Die öffentlichen Veranstaltungen der Universität
www.europa-uni.de
October 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨

We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.

We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.
September 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.
September 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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📣 Italian Politics at PSA26 (Oxford, March 30 - April 1, 2026)

Here is a list of the exciting activities we are preparing for you (deadline for paper proposals Oct 17)
September 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @mlorimer.bsky.social and @mgmessmer.bsky.social on Trump's crackdown on the menace of late-night chat show hosts and the day's other stuff, plus @warmatters.bsky.social on his terrific new book "War In The Smartphone Age". monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Is the long-feared US civil-liberties crackdown finally here? - Monocle
As Disney voluntarily pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live!, much to the White House’s glee, what does the US’s latest crackdown on...
monocle.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
France has organised yet another governmental crisis while I am on holiday, so if I sound very quiet on Monday, you know why.
September 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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PRX Editor @mlorimer.bsky.social discusses the rise of the far right in this LSE blog.

Check it out 👇
September 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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"I’m not sure there is a single country in Europe that is resistant to the rise of the far right.”

@mlorimer.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social spoke to @jobale.bsky.social about Europe's radical right.

Read more @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social 👇
Marta Lorimer: “I’m not sure there is a single country in Europe that is resistant to the rise of the far right” - EUROPP
Marta Lorimer discusses the radical right, how Keir Starmer should respond to Reform UK and why there’s still space to engage for those worried about politics.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
September 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I had a lovely chat with the LSE IQ podcast. You can listen to the podcast here: www.lse.ac.uk/lse-player?i... or read the extended transcript of my part of the interview on the Europp blog.
September 3, 2025 at 3:38 AM
My favorite week in the academic calendar has arrived - it's the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference! From this afternoon/tomorrow, you'll find me lurking in the corridors of Aristotle University in Thessaloniki.
August 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM