8legs: Mcc (mathias corvinus collegium)

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The populist right’s ‘worst enemy’: Itself

Frank Furedi warns Europe’s populist right may fail to govern if it gains power, not about rising totalitarianism.
He says there’s real demand for something different, describing the era as a collapse of the old order.
Furedi notes the need for a professional cadre to sustain governance beyond mere elections.
MCC Brussels, funded by Hungary’s private college, is framed as a testing ground for right-wing ideas.
Furedi acknowledges MCC Brussels’ publications often echo the Hungarian government, while denying control from Budapest.
Furedi links Europe’s right-wing surge to broader anti-elite sentiment and local clashes in towns like Faversham.
He sees Meloni and Orbán as exceptions where the right has governed with some stability.
The interview situates the right’s rise alongside Trump-era lessons and the U.S. MAGA experience.
The piece notes Nigel Farage, Marine Le Pen, and the Austrian and German populist currents as part of the trend.
Furedi emphasizes freedom of speech should extend to even abhorrent ideas, including Holocaust denial.

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