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Europe’s Ukraine consensus still holds – but the far right is splitting over Russia Europe's mainstream parties remain firmly supportive of Ukraine, but divisions over Russia are becoming increasingly prominent among the populist radical right.

Voting patterns in the European Parliament suggest mainstream parties remain firmly supportive of Ukraine.

But divisions over Russia are increasingly pronounced among the populist radical right.

✍ Holesch Adam @ibei.org @pzag.bsky.social & @buzogany.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Research on the global climate movement underlines the importance of learning and diffusion processes for adopting similar master frames and movement tactics. At the same time, participation research suggests regionally different patterns of mobilisation and protest behaviour. Due to different historical socialisation processes, Western and Eastern European citizens show differences in political activity despite some signs of convergence. This article examines the sociodemographic characteristics and attitudes of climate activists from Eastern and Western Europe. Using protest surveys of Fridays for Future participants in 15 Western and Eastern European countries, we show significant differences between them. Western European climate activists tend to have stronger leftist attitudes, while in Eastern Europe apolitical stances are more common along with higher confidence in market solutions to solve environmental problems. Such differences are likely to affect the cohesion and success of the global climate movement.

New article!

Differences within global movements: insights from FFF climate protests in Western and Eastern Europe by Aron Buzogány, Dániel Mikecz & Piotr Kocyba.

@buzogany.bsky.social @piotrkocyba.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2026.2623726

🏞️ @buzogany.bsky.social & Mihai Varga: Breaking the rural underdevelopment trap? Eastern Enlargement, agricultural policy and lessons for Ukraine 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🎙️ In our new interview, @lizhicks.bsky.social and @buzogany.bsky.social reflect on the shifting terrain of global climate activism since the peak in 2019 and discuss the strategic crossroads the movement now faces. 🌍♻️

🧑‍💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/2d4afzwn

Crisis-exploitation or fear-mongering? A research agenda for the comparative study of policy crises and illiberal policy frames The pervasive and growing illiberal movement is, perhaps, the greatest global challenge to liberal democracy today. Scholars argue that domestic and international crises have played an important ro...

🤔 Illiberal policy frames? Turns out it’s fear-mongering, not crisis-driven

👥 @miklossebok.bsky.social, @buzogany.bsky.social, @juliafleischer.bsky.social, @gessler.bsky.social, Anna Takács, @seanmtheriault.bsky.social & Ákos Holányi

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Democratic backsliding in the shadow of crises. How pandemics, war and democratic regression impact attitudes towards democracy in Georgia This study explores the impact of crises on democratic support in Georgia by analyzing how external and domestic challenges – including the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and internal democ...

New OA paper🧵 @buzogany.bsky.social
and I just published a paper titled 'Democratic Backsliding in the Shadow of Crises: How Pandemics, War, and Democratic Regression Impact Attitudes towards Democracy in Georgia' Check it out in Contemporary Politics.
doi.org/10.1080/1356...

Breaking the rural underdevelopment trap? Eastern Enlargement, agricultural policy and lessons for Ukraine This article examines the lessons that the European Union’s Eastern Enlargement and the rural transitions it encouraged in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) hold for an enlarging EU and for Ukraine....

📑 Check out a new journal article by OEI's Mihai Varga and Aron Buzogány @buzogany.bsky.social of the Universität für Bodenkultur on agricultural policy and rural development in contemporary Ukraine 🇺🇦.

The article is available to the public free of charge🔓

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Breaking the rural underdevelopment trap? Eastern Enlargement, agricultural policy and lessons for Ukraine | GreenDeal-NET EU enlargement lessons for Ukraine: Rural policy, market liberalization, & post-war development. Analyzing CEE's experience.

🇺🇦 Can Ukraine follow the EU’s rural development path or does it need a new one?

@buzogany.bsky.social's & Mihai Varga's article explores what past Eastern Enlargement strategies reveal about the challenges ahead, from post-war realities to protectionism.

👉 www.greendealnet.eu/rural-underd...

Energy communities—lessons learnt, challenges, and policy recommendations | GreenDeal-NET Exploring European energy communities: Insights on progress, hurdles, and policy for a citizen-led energy shift.

💡How can Energy Communities drive a just energy transition?

New research by GreenDeal-NET’s @buzogany.bsky.social & Patrick Scherhaufer explores lessons from local initiatives across Europe, challenges they face, and how stronger policies can empower them to shape a sustainable energy future.

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Breaking the rural underdevelopment trap? Eastern Enlargement, agricultural policy and lessons for Ukraine This article examines the lessons that the European Union’s Eastern Enlargement and the rural transitions it encouraged in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) hold for an enlarging EU and for Ukraine....

Are there lessons from CEE enlargement for Ukraine’s rural development? 🤔 @buzogany.bsky.social and Mihai Varga (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social) argue that Ukraine’s more protectionist approach challenges the adaptability of the EU’s traditional models used in CEE enlargement 👇

Psychotheraphy für alle

Cities against democratic backsliding: democratic resilience through urban resistance in the Visegrád 4 capitals How do cities fight democratic backsliding on the national level? Set in an increasingly illiberal context, the four Visegrád capitals (V4 capitals) Bratislava, Budapest, Prague and Warsaw have ele...

4/Aron Buzogány @buzogany.bsky.social & Tobias Spöry @tobiasspoeri.bsky.social analyze city democracy & diplomacy in the Visegrád capitals: Bratislava, Budapest, Prague & Warsaw👇🏼 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🧵 1/ How can cities fight for democracy in times of democratic backsliding?

In a recent article for #ContemporaryPolitics, co-authored with @buzogany.bsky.social we explore how the Visegrád capitals—Bratislava, Budapest, Prague, & Warsaw—are leading the charge in advocating for democracy.

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New morning habit: Saying no to review requests. I did >25 this year, that should suffice.

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