40. Léonie de Jonge on the Far Right in the Benelux and the Role of the Media

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My guest today isLéonie de Jonge. Léonie is an assistant professor in European Politics & Society at the University of Groningen. In 2019 she defended her PhD at the University of Cambridge on “The Success and Failure of Right-wing Populist Parties in the Benelux Countries”, which will be out with Routledge later this month. Léonie is also an up-and-coming commentator in the Dutch media on the topic of the far right as well as a critic of the way the media cover the far right. She tweets at @L_DeJonge.
Léonie and I talk about right-wing populist parties in Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, what explains their different levels of success, and what role the media do and should play in covering the far right.