TIMBRO Authoritarian Populism Index 2024
Timbro Authoritarian Populism Index 2024
Andreas Johansson Heinö // 16 April 2024
The Authoritarian Populism Index offers a comprehensive overview of the major ideological trends in European politics, focusing on parties advocating illiberal and authoritarian ideologies.
It provides a thorough European and historical context for both national and contemporary events and elections, allowing for a deeper understanding of political developments.
Additionally, it highlights the primary electoral challenges faced by proponents of liberal democracy, liberalism, and market economy principles.
The main conclusions of the report are:
- Average support for left and right wing parties advocating for authoritarian populist ideologies stands at 26.9%, a historic high, but with no further growth since 2019.
- Shared concerns around immigration have led to support for right wing authoritarianism and populism rising, while the radical left faces a steady decline.
- Hungary, Italy, France, Greece, and Poland have the highest support for populist parties and provide warnings about embracing populist policies.
- Malta, UK, Portugal, Luxembourg and Croatia rank lowest in support for populist parties.
- Views on the EU differ amongst populist parties. While these parties are more Eurosceptic than their non-populist counterparts, fewer advocate for a total withdrawal from the EU than in previous years.
- At present, evidence suggests that populist support is consolidating, but shows no indication of further expansion.
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